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In Spain there is no such thing as a single “General Archive of the Civil War (or a need for one)
Henar Alonso @henararch – Archivist (Técnica Facultativa Superior de Archivos). Ministry of Defence. Publications by researchers on specific aspects of the Civil War and the Franco Regime appear with ever greater frequency, some of which, including those from people with a media profile, are multiplied by the social networks. The majority of these, moreover, of necessity…
“Expedición a Inglaterra” : The Basque Children in Britain
The Spanish Civil War disrupted the lives of a generation of children. Many were forced into exile, whether temporary or permanent. Nearly 4,000 children from the Basque provinces became refugees in Britain. To mark the anniversary of their departure, on Friday 21 May 1937, we are publishing a blog-post on their experiences. When the Habana,…
The Coalición ProAcceso asks to guarantee the right of access to information
Innovation and Human Rights is a member of the Coalición Pro Acceso, Along with around twenty other organisations, we have petitioned the Spanish government to guarantee the right of access to information, following the suspension of administrative procedures under the State of Alarm declared on 14 March in response to the coronavirus crisis. The Coalición…
The Mission of the School is to Transform the Country
Universal education is now considered one the most important duties of the state. This is, however, a recent development. Today, 14 April, to mark the anniversary of the proclamation of the Spanish Second Republic in 1931, we publish a blog-post on the efforts made by the early governments of the Republic to to deal with…
Pioneers: The First Spanish Women Deputies: Clara Campoamor, Victoria Kent & Margarita Nelken
The new Spanish government, announced in January, includes 11 women of a total of 22 ministers. Women’s participation at the highest levels of government in Spain is, however, only a recent development. To mark International Women’s Day 2020 Innovation and Human Rights celebrates the first three women deputies to enter the Spanish parliament, all of…
Letter to the Prime Minister of Spain
Dear Prime Minister – at least we finally have one, The road from here to where we want to be is tortuous and difficult, both for civil society and for the government. This year Innovation and Human Rights, a not-for-profit NGO, has grown and extended its work: our centralised online database of victims of the…
Three Years Calling for the Right to Access to Information
Today, the entire team of Innovation and Human Rights are celebrating the third anniversary of the foundation of our non-profit making association. We are also celebrating the continuing growth of our online centralised database of victims of the Civil War and the Franco Regime, which currently includes over 700,000 case-files supported by reference to archives…
485,136 military proceedings opened against so-called «reds»: the big data of the repression
At the not-for-profit organisation Innovation and Human Rights we think that access to information is a fundamental right. Recognised as such in international law, as well as by many constitutions and in the national law of over 80 countries across the world, it implies that everyone has the right to request and receive information from…
IHR signs cooperation agreement with the UAB Graduate School of Archival and Records Management
Innovation and Human Rights is delighted to announce that we have signed a cooperation agreement with the The Foundation of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Fundación de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (FUAB) enabling us to organise joint activities and to publicise each other’s projects. FUAB is in charge of the strategy to develop the…