Violence against women constitutes one of the most serious forms of discrimination and a fundamental violation of human rights: “its physical, sexua...
Read moreIn Argentina, the ruling party of President Javier Milei has continued with its public policy of attack against the fundamental areas of the transitio...
Read moreInternational Lawyers’ Day, commemorated on 3rd February, is an occasion to reflect on the role of legal professionals in promoting justice and defe...
Read moreData Protection Day, celebrated every January 28th, aims to raise awareness about the importance of protecting personal data from a human rights persp...
Read moreWe had the honor of attending the First International Congress on Enforced Disappearances, held from January 15 to 16 in Geneva. This landmark event w...
Read moreOn January 8th, the “Books with Memory” event was organized by FIBGAR and the Valencian publisher Vinatea, in collaboration with the Dip...
Read moreDecember 10, 1984 marked a milestone in the struggle for human rights: the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention against Torture and ...
Read moreWhat was the first seed of what we know today as Human Rights? Who led the process of drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? These were s...
Read moreOn November 21, the inauguration of the “Delito de Silencio” project was held, an initiative focused on raising awareness of the global human righ...
Read moreInternational Volunteer Day is celebrated every 5th of December, after it was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985.. At that ...
Read moreOn December 10, 2024, the event was held on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the victims of the military coup, the Civil War and ...
Read moreIn 1999, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 25 November as the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, commemorating years...
Read moreOn November 12, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presented the Declaration+25, published in the middle of this year, in commemora...
Read moreOn 28 November, in accordance with Article 14 of the Rome Statute, the government of Spain, together with the governments of Chile, Costa Rica, France...
Read moreOn Monday, November 25th, we held the event ‘Towards a European identity: the role of civil society organisations in the promotion of democratic mem...
Read moreFrom 1 October 2023 until 30 September 2025, Spain assumes the co-presidency of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a global alliance that brings t...
Read moreAs part of its commitment to international justice and the fight against impunity, FIBGAR joins the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CI...
Read moreIn 1949, after the tragedy and horrors of the Second World War, the Council of Europe (CoE) was created with the aim of promoting the common principle...
Read moreOn 16 October 1998, the arrest of Augusto Pinochet in a London clinic caused a worldwide media impact. The former Chilean dictator, who led a dictator...
Read moreThe event “SLAPPs: a growing threat to democracy”, organized by the Spanish group of the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE), will take plac...
Read moreUniversal access to information is an essential human right with profound implications for the development of more just, equitable and transparent soc...
Read moreAccording to the 18th edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI) the world stands at a crossroads. The number of countries involved in conflict has reach...
Read moreThe European Network of Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), the network that brings together National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) from across Eu...
Read moreSince 2007, by declaration of the United Nations General Assembly, the International Day of Democracy has been celebrated every 15th September. Unders...
Read moreIn the annual report “The Land and Environmental Defenders at the frontlines of the climate crisis” for 2023, Global Witness highlighted that Colo...
Read moreSince 2011, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances has been commemorated every 30 August. This was established in 2010 by res...
Read moreSLAPPs represent a particular type of judicial harassment, allowing powerful actors to misuse the legal and judicial systems in order to silence criti...
Read moreA Belated but Necessary Recognition: The Victims of Nazism and Stalinism Since 2009, the European Union has recognised 23 August as the European Day o...
Read moreUniversal Jurisdiction is of the utmost importance for all those who fight for human rights, as it is an indispensable mechanism of justice whose obje...
Read moreIf the answer is yes, then the ADHEU face-to-face course on the new developments adopted by the last European legislature on these issues is your best...
Read moreThe rights of indigenous peoples have been systematically violated for centuries. This situation condemns them to marginalisation and discrimination. ...
Read moreThe Spanish female deportation to the Nazi concentration camps, despite being one of the darkest episodes of our recent history, is still little known...
Read moreEach year on 30 July, we observe World Day Against Trafficking in Persons as preventing and combating trafficking must be a priority for the internati...
Read moreAs indicated by the UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls, despite some progress, no country has achieved gender equality and wom...
Read moreWe are currently living in a Fourth Industrial Revolution characterized by full automation of production processes due to the influence of artificial ...
Read moreThe Spanish Association for Standardization (UNE) has published the first standard “UNE-ISO 53800: 2024. Guidelines for the promotion and implementa...
Read moreToday, July 17, we celebrate International Criminal Justice Day, a date all the more relevant as the world faces turbulent times. This day commemorate...
Read moreSince 2020, every year in early July, the European Commission usually publishes the annual Rule of Law Report, which examines Member States’ dev...
Read moreLast May, the General Assembly of the United Nations, in a Resolution, initiated by Germany, Bosnia and Rwanda, established 11 July as the Internation...
Read moreWe are happy to announce that FIBGAR will collaborate with Trent University in Canada on Spanish democratic memory initiatives. More specifically, Mem...
Read moreOn 3 July 2024, the Commission adopted a report assessing the implementation and application of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament a...
Read moreThe eighteenth edition of the Summer Courses, to be held on July 15 and 16 in Torres, is one week away. Since its inception, FIBGAR organizes the Summ...
Read moreFalta una semana a la decimoctava edición de los Cursos de Verano, que se celebrarán los días 15 y 16 de julio en Torres. Desde sus inicios, FIBGAR...
Read moreHate speech, one of the most insidious issues of our time, has found a way to nurture, grow and take root: social networks. In the digital age, negati...
Read moreThe United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is commemorated every June 26, due to the entry into force in 1987 of the Conven...
Read moreWithout massive investment and increased action, meeting the 2030 Agenda will remain a complicated challenge. In September 2015, the 193 members of th...
Read moreOn 28 June 2024, Argentine Prosecutor Guillermo Marijuán asked the federal criminal court in Buenos Aires, Argentina to order international arrest wa...
Read moreOn June 28, 2024, Argentine prosecutor Guillermo Marijuán requested the federal criminal court in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to order international arr...
Read moreYesterday, July 2, the European Union Drugs Agency officially started its activities in Lisbon, replacing the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and...
Read moreYesterday, July 2, the European Union’s Anti-Drug Agency officially started its activities in Lisbon, replacing the European Monitoring Centre f...
Read moreWithout massive investment and increased action, meeting the 2030 Agenda will remain a difficult challenge. In September 2015, the 193 members of the ...
Read moreThe United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is commemorated every June 26, due to the entry into force in 1987 of the Conven...
Read moreIn honour of World Whistleblowers’ Day, we want to emphasise the importance of responsible citizens who, despite the risk, choose to fulfil thei...
Read moreYesterday, the Constitutional Court announced its decision to admit the Government’s appeal for unconstitutionality and to suspend Law 1/2024 re...
Read moreOn April 23, the Council of Ministers approved an agreement creating three study and technical commissions already foreseen in Law 20/2022, of October...
Read moreIn the last months, in the Valencian Community and in Aragon and Castilla y León, the so-called “Laws of Concord” have been proposed. The...
Read moreThe environmental challenges we face today are unprecedented, and have emerged as an issue that threatens global democracies. This was the central the...
Read moreThe potential of universal jurisdiction remains untapped, although a positive trend stands out. This is what the 2024 edition of the Universal Jurisdi...
Read moreOn the 16th of April 2024, the DIRECTIVE (EU) 2024/1069 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 April 2024 on protecting persons who enga...
Read moreToday the Committee of Ministers finally of the Council of Europe (CoE) adopted the Recommendation CM/Rec(2024)2 on countering the use of strategic la...
Read moreOn 3 April, the fourth seminar took place as part of our project VOCES – Civil society voices for a more sustainable democracy: dialogue between...
Read moreIn a scenario where diverse current issues are increasingly intertwined, the preservation and transmission of democratic memory stands as a fundamenta...
Read moreIn the digital and global landscape in which we find ourselves today, freedom of expression and information face unprecedented challenges that require...
Read moreIn a global context where environmental awareness and care for the environment are at the top of political agendas, last Tuesday marked a significant ...
Read moreToday, the European Parliament (EP) adopted the Directive on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded claims or...
Read moreMore than seventy years have passed since the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops, ...
Read moreFrom FIBGAR, we launched during the months of February, March and April, four virtual meetings that make up “The Memory Coffee”. In them, ...
Read moreThe Pioneering Anti-SLAPP Training for Freedom of Expression (PATFOX) project, co-funded by the European Commission and led by FIBGAR, comes to an end...
Read moreIn 2018, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed January 24 as Education Day. In this sixth edition, the slogan “Learning for lasting pea...
Read moreTowards a European identity: the role of civil society organizations in the promotion of democratic memory policies. ...
Read more“It is necessary to shield the Never Again, as an input for democracy, because violence is the hydra with a thousand heads”. Jorge Auat. F...
Read more“Many small people, in small places, doing small things, can change the world.” Eduardo Galeano. The International Day of Human Solidarity...
Read moreWhether in search of a better future or for reasons of force majeure, migrants have existed since the beginning of humanity. Migration is an important...
Read more“Corruption is an insidious plague […] It undermines democracy and the rule of law, leads to human rights violations, distorts markets, er...
Read moreIf the incorporation of Human Rights in international instruments marked a before and after in the respect for the condition of people and the recogni...
Read moreThe context of historical and structural discrimination against women is manifested in practices that have affected, unfortunately affect and will con...
Read moreEl evento Construyendo las memorias de pasado, presente y futuro de la democracia europea: experiencias del proyecto Memorízate tuvo lugar el miérco...
Read moreThe European Commission (EC) is in the process of updating regulations aimed at preventing and combating human trafficking. Human trafficking is an in...
Read moreThe first days of November bring back memories of events in our history that we Europeans should not forget. November 9 not only commemorates the fall...
Read moreIt is a pleasure to announce that the FIBGAR project, Memorízate has been selected to participate in the World Forum for Democracy 2023 (World Forum ...
Read moreNovember 2 is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, a day dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of press fr...
Read moreOctober 25 is a significant day in the European calendar. Since 2003, the Council of Europe and the European Commission have decided to celebrate the ...
Read moreScientists at NASA’s Goddars at NASA’s Goddars Institute for Space Studies in New York have established that the northern hemisphere summe...
Read moreThis Saturday 28th of October, our project coordinator Alessia Schiavon (FIBGAR) will present the project at the annual congress of the International ...
Read moreWithin the framework of the 25th session of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, the first General Comment on enforced disappearances of persons ...
Read moreEvery October 15, since 2007, the work of rural and indigenous women around the world is commemorated. Under the initiative of the United Nations, Res...
Read moreOctober 10 marks a milestone in the ongoing struggle to abolish this controversial practice worldwide. This day not only pays tribute to those who hav...
Read moreOn the occasion of the International Day of Peace, last September 21, FIBGAR held its third Anti-SLAPP seminar within the framework of the European pr...
Read moreEvery year since 1981, the International Day of Peace has been celebrated worldwide on September 21. The initiative was born in the General Assembly o...
Read moreOn September 5th, together with our partners from PATFox, Blueprint for Free Speech and the Cyprus University of Technology we organize the workshop &...
Read moreLast week, our director, Alessia Schiavon, presented the project of PATFox before the panel of “Possible strategies for addressing constraints i...
Read moreToday, September 15, 2023, is a historic day for Spain. Julio Pacheco Yepes, victim of arbitrary detention and torture for belonging to an anti-fascis...
Read moreIn 2007, through the resolution on the “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of governments to promote and consolidate new or res...
Read moreFor decades, the economic development we have enjoyed has been taking too high a toll on the living beings that inhabit the planet, including people a...
Read moreSince 1997, June 26 has been the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and commemorates the entry into force in 1987 of th...
Read moreLast August 12 was International Youth Day. Declared as such by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999, every year this day is used to draw the a...
Read moreSince 2009, the European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Stalinism and Nazism has been celebrated on August 23. The aim of this day is “to...
Read moreOn August 9, 1982, the first meeting of the Working Group on the Multiple Populations of Indigenous Peoples of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Dis...
Read moreIn view of the upcoming General Elections on July 23rd, 2023, the memorialist associations that make up the Truth Commission Platform demand that all ...
Read more“SLAPP suits are a threat to the rule of law and seriously undermine the fundamental rights of expression, information and association. They are...
Read moreEl 26 de junio es, desde 1997, el Día Internacional de las Naciones en Apoyo de las Víctimas de la Tortura y conmemora la entrada en vigor en 1987 d...
Read moreFaced with an increase in cases of whistleblowers reporting wrongdoing within companies and public institutions, the European Union (hereinafter, the ...
Read moreWorld 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 s...
Read moreOn June 14, 2023, in the framework of the European project PATFox (Pioneering AntiSLAPP Training for Freedom of Expression) and with the support of th...
Read moreIn recent years, a discourse based on racism, xenophobia, intolerance, ethnocentrism, discrimination, inequality, exclusion, marginalization and crimi...
Read moreThe European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has recently published the European Union Fundamental Rights Report 2023. This document reviews...
Read moreAt the Diplomatic Conference held from 15 to 26 May in Ljubljana, Slovenia, organized by the MLA initiative[1], which includes the Netherlands, Belgiu...
Read moreProtecting 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 imp...
Read moreIn 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 sta...
Read moreIn the framework of the PATFOXproject, last May 17 2023 we gave the virtual conference “SLAPPs: new forms of abuse of the law”, organized ...
Read moreThis week the Fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe-also known as the Council of Europe Summit-is taking place in Re...
Read moreToday, May 9, is Europe Day, a date to commemorate peace and unity in the ancient continent. This day was marked as it coincides with the anniversary ...
Read moreOne year ago, on April 27, 2022 the European Commission (EC) adopted a proposal for an anti-SLAPP Directive, which is expected to provide procedural s...
Read moreApril 22, 2023 is International Mother Earth Day. This day focuses on emphasizing the importance of rebuilding our deteriorated relationship with natu...
Read moreThis week has been published the latest Annual Review of Universal Jurisdiction 2023, conducted by Trial International, where international cases occu...
Read moreAs an extension of the Memorízate y Memorízate – Activemos la memoria project, Memorízate – ¡Comprometámonos con la memoria! Academy ...
Read moreLast week we participated in the Third World Forum on Human Rights March 20-24, 2023 in the city of Buenos Aires, organized by the International Cente...
Read moreToday, as we do every March 24, we commemorate the International Day for the Right to the Truth in relation to Serious Violations of Human Rights and ...
Read moreOn February 28, PATFox project partners met in Brussels for the event“Anti-SLAPP legal training: Experiences from the PATFox project”. The...
Read moreOn February 24, 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine in contravention of the basic principles of international humanitarian law and international human rights ...
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