Jorge Cardona: "In strategic litigation we do not work with clients but with victims, and we cannot use them to achieve social change"



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## Jorge Cardona: "In strategic litigation we do not work with clients but with victims, and we cannot use them to achieve social change" First day of the course "Strategic Litigation in Human Rights" of the UJI Summer University 2021

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The Universitat Jaume I has opened today, Wednesday 30 June at the Hotel Termas Marinas El Palasiet the third course of the Summer University 2021, with the title "Litigio estratégico en materia de Derechos Humanos" [Strategic Litigation in Human Rights]. The Vice-Rector for Culture and University Extension, Carmen Lázaro and the Professor of International Law at the University of Valencia and director of the course, Jorge Cardona, inaugurated the course together with the Councillor for Town Planning of Benicasim, Carlos Díaz.

Jorge Cardona, Doctor Honoris Causa of the UJI, gave the inaugural lecture in which he explained that strategic litigation is a tool for social change: "It is about using a case to influence a whole group and change legislation, jurisprudence or public policies, thus achieving a collective conscience and compensating the victims". In this sense, he pointed out that strategic litigation has to be accompanied by other elements in order to bring about this change, such as social mobilisations or the media.

The Professor stressed that one of the fundamental points in strategic litigation is to clearly define the objectives in order to be able to act more effectively, for example, to generate social debate so that an issue is prioritised on the public agenda, to modify laws, to recognise the dignity of victims, to guarantee compensation for victims, or that human rights violators assume responsibility in frameworks where there is impunity, among others.

Cardona explained that the first step is to analyse whether the case is of public interest and how it can affect a specific social or political dynamic. Afterwards, cases with structural defects should be selected according to the established objectives and the feasibility of resorting to international bodies when domestic remedies are exhausted. In addition, he stressed the importance of reflecting on the consequences of both winning and losing, as well as considering the conditions of the victim, their economic, moral and psychological capacity to face the process, which is usually very long. "When we talk about strategic litigation, we are not talking about clients, we are working with victims. We cannot use them and re-victimise them to achieve social change. We have to be clear and they have to know the risks because we are working with people", he said.

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