Fifty students make up the first graduating class of the Military Law Course promoted by the Security and Defense Club.

Fifty students of Law and International Relations make up the first graduating class of the Military Law Course, promoted by the Security and Defense Club of the University of Navarra. The main goal of the program has been to offer students a more complete vision of the law in this field and to illustrate the possible opportunities that military law can have in the present and future world of work.

The course, promoted by the students and members of the Security and Defense Club, José María Combarro and Mateo Rodríguez, was structured in five sessions: Why Military Law and the role of the Military Legal Corps, Military Criminal Law , Administrative Law and Military Procedure, Disciplinary Law, Military Law in its international facet: operational law and IHL.

The first two sessions were given by Captain Francisco Llera Artero, currently assigned to the Territorial Military Togatory Court issue 43. In these sessions, the students had the opportunity to deepen in the fundamentals of this branch of the legal system, its constitutional instructions , its distinctive character within the national legal framework , the importance of the Military Criminal Law and the crimes typified in the corresponding Code.

In the third session, Captain Alberto Velázquez Clavijo and Lieutenant Auditor Guillermo Ramírez Fernández, both assigned to the staff Section of the advisory service Jurídica del Ejército de Tierra (ASEJUET), presented the military Administrative Law , focusing especially on the Legal Regime of the staff and on the military jurisdiction.The fourth discussion paper, given by Captain Rodrigo Claudio Blanco Aguirre, who currently works in the Disciplinary Regime Section of the ASEJUET, explained in a didactic and academic manner the fundamental aspects of the Military Disciplinary Regime, its special characteristics and the reason for the existence of this rules and regulations sanctioning management assistant, highlighting the differences between military and civilian officials.

The fifth and final session was given by Mónica Chinchilla Adell, professor of International Public Law at the University, and PhD student Óscar Goñi and focused on international military treaties, such as NATO, and the laws of war, highlighting International Humanitarian Law, among other topics.

"Committed to the dissemination of defense culture among university youth, we are convinced that this experience has been unforgettable for the participants, providing them with a close and detailed vision of a branch of law that is not usually addressed in the conventional academic curriculum," said the university club.

"We would like to thank the School of Law for its partnership in promoting the program and for making a special accredited specialization to Professor Salvador Sánchez Tapia, professor of International Relations, whose unconditional financial aid was a core topic for the success of this program," the club continues. "In the final, the Security and Defense Club's first Military Law course has not only allowed participants to gain insight into a unique discipline within the legal field, but has also strengthened the ties between academia and defense institutions, promoting a greater understanding of the fundamental role that military law plays in the protection of our nation and values".

The activity was sponsored by CampusHome, the Talentum Foundation and the Ministry of Defense, through the Defense Delegation in Navarra and ASEJUET.

Post-traumatic stress, at the last session of the cineforum

The psychologist Almudena Navarro Robalino intervened in the last session of the cineforum organized by the Security and Defense Club of the University, focused on post-traumatic stress disorder. Almudena Navarro Robalino commented on what PTSD consists of, its symptoms, possible treatments, etc. She paid special attention to the social and health status of this disorder in the military and Armed Forces environment.

The cineforum sessions organized by the club aim to bring participants closer to events of relevance to national and international security and intelligence through films. In this last session, "Rambo: First Blood", a 1982 film directed by Ted Kotcheff, was screened.

The film tells the story of a Green Beret veteran, known as John James Rambo, who returns home from the Vietnam War (1946-1954), decorated with the congress Medal of Honor. In the film, Rambo suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and after a run-in with the local police in a small town, the ex-soldier's madness is unleashed and chaos descends on the town and the National Guard.