Universal jurisdiction Archives - FIBGAR Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:01:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://fibgar.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-v_vertical_sin_texto-e1585918866851-32x32.png Universal jurisdiction Archives - FIBGAR 32 32 Universal Jurisdiction under Debate from Latin America: Contributions, Tensions, and Horizons for International Justice https://fibgar.es/en/universal-jurisdiction-under-debate-from-latin-america-contributions-tensions-and-horizons-for-international-justice/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:01:51 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=26377 On 26 March, the regional seminar “Universal Jurisdiction: Critical Perspectives from Latin America” took place, organised by FIBGAR with the support of the Instituto Fray Bartolomé de las Casas. The event brought together jurists, academics, and representatives of civil society from Argentina and the region, with the aim of reflecting on the present and future...

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]]> What is the status of Universal Jurisdiction? https://fibgar.es/en/what-is-the-status-of-universal-jurisdiction/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:10:17 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=23157 The potential of universal jurisdiction remains untapped, although a positive trend stands out. This is what the 2024 edition of the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Report prepared by TRIAL International, in collaboration with Civitas Maxima, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), the International Federation for Human...

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]]> Progress towards a Convention on Crimes against Humanity: the issue of jurisdiction https://fibgar.es/en/progress-towards-a-convention-on-crimes-against-humanity-the-issue-of-jurisdiction/ Wed, 10 Apr 2024 10:19:16 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=23053 Crimes against humanity are a category of crimes that can often be traced back to the post-World War II statutes of the Nuremberg and Tokyo military tribunals. It should be recalled that, unlike war crimes, crimes against humanity, such as genocide, can be committed in peacetime as well as in armed conflict. While the same...

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]]> Universal Jurisdiction in Today’s World https://fibgar.es/en/universal-jurisdiction-in-todays-world/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:49:16 +0000 https://fibgar.es/universal-jurisdiction-in-todays-world/ This week has been published the latest Annual Review of Universal Jurisdiction 2023, conducted by Trial International, where international cases occurred in the last year are collected and reviewed under three principles of extraterritorial jurisdiction: the principle of universal jurisdiction and the principles of active personality and passive personality. It should be noted that this...

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