Since 2020, every year in early July, the European Commission usually publishes the annual Rule of Law Report, which examines Member States' development in the field of justice on four specific axes: the judicial system, the anti-corruption legal framework, media pluralism and other institutional issues on checks and balances.It is a separate initiative from the...
Last May, the General Assembly of the United Nations, in a Resolution, initiated by Germany, Bosnia and Rwanda, established 11 July as the International Day of Reflection and Remembrance of the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide. The Bosnian war, which took place between 1992 and 1995, saw the largest massacre witnessed on European soil since World War II,...
We are happy to announce that FIBGAR will collaborate with Trent University in Canada on Spanish democratic memory initiatives. More specifically, Memorízate (https://www.memorizate.org/), FIBGAR's democratic memory macro-project, and the Virtual Museum of the Spanish Civil War (https://www.vscw.ca/index.php/es), a project of Trent University, weave common bonds to work together occasionally on issues related to the Civil...
On 3 July 2024, the Commission adopted a report assessing the implementation and application of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law. Whistleblowers are important actors in national and European efforts to detect, investigate and tackle corruption: their...
The eighteenth edition of the Summer Courses, to be held on July 15 and 16 in Torres, is one week away. Since its inception, FIBGAR organizes the Summer Courses in the town of Torres (Jaén), in conjunction with the Center for Lifelong Learning and Complementary Training of the University of Jaén, and the collaboration of the...
Falta una semana a la decimoctava edición de los Cursos de Verano, que se celebrarán los días 15 y 16 de julio en Torres. Desde sus inicios, FIBGAR organiza los Cursos de Verano en la localidad de Torres (Jaén), en conjunto con el Centro de Formación Permanente y Formación Complementaria de la Universidad de Jaén, y...
Hate speech, one of the most insidious issues of our time, has found a way to nurture, grow and take root: social networks. In the digital age, negative voices are amplified and enjoy an anonymity never seen before, fostering media literacy among society and especially among young people. On June 18, we celebrate the International Day...
The United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is commemorated every June 26, due to the entry into force in 1987 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, reaffirming that torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment are prohibited and constitute serious...
Without massive investment and increased action, meeting the 2030 Agenda will remain a complicated challenge. In September 2015, the 193 members of the United Nations approved the well-known 2030 Agenda, an ambitious project of the international community with the aim of fighting poverty, caring for the planet and reducing inequalities over the next fifteen years. Through...
On 28 June 2024, Argentine Prosecutor Guillermo Marijuán asked the federal criminal court in Buenos Aires, Argentina to order international arrest warrants against 25 Myanmar government officials for the crime of genocide and crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya community between 2012 and 2018. This is the first time that arrest warrants are being...
