20/05/14
Jurists from all over the world meet in Madrid From today until Friday at the I Congress of Universal Jurisdiction of the 21st Century, that has organized the International Foundation Baltasar Garzón and that will be held at the Goya Multispacio Theater.
Among the participants in this Congress is Benjamin B. Ferencz, of 94 years, who was prosecutor of the judgments of Nüremberg And that will open the event. Nazis researcher authors of war crimes after World War II and prosecutor chief of the USA, Among other positions, Ferencz has been one of the strongest defenders of the creation of the International Criminal Court.
The Clausura will be carried out by the lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize Shirin Ebadi. He was the first judge in his country, Iran, And the first woman of that nationality to receive the precious award. His professional life has always been an obstacle career he has faced with courage. The harassment by the authorities of Iran has been constant about this jurist, forced exile that travels the planet defending the human rights.
Among the Spanish attendees are the magistrate of the National Court Fernando Andreu, Prosecutor Dolores Delgado, Judge José Ricardo de Prada, Prosecutor José María Mena And former Baltasar Garzón.
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