Every October 15, since 2007, the work of rural and indigenous women around the world is commemorated. Under the initiative of the United Nations, Resolution 62/136, approved on December 18, 2007, recognized the importance of women living in rural areas, so that work could be done to improve their situation. Considering that women are already...
October 10 marks a milestone in the ongoing struggle to abolish this controversial practice worldwide. This day not only pays tribute to those who have fought tirelessly against capital punishment, but also reminds us of the urgent need to put an end to this extreme form of punishment. The origin of this initiative is to be...
European Union: concern over new changes in asylum and migration policies European Union (EU) leaders have agreed on a stance against surges in arrivals at Europe's borders and cases of "instrumentalization" of migrants. This agreement would allow EU member states to deviate from the bloc' s usual asylum and reception rules. Amnesty International has expressed concern about...
On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, last September 21, FIBGAR held its third Anti-SLAPP seminar within the framework of the European project PATFox (Pioneering AntiSLAPP Training for Freedom of Expression). The event "Confronting SLAPPs: New Threats to Freedom of Expression and Information". was organized with the support of the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB),...
The dispute between Ukraine and Russia before the International Court of Justice is progressing. The first week of hearings in the proceedings brought by Ukraine before the ICJ for alleged violations of the Genocide Convention concluded last Thursday, the 21st. Russia claimed that the cause of its invasion was to defend the Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine, who,...
Prosecutor's Office supports investigation of torture case during Franco's regime Carlos Vallejo, a trade unionist with the Comisiones Obreras, was tortured for 21 days in the Via Laietana police station in Barcelona in 1970. 53 years later, a small step towards the end of impunity for the crimes of Franco's regime has been taken thanks to...
Every year since 1981, the International Day of Peace has been celebrated worldwide on September 21. The initiative was born in the General Assembly of the United Nations, as a reminder of the promotion of peace as one of the main purposes set forth in the Charter of the United Nations. It is materialized for...
Small island states take large greenhouse gas emitting countries to court The small island states of the Pacific are increasingly affected by the adverse effects of the climate and environmental crisis. Rapidly rising sea levels and extreme weather events are threatening their very survival and, with it, the human rights of all their inhabitants. In this way,...
On September 5th, together with our partners from PATFox, Blueprint for Free Speech and the Cyprus University of Technology we organize the workshop "Countering SLAPP: mitigating the threat of abusive litigation against investigative journalists and human rights defenders." at the 40th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime. The week-long...
Last week, our director, Alessia Schiavon, presented the project of PATFox before the panel of "Possible strategies for addressing constraints in civic space." within the framework of the AHRI Annual Conference (Association of Human Rights Institutes), which took place from September 7 to 9 at the University of Deusto...
