On July 7 and 8, 2025, the 19th edition of the Summer Courses of the University of Jaén was held in the town of Torres, located in the province of Jaén. This well-established academic initiative once again counted on the active collaboration of FIBGAR in its organization. This year’s course, titled “Disinformation and Democracy: Challenges and...
Last Wednesday, June 18, 2025, the National Chamber of Criminal Cassation, Argentina's highest criminal court, issued a landmark ruling that reinforces the principle of universal jurisdiction and opens a door of hope for the Uyghur people. The court unanimously ruled that there are no legal impediments to open a criminal case for crimes against humanity...
On July 1, we attended the presentation of the Fundamental Rights Report 2025, organized by the Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union (FRA). This experience allowed us to learn first-hand about the main findings of one of the most relevant reports to understand the current situation of fundamental rights in the European Union. The report,...
The International Day of Parliamentarism –established by the UN General Assembly in 2018 through resolution A/RES/72/278– is celebrated annually on 30 June, the date of the creation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in 1889, an organisation that brings together all national parliaments. Parliaments are the cornerstone of democracy, one of the fundamental checks and balances of...
On June 20, 2025, the city of Latacunga hosted the first international seminar on the Organic Law of National Solidarity, an event organized by the Universidad Indoamérica (Latacunga campus), which brought together prominent legal and academic experts to reflect on this new Ecuadorian regulation. In this space for dialogue, the International Baltasar Garzón Foundation (FIBGAR) – Ecuador played...
October 23, 2019 marked a turning point within the European Union: Directive 2019/1937 on the protection of persons reporting breaches of EU law was adopted. The development of this directive was motivated by the existence of fragmentation regarding the protection of whistleblowers in the various Member States. Those working in both private and public companies are...
Every June 20, the world celebrates World Refugee Day, an event that reminds the world of the vulnerability of people who are forced to flee their country for reasons such as armed conflict, political or religious persecution, as well as sexual crimes or simply for situations such as the lack of labor supply, which prevents...
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly established that every June 19, the world would commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, to make visible and eradicate this serious type of human rights violation. Weapon of war Sexual violence has been used as a weapon of war in conflicts through acts that...
"Hate speech is a warning signal: the louder it sounds, the greater the threat of genocide. It precedes and promotes violence.” These words, expressed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, are increasingly resonating in every corner of the world. The United Nations defines hate speech in its UN Strategy and Plan of Action to Combat Hate Speech...
It is difficult to explain to someone who is unfamiliar with everything that happened during the Civil War, Franco's regime and the transition to democracy what it means that, 50 years after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, one of those responsible for crimes during the transition in our country has been summoned to testify....
