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FIBGAR participated in Brussels in the presentation of the XVI EU-LAC Policy Brief, a publication developed in collaboration with the EU-LAC Foundation and focusing on how to strengthen cooperation between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean in addressing transnational organised crime through a whole-of-society approach. On 8 September 2026, Brussels hosted the presentation...

This week, FIBGAR will be in Rome to take part in two days of work dedicated to international justice, universal jurisdiction and the fight against impunity. On 17 and 18 September, the Fondazione Basso will bring together international experts, civil society representatives, legal professionals and other actors working in the field of international criminal justice. Two...

On 6 July 2026, the Vienna Regional Court sentenced Khaled Al-Halabi, a former brigadier general in the Syrian intelligence services, and Musab Abu Rukbah, a former lieutenant colonel and former head of investigations at the Raqqa criminal police, to eight years in prison for acts of torture, sexual coercion and grievous bodily harm committed against...

Every 30 August, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances compels us to pause and face up to one of the cruellest forms of violence that exists: that of snatching a person away, erasing all trace of them and then denying any information about their whereabouts. This year, the date coincides with a...

Boundaries establish order. In personal relationships, they foster respect; in relations between states, they define sovereignty and prevent undue interference. Conversely, if boundaries are not established in good time, there is a risk of becoming trapped in abusive relationships which, once entrenched, prove very difficult to change. As the saying goes: ‘A tree that grows...

On 13 July 2026, the Munich Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) convicted an Iraqi couple, Twana H.S. and Asia R.A., of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and aggravated sexual abuse of minors against two Yazidi girls, as well as membership of Islamic State (IS). The court sentenced the man to life imprisonment and the woman...

Towards the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the European Union decreed that every 23 August should be set aside to commemorate the victims of totalitarian regimes. Less than ten years later, political trends in the region shifted towards a rise in the influence of right-wing nationalist parties in the European Parliament....

In May 2026, Griffith Law School and the Griffith Asia Institute, in collaboration with FIBGAR and the Asia Justice Coalition, organised the international workshop ‘Prosecuting Asia-Pacific International Crimes in Domestic Courts’ in Brisbane. The event brought together experts, academics, legal professionals, civil society organisations and human rights defenders to analyse the challenges and opportunities posed by...