/ Town Hall
Thursday, 20th October 2022
HUMAN RIGHTS WILL BE THE CENTRE OF THE III CONFERENCE ON DEMOCRATIC MEMORY OF CALVIÀ
This year it starts with the conference “La lucha contra la impunidad: de Nüremberg a Roma” (The fight against impunity: from Nuremberg to Rome) that will be given by the doctor and professor of Public International Law and Institutional Relations, José Elías Esteve
On Saturday, 22nd October, Sa Societat de Calvià theatre will host the conference "The fight against impunity: from Nuremberg to Rome", by the doctor and professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Valencia, José Elías Esteve.
The conference is part of the III Conference on Democratic Memory of Calvià, the great part of which will be held on 26th and 27th November, on the occasion of the commemoration of Human Rights Day on 10th December.
This year the Conference will expand its traditional scope to deal with Human Rights, their history and the dangers they face today. Along these lines, the councillor for the Environment, Ecological Transition and Democratic Memory, Rafel Sedano, points out that «The extreme violence carried out by the totalitarianism of the 20th century, with examples known to all, such as fascism and nazism, that led to terrible wars, as well as the multiple totalitarian governments that devastated Latin America in the last third of 20th century, made necessary the regulation and application of Human Rights.
ut unfortunately, this is not a thing of the past. Today, in 21st century, Human Rights are still in danger.
The lecturer José Elías Esteve
José Elías Esteve is currently, amongst others, member of the research team of projects directed by the research group of Professor Consuelo Ramón Chornet, of the Ministry of Industry, Economy and Competitiveness and of the Prometeo project. He belongs to the Geostrategy Group for peace, security and defence (DPS + D) INV-GIUV-386953.
In his extensive career, he has carried out research stays at universities and centres such as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the United Nations Library in Geneva, at the Ibero-American Court of Human Rights in San José in Costa Rica and at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
He has been editor and researcher of the two lawsuits filed before the National High Court for genocide and crimes against humanity committed against the Tibetan people, and another against the Burmese Military Committee. He has also been the Permanent People's Court Judge (Russell Court) in the Session on the genocide of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka.
