Research
AGAMI Research Center: comparative legal research, thematic studies, training and think tank.
Research CenterAGAMI Research Center
Euro-African and Mediterranean center for legal research and international cooperation
The first Italian center devoted to legal dialogue between Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean
A project of AGAMI APS — Third Sector Entity. AGAMI studies legal relations between Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean, with particular attention to the Italy-Morocco axis and to transnational families.
Presentation
A legal bridge between the two shores of the Mediterranean
AGAMI is a center for legal research, dialogue and international cooperation devoted to relations between Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean. It studies the relations between legal systems, international mobility, citizenship and fundamental rights, building bridges between cultures, legal systems and generations.
AGAMI Research Center is the scientific heart of the project; AGAMI APS, a Third Sector Entity, is its promoting body.
Why AGAMI was founded
We live in an age in which millions of people study, work, invest and build family relationships across several countries and several legal systems. Issues concerning the family, citizenship, immigration, protection of minors, international successions and fundamental rights today require an open, comparative and international outlook.
AGAMI is the first Italian center born from direct experience of legal dialogue between Italy and Morocco and devoted to the study of relations between Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean, with particular attention to transnational families: it is this origin, grounded in practice rather than theory, that makes it different.
Our history, in brief
A history that begins with the Moroccan emigration of the 1980s, passes through legal education in Italy and leads to the building of a Euro-Mediterranean research center.
AGAMI Manifesto
What we believe in
We believe that law should not stop at borders.
We believe that mutual knowledge between peoples is an instrument of peace.
We believe that international legal cooperation is a necessity of the 21st century.
We believe in dialogue between Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean.
We believe that the new generations must play a leading role in this dialogue.
Founder and President
Avv. Kaoutar Badrane
Lawyer admitted to the Rome Bar. Scholar of Italy-Morocco comparative law. Founder of AGAMI in 2011.
She belongs to the first generation of Italian jurists of Moroccan origin. For over twenty years she has practiced law between Italy and the Kingdom of Morocco, dealing with comparative family law, private international law, immigration, citizenship, protection of minors and international judicial cooperation.
- Il codice di famiglia in Marocco (Mudawwana al-'usra), libreriauniversitaria.it edizioni, “Nuovi pensieri” series, 2012
- Cenni sulla legislazione in materia di immigrazione, 2021
The four pillars of AGAMI
Research, publications, monitoring and networks
These are complemented by the Mohamed Badrane Library and Archive — the memory and legal culture of the project — and the Mohamed Badrane Prize.
Publications
AGAMI Journal: the scientific journal of legal dialogue between Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean.
AGAMI JournalLegislative monitoring
Mediterranean Observatory: judgments, reforms, conventions and international agreements.
ObservatoryProfessional networks
RAMI, RASI and RCMI: the networks of lawyers and competences between Italy and Morocco.
Networks and CompetencesA flagship project
The Network of Moroccan Competences in Italy
A professional platform bringing together lawyers, doctors, engineers, educators, entrepreneurs and social workers with Moroccan, Italian-Moroccan and Italian roots.
The network is not a directory. It is an active community that collaborates, trains and creates concrete opportunities between Italy, Europe and Morocco.
AGAMI APS
Human rights and legal culture
Since its foundation, AGAMI has been devoted to spreading legal culture and protecting human rights, with particular attention to women. It works with national and international organisations and bodies and promotes dialogue between cultures and generations for a fairer, more inclusive society.
Legal support
Legal guidance for citizens and families living between two legal systems: family law, immigration, succession, private international law.
Professional network
Connecting qualified professionals working between Italy and Morocco: collaborations, mentoring, work and business opportunities.
Training and culture
Seminars, events, training videos and content to understand and promote Moroccan and Italian legal culture.
European projects
Participation in EU-funded projects for transnational cooperation, mediation and co-development between Italy and Morocco.
AGAMI in numbers
2011Year of foundation
15+Years of activity and international legal cooperation
3Horizons: Italy, Morocco, the Mediterranean
7Scientific Areas of research
AGAMI Highlights
Milestones of the journey
- 2011 Foundation of AGAMI, the first association of lawyers of Moroccan origin in Italy.
- 2017 International conference “Women's Rights – For Intercultural Legal Comparison” (Bassano del Grappa, Villa Ca' Rezzonico, March 11), at the end of which the Italian-Moroccan Study Commission on family law was established.
- 2024 Conference “Women and Rights in the Mediterranean”.
- 2026 Launch of AGAMI Journal, with the Call for Papers for the first issue.
Events, seminars and international conferences with professionals from several countries: see the calendar in the Events section.
Calls to action
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