This year marks 31 years since one of the greatest tragedies in our recent history: the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Every 7 April, the world commemorates the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. This date, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003, marks the beginning...
On 8 and 9 May, a series of educational workshops focusing on exile and European democratic memory were held in two different secondary schools in the province of Badajoz. These activities were part of an initiative funded by the Provincial Council of Badajoz, with the participation as teachers of Nadia Gayoso de la Calle and...
Europe Day is celebrated every May 9, a commemorative date that invites us to reflect on the origins, the journey and the future of the European project. This day celebrates the Schuman Declaration, pronounced in 1950, as the starting point of a united Europe, whose raison d'être is to ensure peace and cooperation among peoples...
‘For hundreds of thousands of years, man has struggled to make a place for himself in nature. For the first time in the history of our species, the situation has been reversed and today it is indispensable to make a place for nature in the world of man’. With this sentence by the Argentinean poet Santiago...
On 5 March, in the framework of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the session dedicated to the interactive dialogue on the Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/58/36), published on 9 January 2025, took place. In this meeting, the role of Transitional Justice in peacebuilding and sustainable...
On 26 March we held the presentation event of our new Network of Women for Memory and Democracy (REDMEM). This occasion was held in collaboration with the Asociación El Club de las 25 and the Equality Unit of the Complutense University of Madrid, in the Paraninfo of the Faculty of Philosophy of the same university. This...
Since 2011, as a result of Resolution 65/196, the "International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Violations of Human Rights and Victims' Dignity" has been commemorated every 24 March. The day was chosen to honour and pay tribute to the Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero, who was assassinated on 24 March 1980 in...
Every 27 February is International NGO Day, a day to recognise the invaluable work of NGOs in building a more just and sustainable world. Driven by the will and solidarity of their members, NGOs fill gaps in communities where government has no presence or where aid is insufficient. They also promote citizen participation by involving...
During the period 1976-1983, Argentina experienced a civilian-church-military dictatorship under which crimes against humanity and human rights violations were committed. The regime carried out a systematic extermination plan, resulting in the forced disappearance of 30,000 people, including activists and students. These people were tortured, killed, burned, thrown into the sea or buried in mass graves. In...
“People all over the world (including millions fleeing war, persecution and deprivation) continue to suffer from discrimination and attacks. We have a duty to remember the past, and to help those who need us most now.” This was the message shared to the world by former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on the International Day...
