2016_02_08_DCHO_mesa-redonda-derechos-humanos

The Secretary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Pablo Saavedra, warned at the University of Navarra that "Law must be given a human face". He made this statement at a roundtable where five experts from the area of Human Rights told how a professional degree program can be developed in this field.

All four agreed on one point: none of them had any idea of going into human rights from the start, but all of them had a vocation to help others. Saavedra explained that it is as important to seize opportunities as to create them and reminded that "any professional who violates human rights cannot be a good professional".

Cristina Puigdengolas, of the Fernando Pombo Foundation, insisted on the cross-cutting nature of human rights in companies and recalled that they "can do a lot to avoid violating them.

"Universities have to provide a humanistic approach ", added Puigdengolas, in the same sense as the lawyer Miguel Santos, who assured that "it is not necessary to finish the degree program to dedicate yourself to what you like", activities such as traveling, volunteer activities, and that he recommends to those who want to dedicate themselves to international cooperation.

This idea was also stressed by Enrique Abad, manager of Oxfam Intermón in Navarra, who pointed out that "knowledge remains, it is not lost" and it is necessary "tobe proactive".

The lecture, which was entitled 'How to make degree program professional in the field of Human Rights', was moderated by the director of the Master's Degree of Human Rights, Juan Cianciardo, and took place in the context of the UNMUN (model of the United Nations of the University of Navarra), a congress organized by the School of Law.