The CajaCanarias Foundation and the University of La Laguna have carried out, within their annual collaboration agreement, the second edition of Berg-Fundación CajaCanarias, a scholarship program that, together with the prestigious Berg Institute for Human Rights, gives law students at the educational institution the opportunity to participate in the academic program “Human Rights on the Ground: Europe”, which in this exercise celebrates its thirty-first edition and takes place between June 26 and July 7.
On this occasion, the students Sira Dupain Trujillo, Idaira Gloria Rojas Zerpa and Ana Esther Ramos Pérez were able to take part, along with the dean of the aforementioned center, Dulce María Cairós Barreto, accompanied by the president of the CajaCanarias Foundation, Margarita Ramos.
The academic program that the University of La Laguna delegation was able to participate in has official diploma recognition and is organized by the Berg Institute, located at the European Academy of Otzenhausen. This 31st edition was directed by the Berg Institute's co-directors, Doctors Joaquín González Ibáñez, Juan Carlos Sáinz-Borgo, Javier López de Goicoechea, and Fabián Salvioli, and the academic program included the presentations “Labor rights as a legal framework that is a historical precursor to human rights”, led by the representative of the aforementioned entity, Margarita Ramos; and “Human rights and decent work in accordance with the ILO”, offered by the dean of the Faculty of Law, Dulce María Cairós Barreto.
This forum is one of the most prestigious programs for professionals interested in building the rule of law in democratic societies and strengthening other human rights. Professionals and postgraduate students from Latin America and Europe, committed in their professional, academic, and personal lives to defending human rights, democracy, and strengthening the rule of law, have participated in the program of activities. Their backgrounds are diverse, including judges, lawyers, PhDs, and university professors, as well as professionals from various fields.
During the twelve days of teaching activity, the participants also had the opportunity to make academic visits to the Struthof – Natzweiler concentration camp (France), the Nuremberg Trials Museum, the European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg), the University of Louvain, the Maginot Line (France), the International Criminal Court (The Hague – Netherlands), the Faculty of Law of Louvain (Belgium), the site of the signing of the Schengen Treaty (border area of Luxembourg, Germany and France), and the Court of Justice of the European Union (Luxembourg).
The Berg Institute is an independent, non-governmental academic organization providing legal advice in the areas of promoting and protecting human rights, international humanitarian law, and democratic governance and public leadership. Its core activity is the creation and development of academic programs and public and private institutional consulting that incorporates a realistic and comprehensive international perspective on human rights, from an updated and practical approach to the current challenges facing the international community.
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