Every August 9th marks the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, a date proclaimed by the United Nations to recognize the history, culture, spirituality, and struggles of Indigenous communities. In 2025, this day arrives with a stark warning: emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, far from being tools for inclusion, are being used to...
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) is an international grassroots solidarity movement that brings together campaigns and initiatives from various countries with a common goal: to break the illegal Israeli blockade on Gaza. This commitment took shape once again last June with the departure of the ship Madleen, which set sail from the port of Catania,...
In July, the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations adopted the seventh periodic report on Spain, in which it highlighted key recommendations to strengthen the protection of fundamental rights, especially those related to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and association, as well as the protection of human rights defenders. The Committee expressed deep concern over...
Human trafficking is a serious violation of human rights that directly threatens basic guarantees such as life, liberty, and security. Traffickers strip victims of their dignity and treat them as mere commodities. This series of rights violated by the crime of trafficking, which are considered inherent and inalienable to human beings, is regulated in the...
Organised crime is no longer a hidden phenomenon operating on the margins of the system. In Europe, criminal networks operate with alarming sophistication, infiltrating economies, corrupting institutions, and undermining the daily lives of millions of people. The situation is critical: organised crime does not only kill or traffic—it quietly buys influence, destabilises local governments, displaces communities...
On July 18, 2025, the United Nations Human Rights Committee adopted the final observations related to Spain’s seventh periodic report, contained in the official document CCPR/C/ESP/CO/7. The examination of the report took place during sessions held on July 2 and 3, 2025, and the observations were adopted at the plenary session on July 15. This monitoring...
On this day, July 17, 1998, the Statute of the International Criminal Court (the “ICC”) was adopted in Rome by the international community and entered into force on July 1, 2002. International criminal justice was born with the intention of ensuring that no one is above the law, especially when it comes to heinous crimes...
Yesterday, the Joint Declaration on the Conclusion of the Emergency Conference on Palestine, convened by the Hague Group, was adopted in Bogotá. This marks a significant moment in the fight against international impunity, as more than thirty countries, brought together at the initiative of the Governments of Colombia and South Africa, gathered to coordinate legal...
On 8 July, María Bueno, president of the Alumbra Association and the International Platform Te Estamos Buscando (We Are Looking for You), received an official certificate from the Civil Registry recognising the civil existence of her daughter María, born on Christmas Day 1981 in a village in the province of Cádiz. Her case is one...
2025 marks 30 years since the Srebrenica genocide, one of the greatest tragedies in Europe since World War II. To mark this commemoration, the United Nations General Assembly in May 2024 adopted a resolution, led by Germany and Rwanda, establishing July 11 as the International Day of Reflection and Remembrance of Srebrenica in 1995. In...
