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In recent years, a discourse based on racism, xenophobia, intolerance, ethnocentrism, discrimination, inequality, exclusion, marginalization and criminalization against this sector of the population, aimed at the construction of the Other understood as a danger, as an enemy, has been growing stronger.  Recurrent targets of hate speech are national, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities, already vulnerable communities,...

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has recently published the European Union Fundamental Rights Report 2023. This document reviews the achievements in this field during 2022 and identifies the main areas of concern. Thus, the report focuses mainly on the problems arising from the war in Ukraine and provides a comprehensive analysis of...

At the Diplomatic Conference held from 15 to 26 May in Ljubljana, Slovenia, organized by the MLA initiative[1], which includes the Netherlands, Belgium, Slovenia, Argentina, Senegal and Mongolia, the Ljubljana-Hague Convention (hereinafter, the Convention) was adopted after 12 years of negotiation. This document enables cooperation between countries for the investigation and prosecution of crimes of...

In the last 50 years, global plastic production has grown exponentially, leaving in its wake 9.2 billion tons of plastic between 1950 and 2017, as stated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Of that large amount of waste, 7 billion ended up between landfills and different natural environments, so that every minute the equivalent...

In the framework of the PATFOXproject, last May 17 2023 we gave the virtual conference "SLAPPs: new forms of abuse of the law", organized with the support of ELSA Barcelona UB.  ELSA is an international, independent, non-political and non-profit organization, run by and for students and recent graduates, who are interested in achieving academic and personal...

This week the Fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe-also known as the Council of Europe Summit-is taking place in Reykjavik to reinforce the Council's key mission of safeguarding and promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law.  This is the fourth Council of Europe Summit since its establishment...

One year ago, on April 27, 2022 the European Commission (EC) adopted a proposal for an anti-SLAPP Directive, which is expected to provide procedural safeguards against commonly referred to as "strategic lawsuits against public participation" (SLAPPs) when they are related to civil matters and have cross-border implications.  The proposed package is based on three key pillars...

April 22, 2023 is International Mother Earth Day. This day focuses on emphasizing the importance of rebuilding our deteriorated relationship with nature. It is a worldwide awareness campaign that seeks to raise awareness of the threats to the well-being of the planet and the life it supports. The United Nations General Assembly declared April 22 International...