FIBGAR https://fibgar.es/en/ Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:53:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://fibgar.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-v_vertical_sin_texto-e1585918866851-32x32.png FIBGAR https://fibgar.es/en/ 32 32 The Peruvian Amazon: from the ‘green lung’ to illegal gold, social and environmental conflicts: between unenforced laws and forgotten indigenous peoples  https://fibgar.es/en/the-peruvian-amazon-from-the-green-lung-to-illegal-gold-social-and-environmental-conflicts-between-unenforced-laws-and-forgotten-indigenous-peoples/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:53:11 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27197 Introduction Historically, the cultural diversity of countries has, on numerous occasions, been characterised by practices of racism and exclusion towards indigenous peoples. This situation is reflected in the limited exercise of their rights and duties, as well as the insufficient incorporation of their basic needs into public policies; this creates gaps in maintaining a healthy...

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]]> The report on the first session of the series “8M: a 365-day journey” organised by FIBGAR’s Ecuador branch is now available https://fibgar.es/en/the-report-on-the-first-session-of-the-series-8m-a-365-day-journey-organised-by-fibgars-ecuador-branch-is-now-available-2/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:28:34 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27188 FIBGAR’s Ecuador office presents the report on the first session of the series “8M: a 365-day journey”, an initiative designed to promote ongoing spaces for reflection, dialogue and education on women’s rights and the challenges that remain in achieving substantive equality in the various spheres of social, political, economic and cultural life. This first session...

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]]> The Assembly of States Parties faces a historic decision: a decisive moment for international criminal justice https://fibgar.es/en/the-assembly-of-states-parties-faces-a-historic-decision-a-decisive-moment-for-international-criminal-justice/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27168 Today, 24 July 2026, the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute is meeting in an extraordinary session at the United Nations headquarters in New York to decide on the possible removal of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim A. A. Khan KC. This is an unprecedented situation – as,...

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]]> Risks and threats posed by the absence of democratic memory: a case study of Nicaragua https://fibgar.es/en/risks-and-threats-posed-by-the-absence-of-democratic-memory-a-case-study-of-nicaragua/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27152 Introduction Democratic transition processes are historically complex and fragile, characterised simultaneously by the need to break with authoritarian regimes and the political demand for strong institutions. The experience of various countries shows that a merely formal transition does not guarantee its durability and, in this sense, the construction of a democratic memory is a determining...

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]]> 90 years since the 1936 coup: why we continue to remember https://fibgar.es/en/90-years-since-the-1936-coup-why-we-continue-to-remember/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27135 On 17 July 1936, a group of military officers rebelled against the legitimate government of the Second Spanish Republic. The uprising began in the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco, in cities such as Melilla, Tetouan and Ceuta. The following day, 18 July, it spread throughout Spain. The coup plotters’ plan was to seize power within a...

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]]> Impunity today: an uncomfortable assessment on International Criminal Justice Day https://fibgar.es/en/impunity-today-an-uncomfortable-assessment-on-international-criminal-justice-day/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27143 Every 17 July, the world recalls that in 1998 the international community decided, for the first time on a permanent and institutional basis, that the most serious crimes against humanity would not be consigned to oblivion nor would they depend solely on the political will of states. The adoption of the Rome Statute led to...

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]]> The Dutch justice system has convicted a former leader of a pro-Assad militia of torture and sexual violence as crimes against humanity in Syria https://fibgar.es/en/the-dutch-justice-system-has-convicted-a-former-leader-of-a-pro-assad-militia-of-torture-and-sexual-violence-as-crimes-against-humanity-in-syria/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27111 On 15 June 2026, the District Court of The Hague sentenced Rafiq al-Qatrib, a former leader of the National Defence Forces (NDF), a paramilitary militia linked to Bashar al-Assad’s regime, to 26 years’ imprisonment for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Syria between 2013 and 2014. The verdict marks a milestone for the...

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]]> From Srebrenica to Gaza: the unfulfilled promise of ‘never again’ https://fibgar.es/en/from-srebrenica-to-gaza-the-unfulfilled-promise-of-never-again/ Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27103 The promise of ‘never again’, solemnly made in the wake of the Holocaust and reaffirmed after every episode of mass atrocity, has become one of the most tragically broken commitments in modern international history. Today, the images from Gaza force us to ask ourselves, once again, what that commitment means when the international community once...

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]]> At the forefront of global environmental governance: The Rights of Nature in Latin America and Indigenous Peoples https://fibgar.es/en/at-the-forefront-of-global-environmental-governance-the-rights-of-nature-in-latin-america-and-indigenous-peoples/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27094 “It sounds strange, doesn’t it? This idea that nature has rights… It’s madness. As if nature were a person! Yet it sounds perfectly normal that large US corporations should enjoy human rights.”  Eduardo Galeano (2017) Nature as a subject of rights According to the Earth Law Centre, the rights of Nature (hereinafter RN) are defined...

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]]> Do you know what happened in Latin America? ALERTA Latam Observatory Monthly Bulletin – June 2026 https://fibgar.es/en/do-you-know-what-happened-in-latin-america-alerta-latam-observatory-monthly-bulletin-june-2026/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27085 The UNDP warns of a crisis of legitimacy in Latin American democracies The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has published a report analysing democracies and their development in Latin America. The report begins by characterising Latin America as the most democratic developing region in the world, with more than four out of every five citizens...

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