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Webinar: A Green and Fair Transition, ¿For Whom? An analysis from Latin America

In recent years, the European Union has promoted the concept of a just and green transition as a central pillar in tackling the climate crisis and developing more sustainable economies. However, the implementation of this narrative in Latin America raises a number of challenges and questions—part...

Publicado el 5 de mayo de 2025 10:20

Report on The State of Civic Space in Latin America: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Peru, and Ecuador.

The EU-LAT Network presents its latest report on The State of Civic Space in Latin America, which examines the challenges faced by civil society and human rights defenders in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Peru, and Ecuador. The report analyses key trends, including restrictions on ...

Publicado el 20 de marzo de 2025 07:00

Statement EU-LAT Network – Approval of the New APCI Law

On March 12, the plenary of the Peruvian Congress approved a bill amending the law that established the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI), a move that could significantly impact the work of civil society organisations in Peru and jeopardize the country’s international cooperati...

Publicado el 13 de marzo de 2025 12:09

Case study: Mining in Peru, the case of Espinar.

On February 23, 2022, the European Commission published its proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). EU-LAT Network welcomed the long-awaited text as another step in the direction of promoting and guaranteeing respect for human rights in Latin America by the Europe...

Publicado el 27 de noviembre de 2023 14:44

Event: International Seminar “Inequalities and Democracies. A dialogue between Latin America and Europe”

Madrid, November 10, 2023 | 10:00 am – 5 pm CET The Spanish Ministry of Social Rights and Carlos III University (UC3M), in collaboration with the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) are organizing the International Seminar: “Inequalities and Democracies. A dialogue between Latin Am...

Publicado el 2 de noviembre de 2023 11:52

Building a Just Transition to a Sustainable Future in Latin America: Event Parallel to EU-CELAC Summit

Whilst leaders from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean met in Brussels on the 17th and 18th of July at the EU-CELAC Summit, the EU-LAT Network co-organised a public event on what a sustainable Just Transition in Latin America should look like. As the EU has been seeking to streng...

Publicado el 25 de julio de 2023 10:14

EU-LAC Civil Society Forum 2023

On the 13th and 14th of July 2023, the EU-LAT Network was invited to participate at the EU-CELAC Civil Society, Youth and Local Authorities Forum – ahead of the EU-CELAC Summit.  For the first time in eight years, civil society organisations from Latin America and the European Union gathered toge...

Publicado el 20 de julio de 2023 16:16

Guatemala 2023 elections: EU-LAT Network expresses concern about suspension of first round of voting – a new step towards closing civic and democratic space?

The EU-LAT Network expresses its deep concern about the integrity of the electoral process in Guatemala, following the arbitrary suspension of the formalization of voting results of the first round of General Elections by the Constitutional Court (CC). In accordance with the statement by the EU E...

Publicado el 4 de julio de 2023 15:15

Joint Public Statement: Human Rights in New EU-LAC Relations

“Human rights should lie at the centre of the forthcoming Joint Communication and of EU-LAC relations, mainstreamed across all issues and countries, not only as one of multiple priorities.” Ahead of the Joint Communication by the European Union (EU) on its relations with Latin American and the Ca...

Publicado el 17 de abril de 2023 09:33

Joint Letter: EU-CELAC Multistakeholder Follow-up Mechanism and the Role of Civil Society, Trade Unions and Local Governments and their Associations

“Our organisations, as members of the EU-LAC Civil Society Working Group, trade unions, local governments and their associations, would like to request a clear commitment by the EU for a long-term engagement of civil society, trade unions, local governments and their associations in the developme...

Publicado el 7 de julio de 2023 07:42