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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

OPEN LETTER The EU must uphold Human Rights: Defenders’ call for a Human-Rights centred CSDDD

Ahead of what may be the final political trilogue negotiations on the EU Corporate sustainability due diligence (CSDDD), 93 Human Rights and environmental defenders and CSO from the Global South send a letter to the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, as well as the rap...

Publicado el 8 de diciembre de 2023 17:04

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

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

EU-CELAC Strategic Partnership: A Cooperation in Need of a Paradigm Shift

The 17th and 18th of July 2023, the Spanish Presidency of the Council will be bringing together the political leaders from the EU and Latin America in the EU-CELAC Summit, for the first time in over eight years. Complemented with a New Agenda for the LAC countries, the EU aims to strengthen its s...

Publicado el 23 de junio de 2023 12:48

EU-LAT Network reaction to a New Agenda for EU relations with Latin America and the Caribbean

During the first EU-CELAC Ministerial Meeting since 2018 in October of 2022, the Ministers of foreign affairs from the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) agreed upon “Renewing the bi-regional partnership to strengthen peace and sustainable development”. This meeti...

Publicado el 10 de febrero de 2023 15:18

Civil Society and MEPs call for improved access to justice for women

“Currently, legislative developments are not responding to the realities of women. Especially in the judicial system, we must not fall behind” – MEP Diana Riba. Selma Maxinez The 17th of November 2022, the EU-LAT Network co-organised the XI Annual Conference on Feminicide in the European Parlia...

Publicado el 23 de noviembre de 2022 10:20

Events on Journalists at risk in Mexico and Central America

On the 24th and 25th of October 2022, the EU-LAT Network organises two events in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, on What it means to be a journalist in Mexico and Central America. In recent years, we have witnessed a deterioration of the situation that journalists in Mexico and Centr...

Publicado el 11 de octubre de 2022 10:38

Civil Society, MEPs and the EEAS discuss what it means to be a journalist in Central America and Mexico

The 24th and 25th of October 2022, the EU-LAT Network organised two public events in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, where journalists and policymakers discussed what it means to be a journalist in Central America and Mexico. On Monday the 24th of October, journalists from El Salva...

Publicado el 24 de noviembre de 2022 13:40

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