In partnership with eight other NGOs, FIDH is leading the "Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations: Making Justice Work". Learn more on this civil-society led programme and consortium here.
The “Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations: Making Justice Work” is a consortium of eight civil society organisations (Civil Rights Defenders, European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights, FIDH, lmpunity Watch, Parliamentarians for Global Action, REDRESS, TRIAL International, Women’s lnitiatives for Gender Justice) and the Coalition for the lnternational Criminal Court, co-funded by the European Union. It aims to contribute to the fight against impunity by supporting a comprehensive, integrated, and inclusive approach to justice and accountability for serious human rights violations and international crimes.
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What is the Global Initiative Against Impunity?
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Making Justice Work: Civil society unites in the global fight against impunity
The Global Initiative Against Impunity started in December 2023 and was formally launched in June 2024 for an initial four-year period. Its first actions in 2024 had a special focus on 27 countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, but it seeks to improve the rule of law, accountability standards, and atrocity prevention globally.
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Global Initiative Against Impunity knowledge management platform
On 23 May 2025, EU Day against impunity, the Global Initiative Against Impunity is launching makingjusticework.org, the GIAI Knowledge Management Platform, an inclusive, multilingual digital clearing house for collaboration, learning, and information sharing.