On 13-14 October 2024, EuroMed Rights held its 13th General Assembly, gathering members and partners in person, after the 12th GA had to be held online due to the restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. We also revived the format of having a seminar, held the day before the General Assembly. The GA was held in Rome, enabling participants to benefit from the Sabir festival, organised annually by our Italian member, Arci, bringing together people from around the Mediterranean. This year we organised our seminar in the framework of the Festival. The seminar was divided into two sessions: The first on ‘Justice and Accountability in and for Palestine: How Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza affects human rights politics in the Euro-Mediterranean region, while the second one dealt with ‘The impact on human rights standards of recent changes in EU’s partnerships policies in the Mediterranean region’.
The General Assembly brought together our not regular, associate and honorary members as well as partners and donor. It also allowed EuroMed Rights members, constituting the Council of Representatives of the Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders (EMHRF) to be presented with an overview of EMHRFs excellent work and plans for the future.
This report provides a summary of the presentations and debates that took place during the GA. The first day was dedicated to ‘looking back’ at the last three years since the last General Assembly, while the second day looked ahead, presenting the Revised Strategy 2022-2027. The GA also saw the election of a new executive committee and president.