Criminal Law Archives - FIBGAR Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:18:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://fibgar.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-v_vertical_sin_texto-e1585918866851-32x32.png Criminal Law Archives - FIBGAR 32 32 The European Union adopts a new harmonised criminal law framework to prevent and combat corruption https://fibgar.es/en/the-european-union-adopts-a-new-harmonised-criminal-law-framework-to-prevent-and-combat-corruption/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:18:41 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=26548 According to the latest corruption index published by Transparency International, although Europe ranks as the least corrupt region, the reality is that anti-corruption measures in recent years have been limited. Given this trend, in December 2025 the Parliament and the Council provisionally approved a new directive to tackle corruption in the European Union. This directive...

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]]> The adoption of the new Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law: A historic step towards environmental justice https://fibgar.es/en/the-adoption-of-the-new-council-of-europe-convention-on-the-protection-of-the-environment-through-criminal-law-a-historic-step-towards-environmental-justice/ Wed, 28 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=24723 April 3, 2023 marked the beginning of a paradigm shift in Europe. The first meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law was established and took place. After more than a year of work by experts and stakeholders from the 46 member states of the...

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