Introducción. Derechos Humanos y globalización. ¿En memoria de nuestros amados Derechos Humanos?

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Introducción.
Derechos Humanos y globalización.
¿En memoria de nuestros amados derechos humanos?
María José Guerra Palmero
Miguel Mandujano Estrada
Betty Estévez Cedeño
Universidad de La Laguna
Cuando releíamos los textos de esta compilación, fruto del IV Congreso de Derechos
Humanos y Globalización celebrado en la Universidad de La Laguna a finales de marzo de
2023, y en medio de la conmoción, casi un año después, por la ya llamada “masacre de la
harina” en el norte de Gaza, nos apareció en la pantalla del ordenador la imagen, obra del
controvertido artista Eugenio Merino, de una urna funeraria de color azul bandera euro-
pea, con sus correspondientes estrellas en círculo y la leyenda en inglés: In Loving Memory
of Human Rigths. Hemos visto algunas otras variantes de esta urna funerar ia con los co-
lores de la bandera italiana o suiza, bien podría existir la que de fondo tenga la bandera
española y otras tantas. La crítica mordaz encarnada en el arte tiene por misión alterar la
anestesia en la que vivimos, a pesar de las sangrientas guer ras y vulneraciones de dere-
chos humanos, y movilizar conciencias. ¿Qué nos está pasando? ¿Hemos dejado morir
a los derechos humanos y ni siquiera somos conscientes de su muerte? ¿Solo nos queda
aceptarlo y mostrar dolor al entregarnos al duelo? Las contribuciones a este volumen
muestran, desde luego, todo lo contrario. Desde la investigación, los activismos y las uni-
versidades seguimos dando la batalla por la defensa de los derechos humanos. Es cierto
que las fuerzas regresivas están más fuertes que nunca en las últimas décadas, no obstante,
enfrentar las actuales coyunturas belicistas y oponernos al ascenso de las ultraderechas
por el ideario y las políticas supremacistas que contradicen el universalismo moral de los

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