Articles Archives - FIBGAR Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:13:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://fibgar.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-v_vertical_sin_texto-e1585918866851-32x32.png Articles Archives - FIBGAR 32 32 Spain takes another step forward in support of whistleblowers: a body has been set up to oversee the protection of those who report irregularities https://fibgar.es/en/spain-takes-another-step-forward-in-support-of-whistleblowers-a-body-has-been-set-up-to-oversee-the-protection-of-those-who-report-irregularities/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27218 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...

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]]> The nameless trap: human trafficking in an age of global fraud https://fibgar.es/en/the-nameless-trap-human-trafficking-in-an-age-of-global-fraud/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27205 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...

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]]> The report on the first session of the series “8M: a 365-day journey” organised by FIBGAR’s Ecuador branch is now available https://fibgar.es/en/the-report-on-the-first-session-of-the-series-8m-a-365-day-journey-organised-by-fibgars-ecuador-branch-is-now-available-2/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:28:34 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27188 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...

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]]> The Assembly of States Parties faces a historic decision: a decisive moment for international criminal justice https://fibgar.es/en/the-assembly-of-states-parties-faces-a-historic-decision-a-decisive-moment-for-international-criminal-justice/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27168 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,...

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]]> 90 years since the 1936 coup: why we continue to remember https://fibgar.es/en/90-years-since-the-1936-coup-why-we-continue-to-remember/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27135 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...

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]]> Impunity today: an uncomfortable assessment on International Criminal Justice Day https://fibgar.es/en/impunity-today-an-uncomfortable-assessment-on-international-criminal-justice-day/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27143 Every 17 July, the world recalls that in 1998 the international community decided, for the first time on a permanent and institutional basis, that the most serious crimes against humanity would not be consigned to oblivion nor would they depend solely on the political will of states. The adoption of the Rome Statute led to...

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]]> The Dutch justice system has convicted a former leader of a pro-Assad militia of torture and sexual violence as crimes against humanity in Syria https://fibgar.es/en/the-dutch-justice-system-has-convicted-a-former-leader-of-a-pro-assad-militia-of-torture-and-sexual-violence-as-crimes-against-humanity-in-syria/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27111 On 15 June 2026, the District Court of The Hague sentenced Rafiq al-Qatrib, a former leader of the National Defence Forces (NDF), a paramilitary militia linked to Bashar al-Assad’s regime, to 26 years’ imprisonment for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Syria between 2013 and 2014. The verdict marks a milestone for the...

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]]> From Srebrenica to Gaza: the unfulfilled promise of ‘never again’ https://fibgar.es/en/from-srebrenica-to-gaza-the-unfulfilled-promise-of-never-again/ Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27103 The promise of ‘never again’, solemnly made in the wake of the Holocaust and reaffirmed after every episode of mass atrocity, has become one of the most tragically broken commitments in modern international history. Today, the images from Gaza force us to ask ourselves, once again, what that commitment means when the international community once...

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]]> The report on the first session of the series “8M: a 365-day journey” organised by FIBGAR’s Ecuador branch is now available https://fibgar.es/en/the-report-on-the-first-session-of-the-series-8m-a-365-day-journey-organised-by-fibgars-ecuador-branch-is-now-available/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27072 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...

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]]> FIBGAR, as part of the RAGAA initiative, is taking part in the conference ‘Afghanistan: Refugees and Human Rights in the Face of Gender Apartheid’ https://fibgar.es/en/fibgar-as-part-of-the-ragaa-initiative-is-taking-part-in-the-conference-afghanistan-refugees-and-human-rights-in-the-face-of-gender-apartheid/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:25:02 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27058 On 25 June, to mark World Refugee Day (20 June), FIBGAR, as part of the RAGAA initiative – Raise Against Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan – took part in the conference “Afghanistan: Refugees and Human Rights in the Face of Gender Apartheid”, organised in Madrid by the Social Policies Secretariat of UGT Madrid and the Progreso...

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