Effective accountability for international crimes often depends on strong cooperation between civil society organisations and national authorities. A new report published today explores how that coope...
Civil Rights Defenders, together with the other organisations in the Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI) consortium, has submitted recommendations to the European Commission as part of the devel...
Ten years ago, the EU developed its Transitional Justice Policy. The idea was to fight impunity, provide redress to victims, and prevent human rights violations. So what progress has been made since t...
On October 9, 2025, Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire. The US-brokered deal includes the release of hostages and detainees, increased humanitarian aid, and a phased Israeli mil...
Today is the annual EU Day Against Impunity for Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes. To mark the occasion, we are co-launching a new digital platform, MakingJusticeWork.org. The platform ...
Civil Rights Defenders, on behalf of the “Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations: Making Justice Work” Programme, is launching a Call for Propo...
Impunity is the most significant obstacle to justice and reparation for victims and survivors of human rights violations and core international crimes. Often, only a small number of perpetrators are h...
Civil Rights Defenders and 15 other Syrian and international organizations jointly welcome the recent call by 27 members of the European Parliament for an action plan on impunity with a chapter on Syr...
Torture, enforced disappearances, and extrajudicial killing of political opponents, journalists, and other civilians are just some of the grave human rights violations committed over the course of the...
(The event is currently fully booked, but you can still register if you want to be on the waiting list. The information can be found further down) Torture, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial ex...
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