“The earth belongs to everyone, just like the air,” wrote the poet Jorge Debravo, alluding to the longing for a world without borders. Today, millions of people lack access to the basic conditions needed to live with dignity in their countries of origin and turn to migration in search of new opportunities, with the aim of...
Latin America and Europe Ahead of the EU-CELAC Summit: Shared Rhetoric, Real Gaps Researcher Par Engstrom has just published two reports commissioned by the European Parliament on human rights and accountability in Latin America and the Caribbean, in the context of the 4th EU-CELAC Summit (Santa Marta, November 2025). The overall assessment is clear: the region...
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 law...
We are bringing the ‘Democracy Labs’ project to a close, an educational initiative developed in the province of Valencia with the aim of strengthening European democratic memory, encouraging critical thinking and promoting citizenship committed to democratic values and human rights. The project, developed in collaboration with the Provincial Council of Valencia, has provided a space...
Last Friday, December 12, as part of the activities linked to International Human Rights Day, the screening of the film “As Duas Casas de Xustiza” took place in Cambados, followed by an enriching discussion. The event was jointly organized by the Cambados City Council and FIBGAR, and brought together local residents, professionals from the social...
On December 10, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, FIBGAR organized a commemorative event in Cambados, bringing together local authorities, residents, and representatives of various social organizations. The day, marked by solemnity and a strong commitment to the defense of fundamental rights, included a public gathering and a full reading of the Universal...
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 justice...
At FIBGAR, we are launching the campaign “Democracy isn’t inherited. It must be built. Raise your voice.”, a call to citizens and the legal community to protect human rights, defend democracy, and fight impunity. Twenty-three years ago, Spain mobilized against the Iraq war, showing that civil society can influence political decisions and demand respect for international law and...
Commemorating the victims of Nazism and Stalinism today is essential. Not only because the victims and survivors of such systems of hatred and repression deserve it, but also because we are witnessing a rise in extremist rhetoric in Europe that is very reminiscent of that which was promulgated on the continent during the 20th century. Discourse...
Human trafficking is a serious violation of human rights that directly threatens basic guarantees such as life, liberty, and security. Traffickers strip victims of their dignity and treat them as mere commodities. This series of rights violated by the crime of trafficking, which are considered inherent and inalienable to human beings, is regulated in the...
