Derechos humanos Archives - FIBGAR

PATFox welcomes the adoption of the Council of Europe’s Recommendation on SLAPPs

Fibgar — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:24:46 +0000

Today the Committee of Ministers finally of the Council of Europe (CoE) adopted the Recommendation CM/Rec(2024)2 on countering the use of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs). Despite not being legally binding on Council of Europe members, it will significantly influence norms across 46 nations. It calls on member states to devise comprehensive and effective strategies...

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75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Fibgar — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 17:58:16 +0000

By Baltasar Garzón, Honorary Chairman of FIBGAR Today, more than ever, 75 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (10/12/1948), we must vindicate its validity. Today, the systematic violation of that right is a painful fact that can be observed in many places in the world, especially in Gaza, where the degradation of the...

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The protection of whistleblowers in Europe: progress and setbacks

Fibgar — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 08:11:09 +0000

Faced with an increase in cases of whistleblowers reporting wrongdoing within companies and public institutions, the European Union (hereinafter, the Union or the EU, indistinctly) was under pressure to establish a policy to protect whistleblowers, which eventually crystallized in Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law...

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A CALL FOR EMPATHY AND SOLIDARITY: REFLECTIONS ON WORLD REFUGEE DAY

Fibgar — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:59:23 +0000

World Refugee Day is commemorated every June 20, a date that invites us to reflect on the difficult reality faced by millions of displaced people in search of safety and protection. This day reminds us of the importance of promoting and protecting the rights of those who have been forced to flee their homes due...

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Anti-SLAPP training: New threats to democracy: How to counter SLAPPs?

Fibgar — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 09:59:32 +0000

On June 14, 2023, in the framework of the European project PATFox (Pioneering AntiSLAPP Training for Freedom of Expression) and with the support of the Illustrious Provincial Bar Association of A Coruña, we organized the training day “New threats to democracy: How to counteract SLAPPs“. The event was attended by lawyers, academics and representatives of...

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Chronicles of struggles against hatred: ACAMPA for peace and the right to shelter

Fibgar — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:53:08 +0000

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...

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Fundamental Rights Report 2023: analyzing challenges and developments in the European Union.

Fibgar — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 08:40:52 +0000

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...

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Ljubljana-Hague Convention: a step forward in the prosecution of international crimes

Fibgar — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 08:35:51 +0000

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...

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Protecting the oceans: an essential task for the survival of life on Earth

Fibgar — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:32:39 +0000

Protecting the oceans is an essential task for the survival of life on Earth. On June 8, World Oceans Day is celebrated to highlight the value and importance of the oceans as a source of life and sustenance for living things and to raise awareness of the urgent need to protect and preserve them. In...

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World Environment Day: reducing plastic pollution would extend the life of our human rights

Fibgar — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 09:00:18 +0000

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...

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