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Due Diligence from the EU: a call for an ambitious law that will change the paradigm in Latin America

On October 13, the EU-LAC Working Group together with Plataforma Europa Peru and CIDSE organised an online discussion on the upcoming proposal of the EU Due Diligence legislation, looking in particular at access to justice and reparation for victims of human rights violations by businesses in Lat...

Publicado el 28 de octubre de 2021 10:59

Online discussion on the EU Due Diligence legislation

Access to justice and reparation for victims of human rights violations by business in Latin America Espacio de Redes and the EU-LAC Working Group[1] are organising an online discussion to identify recommendations for the European Union on access to justice and reparation in the framework of the ...

Publicado el 8 de octubre de 2021 11:40

Unprecedented Attacks on NGOs in the EU – We Call on All Democratic Forces To Act for a Strong and Independent Civil Society

European CSOs are currently facing an unprecedented attack from certain Members of the European Parliament. This attack, driven by some MEPs from the European People’s Party (EPP) and far-right groups, is fuelled by disinformation. It relies on misleading arguments to artificially create a scanda...

Publicado el 7 de abril de 2025 09:40

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

Seminar and EU-Mexico Dialogue on Human Rights in Brussels

On 12 and 13 December 2024, the EU-Mexico High-Level Dialogue and Seminar on Human Rights took place in Brussels. As part of this line of work and coordination for advocacy with strategic allies, such as the Espacio OSC, the Secretariat of the EU-LAT Network and its members participated both in t...

Publicado el 12 de diciembre de 2024 14:51

More than 90 organisations representing civil society, business, banks and investor interests, express deep concern over the misrepresentation of EU sustainability reporting as a threat to competitiveness

A call for smart implementation of EU sustainability rules over disruptive U-turns This statement is a response to the recent omnibus proposal announcement by EU Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen. The Commission has stated that scaling up sustainable finance is a major priority. Achievin...

Publicado el 12 de diciembre de 2024 11:25

European Citizens’ Summit – 21 and 22 of March 2024

On Thursday 21 and Friday 22 March 2024, CNCD-11.11.11, together with the participation of numerous European networks, including the EU-LAT Network, organized the European Citizens’ Summit. The Summit coincided with the meeting of European heads of government in Brussels, in the framework of the ...

Publicado el 28 de marzo de 2024 11:08

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

EU-LAT Network at EURONEWS: EU-Latin America – a neglected relationship?

In the aftermath of the EU-CELAC Summit in Brussels, the EU-LAT Network has been invited to participate in the program “Bruselas, ¿te quiero?” by the European news network EURONEWS. Together with MEP Javi López and Washington Post journalist Beatriz Ríos, Daniel Jiménez, Policy and Network Coordi...

Publicado el 25 de julio de 2023 14:32

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