[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="7/12" el_class="project-text"][vc_column_text el_class="justify-text"] In 2016, in Colombia, FIBGAR carried out the Cinta de sueños project with the aim of increasing the participation capacities of young victims of the armed conflict in the region of Montes de María and Cartagena in the processes of social transformation, the construction of memory and comprehensive and democratic reparation. In...
[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="7/12" el_class="project-text"][vc_column_text el_class="justify-text"]With the aim of discussing the draft Principles of Universal Jurisdiction approved at the I International Congress on Universal Jurisdiction in 2014, FIBGAR organized regional working groups and 6 seminars were held in Puerto Rico, Paraguay, the Netherlands, Spain and South Africa, gathering the support of more than 100 international experts. In...
[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="7/12" el_class="project-text"][vc_column_text el_class="justify-text"] In 2015, together with the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), FIBGAR launched the essay contest The New Human Rights Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean. The prizes were awarded during the VII Latin American and Caribbean Conference of Social Sciences in Medellin, following an evaluation process carried out by...
[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="7/12" el_class="project-text"][vc_column_text el_class="justify-text"] In collaboration with the University of Jaén and more specifically, with UniRadio (the University's radio station), FIBGAR carried out a weekly radio programme with the aim of dealing with the most relevant and current aspects related to Human Rights, both in Spain and in the rest of the world. most relevant and...
[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="7/12" el_class="project-text"][vc_column_text el_class="justify-text"]In 2015, together with other organisations, FIBGAR organised the 43 hours for Ayotzinapa campaign to demand truth, justice and memories for the missing students and their families. On the night of 26 September 2014, 43 students from the Normal Rural School of Ayotzinapa disappeared in the Mexican city of Iguala, in the...
[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="7/12" el_class="project-text"][vc_column_text el_class="justify-text"] Hablemos de Paz y Derechos Humanos (Let's Talk about Peace and Human Rights) was a television programme broadcast on Bogotá's Canal Capital television with the aim of addressing in an independent and critical manner the most diverse issues related to the internal armed conflict, the situation of the victims, the political...
[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="7/12" el_class="project-text"][vc_column_text el_class="justify-text"] In 2015, FIBGAR organised the course International Standards on the Right to Freedom of Expression at the Judicial Academy of Puerto Rico. The course addressed the legal framework of freedom of expression at the international level, touching on the concepts of freedom of opinion, freedom of the press, and right of access...
[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="7/12" el_class="project-text"][vc_column_text el_class="justify-text"]The I International Congress on Universal Jurisdiction, held in Madrid, Spain, from May 20 to 23 2014, brought together 47 speakers from 10 different nationalities, creating a forum for reflection and debate on the limits and obstacles to achieving an effective Universal Jurisdiction at the global level. For four days, judges, prosecutors,...
[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="7/12" el_class="project-text"][vc_column_text el_class="justify-text"] In 2015 and 2016, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the beginning of Operation Nécora, which was a turning point in the fight against drug trafficking, FIBGAR promoted a series of conferences in universities that addressed the impact that the operation had on Galician and Spanish societies, as well...
[vc_row content_width="grid"][vc_column width="7/12" el_class="project-text"][vc_column_text el_class="justify-text"] At the end of 2014, FIBGAR became a partner in Spain of the Restarting the Future (RTF) campaign, the sister platform at European level of the successful Italian Riparte il Futuro, with the aim of creating an anti-corruption culture in Spain, facilitating the discovery of corruption cases and empowering civil society...
