Democratic Memory Archives - FIBGAR Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:51:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://fibgar.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-v_vertical_sin_texto-e1585918866851-32x32.png Democratic Memory Archives - FIBGAR 32 32 FIBGAR held the event ‘Women defending democracy: A feminist perspective on access to justice and democratic memory’ as part of the Women’s Network for Memory and Democracy (REDMEM). https://fibgar.es/en/fibgar-held-the-event-women-defending-democracy-a-feminist-perspective-on-access-to-justice-and-democratic-memory-as-part-of-the-womens-network-for-memory-and-democracy-redmem/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:46:15 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=26316 On Friday 27 February, the first event of the year took place within the framework of the Women’s Network for Memory and Democracy (REDMEM), organised together with Comisiones Obreras de Catalunya and in collaboration with the Catalan Association of Former Political Prisoners of Francoism. The conference, held in CCOO Catalunya headquarters located in Via Laietana...

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]]> We celebrated the event ‘Stolen Lessons: the comic’ together with Libros con Memoria. https://fibgar.es/en/26144/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:34:37 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=26144 On Saturday, 24 January 2026, we held the event ‘Stolen Lessons: The Comic’ at the Iván de Vargas Library in Madrid, organised in collaboration with Libros con Memoria, the association that emerged from this project and coordinated by Luis Vivas, a secondary school teacher of geography and history. The event was attended by Luis Vivas...

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]]> Law 20/2022 on Democratic Memory: three years on, what is the current situation? https://fibgar.es/en/law-20-2022-on-democratic-memory-three-years-on-what-is-the-current-situation/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=26013 Three years have passed since Law 20/2022 on Democratic Memory (hereinafter LMD) came into force on 21 October 2022. This law expands and updates the 2007 Historical Memory Law, adapting it to new social and political circumstances and to the recommendations made by the United Nations and other international organisations and NGOs. However, passing a...

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]]> FIBGAR is part of the Council for Democratic Memory, established in accordance with Law 20/2022 on Democratic Memory https://fibgar.es/en/fibgar-is-part-of-the-council-for-democratic-memory-established-in-accordance-with-law-20-2022-on-democratic-memory/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:43:33 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=26053 The Minister for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, presided over the inaugural meeting of the Council for Democratic Memory, a collegiate advisory body designed as a forum for memorial organisations and civil society to participate in the development of public policies on democratic memory. The Council was created in accordance with Law...

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]]> Memory at Stake: the Rise of Denialism in Latin America https://fibgar.es/en/memory-at-stake-the-rise-of-denialism-in-latin-america/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:18:07 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=26029 Latin America is a region that has long carried unresolved historical wounds. With regard to its recent history, the twentieth century was marked by military coups, armed conflict, enforced disappearances and multiple violations of human rights. In particular, during this period repression reached an extreme level of cruelty under the dictatorships that emerged in the...

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]]> FIBGAR has been registered in the State Register of Democratic Memory Entities https://fibgar.es/en/fibgar-has-been-registered-in-the-state-register-of-democratic-memory-entities/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=25687 The Baltasar Garzón International Foundation (FIBGAR) has been officially recognised as a memory organisation with its registration in the State Register of Democratic Memory Organisations, under the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory. This registration represents significant institutional support for the work that FIBGAR has been carrying out in defence of human rights, universal...

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]]> Democracy Labs Honouring the Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of the Military Coup, War and Dictatorship https://fibgar.es/en/democracy-labs-honouring-the-day-of-remembrance-and-tribute-to-the-victims-of-the-military-coup-war-and-dictatorship/ Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:04:51 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=25640 It is difficult to talk about the Day of Remembrance and Tribute to all the victims of the military coup, war and dictatorship without thinking about how limited the reparation they have received throughout these decades of democracy has been. Despite the efforts made by various institutions to offer recognition and moral reparation to the...

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]]> REDMEM event: ‘Progress and challenges of the 30 years of the Beijing Platform’ https://fibgar.es/en/redmem-event-progress-and-challenges-of-the-30-years-of-the-beijing-platform/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:17:17 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=25523 On Thursday, 2 October, at the María de Maeztu Equality Space in Madrid, the Women’s Network for Memory and Democracy (REDMEM) convened a meeting entitled ‘Progress and challenges of the 30 years of the Beijing Platform’. Three prominent voices in feminism—Cristina Almeida Castro, Laura Selena Báez Benítez, and María Garzón Molina—reflected on the achievements, current...

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]]> María’s civil identity: a historic breaktrhough in the enforced diseappearance of minors in Spain https://fibgar.es/en/marias-civil-identity-a-historic-breaktrhough-in-the-enforced-diseappearance-of-minors-in-spain/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:16:18 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=24944 On 8 July, María Bueno, president of the Alumbra Association and the International Platform Te Estamos Buscando (We Are Looking for You), received an official certificate from the Civil Registry recognising the civil existence of her daughter María, born on Christmas Day 1981 in a village in the province of Cádiz. Her case is one...

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]]> A milestone in Spanish democratic memory: Rodolfo Martín Villa is summoned to testify because of Teófilo del Valle’s murder https://fibgar.es/en/a-milestone-in-spanish-democratic-memory-rodolfo-martin-villa-is-summoned-to-testify-because-of-teofilo-del-valles-murder/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:36:43 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=24796 It is difficult to explain to someone who is unfamiliar with everything that happened during the Civil War, Franco’s regime and the transition to democracy what it means that, 50 years after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, one of those responsible for crimes during the transition in our country has been summoned to testify....

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