A report summarising the seminar “Gender Justice and Universal Jurisdiction”, held in New York as a side event to CSW70. It analyses the need to integrate a gender perspective into accountability mechanisms for international crimes, highlighting progress, challenges and comparative experiences. It emphasises the central role of victims and the potential of universal jurisdiction as a key tool in the fight against impunity.
A document summarising the International Criminal Justice Congress held in Barcelona, focusing on progress and challenges in the fight against impunity. It analyses the current state of the international criminal justice system, including the challenges facing the International Criminal Court, the prosecution of international crimes and the role of universal jurisdiction. It examines key issues such as judicial independence, the accountability of new actors—including legal persons—and the incorporation of a gender perspective. It highlights the central role of victims and the need to strengthen international cooperation to ensure effective accountability.
Report analyzing the exercise of universal jurisdiction in Argentina, both within its legal framework and in its practical application.
It explains this principle of international law, which allows for the prosecution of serious crimes regardless of where they were committed or the nationality of those involved.
It highlights Argentina’s active role, whose courts have developed a robust body of case law despite the lack of a specific law.
It examines relevant cases and ongoing investigations into serious human rights violations.
It concludes by assessing its scope, potential to combat impunity, and the legal and political challenges it faces.
Report on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s seizure of power in 2021.
It describes a system of structural discrimination that limits their education, employment, freedom of movement, and social participation.
The document is linked to the RAGAA initiative, which seeks to highlight these violations and promote the recognition of gender apartheid as a crime against humanity.
It also analyzes international efforts to document and demand accountability for these policies of systematic exclusion.
It concludes that recognizing gender apartheid is key to activating international legal mechanisms and combating impunity.
This report, prepared by FIBGAR-Ecuador, concerns the Organic Law of National Solidarity, which was published in the Official Register, Sixth Supplement No. 56, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
El informe final del proyecto “Desafíos a la libertad de expresión, estado de derecho y democracia en Latinoamérica: un estudio regional en el tema de SLAPPs” ofrece un análisis detallado sobre el impacto de las demandas estratégicas contra la participación pública (SLAPPs) en la región. A través de un enfoque regional, el informe examina cómo las SLAPPs se utilizan para silenciar voces críticas que denuncian cuestiones de interés público, poniendo en riesgo la libertad de expresión, el estado de derecho y la democracia.
Analysis of Citizen Perception
Towards a European identity: the role of civil society organisations in the promotion of democratic memory policies. A comparative study
Final report of the PATFox project
This document is intended to provide an analysis of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (“the Court”) and summaries of pertinent decisions in order to provide practitioners with useful guidance on how to use these precedents to support their arguments against SLAPP lawsuits
This guide aims at becoming a long-lasting companion to all those involved, now or in the future, in anti-SLAPP defence. It provides a step-by-step guide to the considerations that should inform a defence to a SLAPP suit and references useful resources produced by the PATFox project
Strategic Legal Communication developed in the framework of the PATFox project
The case of Iñaki Rivera is an important example of a SLAPP case in Spain. This report provides background information and a summary of the proceedings that took place in this case.
Guide to the provisions of the Anti-SLAPP Directive (English version).
Analysis of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (“the Court”) and summaries of pertinent decisions in order to provide practitioners with useful guidance on how to use these precedents to support their arguments against SLAPP lawsuits.
Legal curriculum developed in the framework of the PATFOx project for the training of lawyers in SLAPP within the European Union
Final report of the Expanding Anonymous Tipping (EAT) project
Report assessing the practical operation of whistleblower protection laws in Europe and examining the application of these laws in actual cases.
Individual reports and an Interactive Map clearly show the legal framework for whistleblowers in the 28 EU Member States in a layered manner. They not only analyse the existence of legislation dedicated to their protection, but also look at labour law, criminal law and other legal tools that can support whistleblowers, discourage disclosures or put their security at risk.
Report assessing the whistleblower protection laws of all EU Member States against nine internationally recognised standards.
Fourth report on the state of implementation of Universal Jurisdiction around the world. It illustrates the international momentum for accountability of perpetrators of international crimes through the study of 58 cases involving 126 suspects.
Third report on the situation of the application of Universal Jurisdiction in thirteen countries and the significant advances in this area during 2016, a document in which the Baltasar Garzón International Foundation has participated in a significant way, both for the current cases and for others that began in Spain.
Second report on the situation of the application of Universal Jurisdiction in twelve countries and the significant advances in this area during 2015, a document in which the Baltasar Garzón International Foundation has participated in a significant way, both for the current cases and for others that began in Spain.
