The report on the seminar “Gender Justice and Universal Jurisdiction: Strengthening Access to Justice for Women and Girls”, held on 17 March 2026 in New York as part of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), is now available. The event, organised by the Baltasar Garzón International Foundation (FIBGAR) in conjunction...
On 25 March 2026, the Court of Appeal in The Hague upheld the conviction of Hasna A., a 33-year-old Dutch national from Hengelo with links to the so-called Islamic State (ISIS), for her involvement in various offences, including slavery as a crime against humanity against a Yazidi woman. This decision consolidates the fight against impunity...
On 30 March 2026, appeal proceedings began in Bellinzona in the case against the former Gambian Minister of the Interior, Ousman Sonko, who was convicted at first instance of crimes against humanity. This new trial begins almost a decade after his arrest and nearly two years after a verdict considered historic, offering a renewed opportunity...
On 17 March, the event “Gender Justice and Universal Jurisdiction: Strengthening Access to Justice for Women and Girls” was held in New York, organised by FIBGAR in collaboration with the Asociación de Mujeres de Guatemala (AMG), within the framework of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), the principal global intergovernmental forum dedicated to...
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...
The International Baltasar Garzón Foundation (FIBGAR), with the support of the Instituto Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, is pleased to announce the regional seminar “Universal Jurisdiction: Critical Perspectives from Latin America”, which will take place on 26 March from 9:00 to 14:30 in an online format. The event will bring together jurists, academics and human...
From FIBGAR, in collaboration with the Association of Women of Guatemala (AMG), we are pleased to announce the event “Gender Justice and Universal Jurisdiction: Strengthening Access to Justice for Women and Girls”, which will take place on March 17th, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the Instituto Cervantes in New York. This event is...
Over recent months, various organisations have worked to engage British parliamentarians in the reforms deemed necessary to ensure that the United Kingdom can play a more proactive role in the fight against international crimes. In particular, attention has focused on the proposal to amend the International Criminal Court Act (ICCA) 2001, introduced in the UK...
On 19 November, the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz initiated a new trial concerning crimes committed under the Assad regime in Syria, which, for the first time, will examine the famine and siege of Yarmouk, a former Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus. The case concerns four alleged members of the Syrian militia “Free Palestine Movement” (FPM)...
The trial of former Congolese warlord Roger Lumbala Tshitenga began on 12 November and continued until 15 December 2025 before the Paris Assize Court in France. This prosecution, conducted under the principle of universal jurisdiction, represents a historic step towards justice for survivors of mass atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On...
