The director of the Manuel Ballbé Chair of Human Security and Global Law  at the Autonomous University of Barcelona , Roser Martínez Quirante, participated in the program El Vespre  on RTVE Catalunya , where she reflected on the risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the military field and in armed conflicts. During the interview, Martínez warned that artificial intelligence systems are already being used in war contexts without clear international regulation, which could have...

The academic journal Journal of Human Security and Global Law  has published its Issue 5 (2026) , available in open access on the scientific journals platform of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. This new issue is published in a context marked by the growing technological, legal and social complexity that characterizes contemporary societies. Under the title “Times of Uncertainty: Law and Security in the Face of Contemporary Complexity”, the editorial introduces the main debates...

On March 4, José Martín López Guillén  defended his doctoral thesis entitled “ Analysis of Citizen Participation as a Tool for Local Risk Management in the municipalities of Ingenio and Agüimes”  in the Graduation Hall of the Faculty of Law at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, within the framework of the PhD Program in Human Security and Global Law. The thesis was supervised by Dr. José Enrique Hernández Rodríguez  and Dr. Roser Martínez Quirante , and examines the role of citizen...