Five years after the Taliban seized Kabul, Afghanistan continues to face one of the world’s most serious humanitarian and human rights crises. The country is in a situation characterised by extreme poverty, dependence on international aid, the deterioration of public institutions and the absence of effective safeguards for the exercise of fundamental freedoms. Millions of...
Nicaragua possesses a wealth of natural resources, notably gold and timber, but its strategic geographical position has also encouraged large-scale projects such as the Nicaragua Canal, with foreign backing – notably from major Chinese investors – and has served as a gateway or transit zone for migrants travelling between South and North America. But how...
Peru: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights finds Peru internationally liable for failing to provide effective judicial protection in connection with the dismissal of workers from the state-owned port company ENAPU On July 15, 2026, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued its judgment in the case of Bravo Garvich and Other Dismissed Workers of Empresa...
The Independent Whistleblower Protection Authority (AIPI) has marked a new milestone in the consolidation of the Spanish whistleblower protection system with the establishment of its Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee. The body was established with the attendance of 11 of the 13 appointed members, alongside the president of the AIPI and the director of the Monitoring...
This 30 July marks World Day Against Trafficking in Persons under the slogan ‘Caught in the Scam’. A slogan that highlights a rapidly expanding form of exploitation: people recruited with false promises of employment and confined to centres where they are forced, through violence and threats, to commit digital fraud on an industrial scale. But...
Introduction Historically, the cultural diversity of countries has, on numerous occasions, been characterised by practices of racism and exclusion towards indigenous peoples. This situation is reflected in the limited exercise of their rights and duties, as well as the insufficient incorporation of their basic needs into public policies; this creates gaps in maintaining a healthy and...
FIBGAR’s Ecuador office presents the report on the first session of the series “8M: a 365-day journey”, an initiative designed to promote ongoing spaces for reflection, dialogue and education on women’s rights and the challenges that remain in achieving substantive equality in the various spheres of social, political, economic and cultural life. This first session...
Today, 24 July 2026, the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute is meeting in an extraordinary session at the United Nations headquarters in New York to decide on the possible removal of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim A. A. Khan KC. This is an unprecedented situation – as, for...
Introduction Democratic transition processes are historically complex and fragile, characterised simultaneously by the need to break with authoritarian regimes and the political demand for strong institutions. The experience of various countries shows that a merely formal transition does not guarantee its durability and, in this sense, the construction of a democratic memory is a determining factor...
On 17 July 1936, a group of military officers rebelled against the legitimate government of the Second Spanish Republic. The uprising began in the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco, in cities such as Melilla, Tetouan and Ceuta. The following day, 18 July, it spread throughout Spain. The coup plotters’ plan was to seize power within a matter...
