Latin America and Europe Ahead of the EU-CELAC Summit: Shared Rhetoric, Real Gaps Researcher Par Engstrom has just published two reports commissioned by the European Parliament on human rights and accountability in Latin America and the Caribbean, in the context of the 4th EU-CELAC Summit (Santa Marta, November 2025). The overall assessment is clear: the region...
Every 24 March, in the framework of the National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, Argentina pauses its daily rhythm to look back at one of the darkest chapters in its recent history. The date commemorates the coup d’état of 1976, which marked the beginning of the country’s last civic-military dictatorship, responsible for a...
Since December 2023, in Milei’s Argentina, measures have been implemented that have undermined the quality of life and the rights of the population. Thus, under the justification that they constituted the only possible response to the crisis, this model imposed the pragmatism of economic relations over the promotion of democratic values and human rights. In this...
Social justice constitutes an essential principle aimed at ensuring the effective equality of rights and opportunities, so that all individuals may fully develop their potential and access a dignified life. Its foundation lies in reducing inequalities and removing the barriers that hinder the exercise of rights, recognising the existence of historical and structural inequalities that...
In recent years, various international and regional organisations have warned of a deterioration in freedom of expression and public participation in Latin America. This cannot be explained by a single reason, but rather by the coexistence of different practices and mechanisms that, in both formal and informal spheres, have an inhibiting effect on those who...
Latin America is a region that has long carried unresolved historical wounds. With regard to its recent history, the twentieth century was marked by military coups, armed conflict, enforced disappearances and multiple violations of human rights. In particular, during this period repression reached an extreme level of cruelty under the dictatorships that emerged in the...
The right to freedom of expression is presented as a cornerstone for the protection and consolidation of democracies, since through it, other human rights can be protected, guaranteed, and enforced. Through its various manifestations –such as the right to freedom of the press, access to information, and the right to protest, among others– it constitutes...
