December 10, 1984 marked a milestone in the struggle for human rights: the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT). The Convention entered into force in 1987, establishing itself as a cornerstone in the prevention and eradication of torture worldwide. States that have ratified...
On December 10th, for the International Human Rights Day, our vice-president Carmen Durán organized an event together with the City Council of Cambados. Entitled “Our Rights, Our Future Now!”, it served as a space to share and discuss the new challenges that artificial intelligence poses to Justice and Human Rights. On this day, a poster was...
What was the first seed of what we know today as Human Rights? Who led the process of drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? These were some of the questions we asked on December 10 for the International Human Rights Day in an event presented by Luis Cañizares, multidisciplinary artist and curator of the Human...
On November 21, the inauguration of the “Delito de Silencio” project was held, an initiative focused on raising awareness of the global human rights crisis through the use of art and words, highlighting the value of both tools. During the event there was an exhibition by the multidisciplinary artist Luis Cañizares, and a presentation of...
International Volunteer Day is celebrated every 5th of December, after it was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985.. At that time, the UNGA called on States to take measures to raise awareness and recognition of the work of volunteers and the important contribution they make to every community. To this day, millions of...
On December 10, 2024, the event was held on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the victims of the military coup, the Civil War and the Dictatorship....
In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 25 November as the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, commemorating years of efforts and calling for global action to end gender-based violence. Its origins lie in the murder of the Mirabal sisters, three activists who were killed in 1960 in the Dominican Republic...
On 28 November, in accordance with Article 14 of the Rome Statute, the government of Spain, together with the governments of Chile, Costa Rica, France, Luxembourg and Mexico submitted a referral of the situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), considering the serious...
On Monday, November 25th, we held the event ‘Towards a European identity: the role of civil society organisations in the promotion of democratic memory policies’ at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. In this event, the results of the research developed throughout the year, ‘Towards a European identity: the role of civil society organisations in...
