Quoting the Council of Europe's Declaration on Higher Education and Democratic Culture: Citizenship, Human Rights and Civic Responsibility (Strasbourg 2006):
“We affirm our commitment to democratic principles and practice. We accept our responsibility to safeguard democracy, and promote a democratic culture, by supporting and advancing within higher education, as well as society at large, the principles of:
• Democratic and accountable structures, processes and practice
• Active democratic citizenship
• Human rights, mutual respect and social justice
• Environmental and societal sustainability
• Dialogue and the peaceful resolution of conflicts, ”
We, the academic community, consider that the constant violation of civil rights in Catalonia is threatening the foundations of democracy in this country. The signs of democratic involution ― such as the violence exerted on October 1 against people waiting to vote ― are becoming increasingly evident. Successive acts by Spain’s judiciary and government, such as the imprisonment and prosecution of social activists and members of the democratically elected Catalan Government and Parliament, have thrown into crisis the separation of powers, which is one of the pillars on which the rule of law is based.
Democracy is based on the recognition and defence of inalienable basic rights, including the right to dissent publicly. Judicialization of politics, violence and repression have been the response from the Spanish State to the demands of the Catalan people, instead of the dialogue necessary for any negotiation. We have thus witnessed a number of acts perpetrated by the Spanish institutional powers that do not befit the rule of law of a democratic State and are in breach of fundamental principles of international law.
Given the seriousness of this situation, silence on the part of the academic community is not an option. For these reasons, we declare that:
• Recovery of legal security is indispensable, and it is unacceptable that decisions of public authorities be arbitrary.
• It is essential that the fundamental rights of expression, assembly, demonstration and political participation be respected.
• Safeguarding rights and liberties is possible only by recovering democratic practices and solving political problems politically.
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Marc Audi, Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France
Laia Bassaganyas, University of Cambridge, UK
Guillem Belmar Viernes Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
Josep Blanes Sala, Universidade Federal Do Abc - Ufabc Brazil
Alberto Blasi, Samaritan Medical Center, USA
Silvana Bocanegra, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Brazil
Carles Boix, Princeton University, USA
Marcello Bonfe, Università di Ferrara, Italy
Michel Bourret GuastevÍ, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France
Lucien Brown, Monash University, Australia
Grazia Busa, University of Padova, Italy
Martin Bustos, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
Francesc C. Conesa, University of Cambridge, UK
Carme Calderer, University of Minnesota, USA
Antoni Camprubí, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Jack Capener, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Adrià Carbonell, Kth Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Albert Cardona, University of Cambridge, UK
Xavier Cassanyes, Max Planck Institut, Germany
Jordi Chanovas, Suny Downstate Medical Center, USA
Daniel Chomsky, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA
Núria Cid Puey, IRSTEA, France
Adriano Cirullo, La Sapienza, Italy
Monica Clua Losada, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA
Marc Creus, University of Basel, Switzerland
Mercè Crosas, Harvard University, USA
Joaquim Cruz Corella, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
Carlos d'Abreu Machado, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Noèlia Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School, USA
Javier del Campo, University of Miami, USA
David d'Enterria i Adan, CERN, Switzerland
Beniamino di Martino, Università della Campania “luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy
Anna Di Ronco, University of Essex, UK
Pietro U Dini, Università Di Pisa. Italy
Maria Domene-Danés, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Marc Domingo Gygax, Princeton University, USA
Mats Ehinger, Lund University, Sweden
Anna Ehinger, Lund University, Sweden
Marc Esteve, University College London, UK
Marcel A. Farinelli, Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli, France
Sharon Feldman, University of Richmond, USA
Federico Fenaroli, University of Oslo, Norway
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Gennaro Ferraiuolo, Napoli Federico II, Italy
Daniel Figols-Cuevas, King’s College London, UK
Kate Fitch, Monash University, Australia
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Luigi Foffani, Università di Modena E Reggio Emilia, Italy
Joan Freixanet, University of Saint Petersburg, Russia
Mauri Furlan, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Elena Gajum Sorbonne, France
Gerard Gatell Fernandez, Schiller University, USA
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