The Manuel Ballbé Chair in Human Security and Global Law held the closing event of the 2025–2026 academic year on May 20, with an almost full Aula Magna. The event, opened by Rector Javier Lafuente Sancho and Director Roser Martínez Quirante, featured a lecture by Santiago Martínez Garrido, Secretary General of Iberdrola. Under the title Energy in Dispute: Regulation as a Shield, the speaker analyzed the main regulatory challenges facing the energy sector in a context marked by geopolitical...

On May 20, the defense of the doctoral thesis by Justo Garzón Ortega, entitled «La regulación jurídica de las hermandades y cofradías de Semana Santa ante los retos de la sostenibilidad en el siglo XXI», took place in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Law at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. This dissertation forms part of the doctoral program in Human Security and Global Law at the UAB and was supervised by Roser Martínez and Carlos Padrós, with Dr. Roser Martínez also serving as tutor. The...

On May 20, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., the doctoral thesis defense of Justo Garzón Ortega will take place at the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Law of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). The thesis, entitled “La regulación jurídica de las hermandades y cofradías de Semana Santa ante los retos de la sostenibilidad en el siglo XXI”, examines the role of Law in the adaptation of these traditional institutions to contemporary sustainability challenges. This predoctoral research work is part of...