The professor of Psychology of the UJA will be one of the invited experts in the panel that will deal as main topic the defense of Human Rights in times of pandemic.
30/06/2021.- The professor of the University of Jaén (UJA) and head of the Network for the Promotion of Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing in Young People (PROEM), Luis Joaquín García will participate in the XV edition of the Summer Courses of the University of Jaén in Torres.
The XV Summer Courses in Torres are organized by the University of Jaén, the City Council of Torres and the International Foundation Baltasar Garzón (FIBGAR), with the sponsorship of the Provincial Council of Jaén. They will be held in online format from Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 July, under the co-direction of Baltasar Garzón and Rodrigo Lledó, president and director of FIBGAR, respectively, and Juan Manuel de Faramiñán and Alberto del Real, professors at the University of Jaén.
Specifically, Luis Joaquin Garcia will be part of the first of the panels to be held on the afternoon of July 12, which will focus on the defense of Human Rights in times of pandemic. Specifically, Luis Joaquín García will analyze the defense of the health and emotional well-being of young people as part of Human Rights in times of pandemic. Together with the main responsible of the PROEM Network, will participate as speakers Mª del Carmen Muñoz, Professor of International Public Law and International Relations of the UJA; Rafael de Asis, Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University Carlos III of Madrid; and Yancy Yañez, Director of the Human Rights Center of the University of Chile and judge of the International Court of the Rights of Nature.
The inaugural lecture, prior to this panel, will be given by Baltasar Garzón. On the 13th, two panels will be held, one on the right to health and the distribution of vaccines in times of pandemic, and the other on rural women and gender discrimination in the pandemic, which will include the development of a case study on the 14th. On the same day, the last day of the course, there will be a debate on the future of humanity after the pandemic, concluding with an open dialogue on the defense of Human Rights between Dolores Delgado, Attorney General of the State; and Rigoberta Menchú, Nobel Peace Prize 1992.
As usual in the Summer Courses of the University of Jaén, this event is aimed at students and university graduates and, in general, anyone interested in the topics of the courses, until the 100 places offered are filled. The registration period will remain open until July 8, or until all places are filled. As a novelty, this year registration is free through the following link, so places will be allocated in strict order of registration.
