Intersectoral Fora for Social Transition
Advocacy / Human rights
In 2019, in collaboration with the Cervantes Institute, FIBGAR held a series of conferences “Social and Civil Rights in Spain” in different cities.
The following meetings were held:
– On the graves: the difficult work of reconstructing memory in Spain-BERLIN (26/04/2019).
Speakers: Baltasar Garzón and Wolfgang Kaleck, civil rights lawyer and Secretary General of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights.
– The right to the truth: Renné Lafont-PARIS (13/06/2019).
Speakers: Rodrigo Lledó Vásquez, director of Stop Ecocidio Americas and vice-president of Human Rights without Borders and José García Méndez President of the association Caminar.
– The decade that revolutionized freedom of expression: 2009-2019-LONDON (13/09/2019).
Speaker: Renata Ávila, Guatemalan lawyer and activist, specialized in technology and intellectual property working on the intersection of human rights and technology and Executive Director of the Smart Citizen Foundation.
– Civil and Social Rights in Spain and Italy-ROME (24/10/2019).
Speakers: Paloma Favieres, State Coordinator of the legal service of the Refugee Aid Commission, Francesco Martone, journalist and Donatella di Cesare, professor.
– The multiple paths of universal justice-NEW YORK (04/11/2019).
Speaker: Naomi Roht-Arriaza, lawyer.
Status: Completed
Place: Global
Beneficiaries: Civil society
Collaborators: Cervantes Institute
Funding: Cervantes Institute
Strategic line: Human rights