Promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Latin America
The Ius Constitutionale Commune in Latin America Project
ICCAL identifies and strengthens shared constitutional principles in Latin America, focusing on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. Emerging from the interaction between domestic law, international human rights law, and comparative practice, this ius commune advances regional integration through judicial dialogue, jurisprudence, and institutional reforms.
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06.02.2026
Recap of the 20th ICCAL Seminar: Democracy in Transformation and the Future of the Inter-American System
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02.02.2026
Max Planck Masterclass 2026: Hegel and European Union Law
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30.01.2026
Coloquio Iberoamericano No. 339: Discourses and Legal Strategies before the International Court of Justice
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13.12.2025
Recent ICCAL Publications: Contributions to Latin American Constitutionalism
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13.12.2025
Day 2 of the XX ICCAL International Seminar: regional dialogues and comparative perspectives in action
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12.12.2025
Day 1 of the XX ICCAL International Seminar: ideas, voices, and dialogues in motion
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11.12.2025
At the Crossroads: Where Geopolitics and Public Law Meet
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11.12.2025
Ibero-American Colloquia Nos. 336–338: Justice, Reparation, and State Responsibility in Latin America
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27.11.2025
Ibero-American Colloquium No. 335: The Legislative Branch Under Scrutiny. The Cases of Argentina and Peru
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10.11.2025
Ibero-American Colloquium No. 334: Colombia, block of constitutionality and control of conventionality, the right to protest in La Guajira
The ICCAL Network
A collective platform for academics, jurists, civil society activists, judges, civil servants, and social leaders from Latin America and other regions, working together to advance a shared constitutional agenda.
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Inter-American institutions
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National tribunals & institutions
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Universities
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Civil society & NGOs
January 2026
La respuesta del Ius Constitutionale Commune a la autocratización
El caso de Venezuela
December 2025
La jurisdicción constitucional en América Latina.
Enfoques transversales desde el Ius Constitutionale Commune. Volumen II
December 2025
Construcción de un Ius Commune del derecho a un ambiente sano y la justicia climática
ICCAL Lab
The ICCAL Collaboration Lab brings together established and early-career scholars from, based in, or working on, Latin America and Europe for a three-year collaboration, with occasional visits to Heidelberg. Building on two decades of ICCAL, the Lab explores how comparative public law strengthens democratic resilience in Europe and Latin America.
E-ICCAL Virtual Course
In the context of Latin American constitutionalism, a common law with a transformative vocation has emerged, expressed through a shared discourse grounded in legal principles and the interaction between national constitutional systems and the Inter-American Human Rights System.
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