THE ORGANIZATION
The International Solidarity for Human Rights, Inc (ISHRIGHTS) is a USA-based Nonprofit organization 501 (c) (3) that promotes human rights education and outreach in a positive way and through the arts.
WHAT IS THE ROUTE TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PRIMITIVE WAY OF SAINT JAMES?
The "Route of Human Rights on the Primitive Way" (Camino Primitivo de Santiago) is a pioneering program in Europe. Since 2016 it has promoted the values of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Primitive Way (Camino Primitivo). The Primitive Way to Saint James was declared a World Heritage Site in 2015. International Solidarity for Human Rights advanced this pioneer initiative in Europe with the collaboration and support of Where is.
The Route to Human Rights on the Primitive Way is "a fascinating journey gestated over 1,200 years of history", in which, through the centuries, millions of pilgrims have promoted "values inherent to the rights and freedoms of individuals, which are associated with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights".
Collaborating councils: City Council of Oviedo, as well as the Asturian municipalities of Grado, Salas, Tineo, Allande, Grandas de Salime in Asturias, and the Galician municipalities of A Fonsagrada, Baleira, Castroverde, Lugo, Guntín, Melide, Arzúa, O Pino and Santiago de Compostela.
The "Route to Human Rights in the Primitive Way" Camino Primitivo required the placement and unveiling of 30 bronze plaques, designed by the Spanish Pop artist Eladio de Mora (dEmo), along the 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the Primitive Way of St. James. The plaques are found in the Principality of Asturias and the Autonomous Community of Galicia in Spain, regions through which the Primitive Way of Saint James crosses.
Certificates of authenticity were issued and signed by the artist, Eladio de Mora (dEmo), and by the directors of ISHRIGHTS Elizabeth Sanchez Vegas and Devorah Sasha. The 30 certificates have been handed over to each one of the custodians of the works of art in the primitive way.
THE ROUTE TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PRIMITIVE WAY IS ALIVE
The plaques representing each one of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are located along the Primitive Way. Each artwork is engraved with a short version of the corresponding human right, in Spanish and English. Plaque with the first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights #1 is in Oviedo, and the plaque with article #30 is in Santiago de Compostela. Fifteen (15) plaques were placed along the Primitive itinerary in Asturias and fifteen (15) plaques along the Primitive itinerary in Galicia.
ISHRIGHTS' INAUGURAL TRIP TO THE ROUTE TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PRIMITIVE WAY - SEPTEMBER 2022
INAUGURATION OF THE ROUTE TO HUMAN RIGHTS PRIMITIVE WAY IN OVIEDO-ASTURIAS
INAUGURATION OF THE ROUTE TO HUMAN RIGHTS PRIMITIVE WAY IN SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA - GALICIA
ROUTE TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PRIMITIVE WAY - PLAQUES AND INSTALLATIONS
Article 30 UDHR
Article 30 UDHR: No one can take away my rights. Location: European Institute Campus Stellae, Plaza de la Quintana, 3. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
Article 29 UDHR:
Article 29 UDHR: I have duties to the community. Location: Conservatorio Histórico de Santiago, Pza. Salvador Parga 4-5 15704. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
Article 28 UDHR
Article 28 UDHR: I have the right to a social and international order. Location: Monte do Gozo tourist complex, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
Article 27 UDHR
Article 27 UDHR: I have the right to culture. Location: Facade of the Town Hall of O Pino, Pedrouzo-Arca, s/n 15821, A Coruña, Galicia. Spain.
Article 26 UDHR
Article 26 UDHR: I have the right to education. Location: Arzua, Rua Cima Do Lugar, Galicia. Spain.
Article 24 and 25 UDHR
Article 24 and 25 UDHR: Article 24, I have the right to rest. Article 25, I have the right to health, food and shelter. Location: Melide, Galicia. Spain.
Article 23 UDHR
Article 23 UDHR: I have the right to work. Location: San Roman de Retorta Hostel in Santa Cruz de Retorta. Barrio de O Castrelo - San Román da Retorta, Consejo de Gutin, Lugo, Galicia. Spain.
Article 22 UDHR
Article 22 UDHR: I have the right to social security. Location: San Roman de Retorta, Gutin Council, Lugo, Galicia. Spain.
Article 21 UDHR
Article 21 UDHR: I have the right to participate in free and fair elections. Location: Porta Miñá Exhibition Hall. Rúa do Carmen, s/n 27004, Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
Article 20 UDHR
Article 20 UDHR: I have the right to freedom of assembly. Location: Plaza de la Ronda das Fontiñas, 27002, Lugo, Spain.
Article 19 UDHR
Article 19 UDHR: I have the right to freedom of expression. Location: Fachada del Concello de Castroverde, Plaza do Concello, nº 2, 27120, Castroverde, Lugo, Spain.
Article 18 UDHR
Article 18 UDHR: I have the right to freedom of thought and religion. Location: Casa Bortelón, former Pilgrims' Hospital. O'Cadavo A Fontaneira, 15 - 27133 - Baleira Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
Article 17 UDHR
Article 17 UDHR: I have the right to own private property. Location: Chapel of the Royal Hospital of Santiago de Montouto. The Hospital de Santiago de Montouto was founded in 1357 by the King of Castile, Pedro I the Cruel, in order to offer hospitality to pilgrims on their way to Compostela. Montoutoto, Padrón, Consello A Fonsagrada, province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
Article 16 UDHR
Article 16 UDHR: I have the right to marriage and to found a family. Location: Pilgrims' hostel of the Xunta de Galicia Casa de Pasarín, C/ San Roque, 4. A Fonsagrada, Galicia, Spain.
Article 15 UDHR
Article 15 UDHR: I have the right to a nationality. Location: Church of Santa María Magdalena de Penafonte on the Primitive Way of St. James in La Mesa, 33887 Grandas de Salime, Asturias, Spain.
Article 14 UDHR
Article 14 UDHR: I have the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. Location: Youth Hostel of Castro. Castro, s/n, 33730, Grandas de Salime, Asturias, Spain.
Article 13 UDHR
Article 13 UDHR: I have the right to freedom of movement. Location: façade of the Town Hall of Grandas de Salime, Pl. de la Constitución, 1, 33730 Grandas de Salime, Asturias, Spain.
Article 12 UDHR
Article 12 UDHR: I have the right to privacy. Location: Hotel Las Grandas, 33730 Vistalegre, Asturias, Spain.
Article 11 UDHR
Article 11 UDHR: I am presumed innocent until proven guilty. Location: Plaza de la Iglesia de Sta. María, Berducedo, Pola de Allande, Asturias, Spain.
Article 10 UDHR
Article 10 UDHR: I am entitled to a fair and public hearing. Location: Puerto del Palo, Pola de Allande, Asturias, Spain.
Article 9 UDHR
Article 9 UDHR: I shall not be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. Location: Parque el Toral, 33889 Pola de Allande, Asturias, Spain.
Article 8 UDHR
Article 8 UDHR: I have the right to justice. Location: Church "Ermita de San Pascual Baylon" Tineo, Asturias. Spain.
Article 7 UDHR
Article 7 UDHR: I am entitled to equal protection before the law. Location: Hotel Palacio de Meras, Calle Pío Cuervo, 33870 Tineo, Asturias, Spain.
Article 6 UDHR
Article 6 UDHR: I have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. Location: Colegio Público C. R. A. Eugenia Astur-La Espina, 704, 33891 La Espina, Asturias, Spain.
Article 5 DUDH
Article 5 DUDH: I have the right to freedom from torture. Location: Castillo Valdes-Salas, Plaza la Campa, 1, 33860 Salas, Asturias, Spain.
Article 4 UDHR
Article 4 UDHR: I have the right to freedom from slavery. Location: Pilgrims' hostel of Cornellana. Monastery of Cornellana. Cornellana, Salas, Asturias, Spain.
Article 3 UDHR
Article 3 UDHR: I have the right to life, liberty and security of person. Location: Casona Vidal, in Cimadevilla Street. Grado, Asturias, Spain.
Article 2 DUDH
Article 2 DUDH: Freedom from discrimination. Ubicación: Albergue de Peregrinos de El Salvador, C. Leopoldo Alas, 20, 33008 Oviedo, Asturias, España.
Article 1 UDHR
Article 1 UDHR: We are all born free and equal. Location: Colegio Dolores Medio, C. Luna, 4, 33001 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
PLAQUE-SYMBOLISM
WHY WAS THE THE WAY OF SAINT JAMES CHOSEN FOR THIS HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT?
The Way of Saint James has become the largest religious and cultural pilgrimage route in the world. Every year it is travelled by thousands of people of all origins, religions and races.The Way of St. James was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on 10 December 1993, the 45th anniversary of the promulgation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Way of St. James is a European Cultural Itinerary: "The Main Street of Europe". In 2004 the Prince of Asturias Foundation awarded the "Prince of Asturias Award for Concord" to the Camino de Santiago for being "a place of pilgrimage and encounter for people". Over the centuries it has become a symbol of fraternity and the backbone of a European conscience. The Way of Saint James Pilgrimage encompasses many of the values represented in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including equality, liberty, freedom and fraternity.
WHY WAS THE PRIMITIVE WAY AMONGST ALL THE WAYS?
The Primitive Way is the Original Way. It is the origin of the Camino de Santiago. The Universal Declaration is the Original Document where the inalienable human rights of every person were established for the first time in 1948 on a universal level.
After 4 years of development, and a world event that paralyzed its inauguration for two years, the first stage of the project has been completed and The Route to Human Rights in the Primitive Way is alive.
Since 2016, and together with the development of the Route to Human Rights in the Primitive Way, ISHRIGHTS Foundation has imparted Human Rights Workshops in schools along the Route (Asturias and Galicia).
PRESS ARCHIVES
PRESS RECENT TRIP TO "THE PRIMITIVE WAY" SPAIN MAY 2022
Event at the Spanish Cultural Centre in Miami "Route to Human Rights in The Primitive Way"
30 PLAQUES IN THE PRIMITIVE WAY
THE ROUTE TO HUMAN RIGHTS HAS BEEN POSSIBLE THANKS TO THE INVALUABLE COLLABORATION OF:
Mayors: Wenceslao López Martínez - José Luís Trabanco González - Sergio Hidalgo - José Ramón Feito Lorences - José Antonio Mesa Pieiga - Eustaquio Revilla Villegas - Carlos López López - Xosé María Arias - Lara Méndez López - María José Gómez Rodríguez - José Manuel Pérez Penas - José Luis García López - Manuel Taboada Vigo - Xosé Antonio Sánchez Bugallo.
Councils/Concellos: Ayuntamiento de Oviedo - Ayuntamiento de Grado - Ayuntamiento de Salas - Ayuntamiento de Tineo - Ayuntamiento de Pola de Allande - Ayuntamiento de Grandas de Salime - Concello de A Fonsagrada - Concello de Castroverde - Concello de Lugo - Concello de Guntín - Concello de Melide - Concello de Arzúa - Concello de O Pino - Concello de Santiago de Compostela.
Acknowledgement to our sponsors of plaques: International Solidarity for Human Rights - Castro de San Lourenzo - Hotel Compostela - Ileana Suarez Guevara - Carola Pedreschi - Maria Elena Useche - John Buckley - High Hill Entertainment - Rudolf Family - Alcaldía/Concello de Lugo - Lourdes Ubieta - Dee Anne Treadway - Wilma Bulkin Siegel - Ayuntamiento/Concello da Fonsagrada - Miami Dade College - Eduardo J. Padrón Campus (SGA) The Student Government - Valeria Mariscal - Gallo Herbert Architects - TOY Foundation - Herbert Family - Alejandro Rebolledo - Adrian Dominican Sisters - D. Benjamín Alba Menéndez - Walter & Lalita Janke Foundation - Olga Ortiz Mera (United Artist Allien Foundation) - Da. Tibisay Ellis - Amigos de Venezuela - Eladio De Mora (dEmo)
By alphabetical order: Academia Xacobea - Adrian Dominican Sisters - Afundación - Agencia EFE - Albergue A Pociña de Muñiz - Albergue Casa de Pasarín - Albergue de Peregrinos de El Salvador - Albergue de Peregrinos del Monasterio de San Salvador de Cornellana - Albergue Juvenil de Castro (Grandas de Salime) - Albergue Porta de Grandas - Albergue-Pensión Cantábrico - Alecia Gisela Lokpez - Alejandro Rebolledo - Alvaro Solano Ferenandez Sordo - Ana Ferreirós Miguéns - Ana Maria Leonardi - Ana Perez Feito - Ana Salgado Boquete - Angeles Souto Louzao - Asociación de Empresarios del Camino Primitivo - Balbino Lougedo - Bar Casa Bortelón - Beatriz Briceño - Begoña Panea - Benjamin Alba Menendez - Bernardo Xabier Niño Neira - Bill Dwin - Bloque de Armas - Bolaño (José Lombardía Pereira) - Brian Herbert - Camino Assist - Carmen Basadre Vázquez - Carola Pedreschi - Casona Vidal - Cecilia Pereira Marimón - Celestino Díaz Morán - Centro Cultural Español - Colegio A Ponte de Lugo - Colegio Dolores Medio - Colegio El Pascón - Colegio El Salvador Grandas de Salime - Colegio Ingles de Asturias - Colegio Mestre Rodriguez Xixirei - Colegio Público de Cornellana - Colegio Público Eugenia Astur-La Espina - Colegio Raíña Fabiola (Santiago de Compostela) - Colegio Santa María de Fonsagrada - Conservatorio Histórico de Santiago - Corporación Radio e Televisión de Galicia (CRTVG) - Cristina Marie Drumm Leonardi - Daniela Herbert - David Azpiazu - David Lawrence Jr. - Dee Anne Treadway - Diana Castro - Diana Lamelas Prieto - Dolores Fernandez Fernandez - Edu González Martínez - Emilio C. Sanchez - Esther Sobral - Familia Rudolf - Fundación Castro de San Lourenzo - Fundación TOY - Fundación Valdes-Salas - Gallo Herbert Architects - Giannina Coppiano Dwin - Gisela Tirado Yepes - Glenys Rojas Lopez - High Hill Entertainment - Hotel Castillo Valdes-Salas - Hotel Compostela - Hotel Las Grandas - Hotel Mendez Núñez - Hotel Restaurant La Nueva Allandesa - Hotel y Restaurante Palacio de Meras - Iglesia de Santa María Magdalena (Grandas de Salime) - Iglesia Ermita de San Pascual Baylon (Tineo) - Ileana Suarez Guevara - Instituto Europeo Campus Stellae - Isabel Ferreiro Martínez - James Drumm - Jesús Palmou Lorenzo Jesus Picatto Fernandez - Joaquín Lorences - John Buckley - Jose Antonio Cisneros - Juan Jose Diaz - Juan Pensado Barbeira - Julio Fernandez Pin - Karina Martinengo Pino - Laureano García Diez - Lilly Blanco - Loly Rodriguez Martinez - Lourdes Ubieta - Luis Ernesto Prieto - Manuel Lopez Garcia - Margot Vicentini Benedetti - Maria Belen Banos Riadigos - Maria del Pilar Ferreiro Villar - Maria Elena Rudolf - Maria Elena Useche - Maria Jesus Rodriguez - Maria Jose Gontad - María Teresa Cores Fernández - Maria Teresa Gonzalez - Mariana Frontado Marta Rodriguez (+) - Mercedes Roson Ferreiro - Miami Dade College - Miguel "Mike" B. Fernandez - Miranda Castro - Montserrat Vidal - Nava Castro - Nicolas Herbert - Norma Sigala (+) - Nuria Pereira Martínez - Oficina de Turismo de España (Miami) - Olga Ortiz Mera – Ovidio Aria - Pablo Chirouze - Pablo Manavello - Paloma Fernandez Sanchez - Patricia Paoli - Picatto Desguaces Camiones - Raiza Perrault - Restaurante Cantabrico - Roberto Sánchez Ramos - Rosie Perez - Sala de exposiciones Porta Miñá - Sandra Castro - Soraya Zaoudi Márquez – Taxicamino - Televisión de Galicia (TVG) - Thania Segura - Tibisay Ellis - Toñín en la Nueva Allandesa - Travel Llanes - Ulises Bértolo - United Aliens Artist Foundation (UAAF) - Valerie Alvarez Jeanpetit - Valerie Mariscal - Vanessa Janke - Walter & Lalita Janke Foundation - Where Is Asturias - Wilma Bulkin Siegel - Xunta de Galicia - Xurxo Ayán.
ISHR Advisory Board: Carlos E. Sardi - Dee Anne Treadway - Ileana Suarez - Jose Antonio Cisneros - Karem Alsina - Maria Elena Useche - Marisol Barboza - Olga Ortiz Mera - Raiza Perrault - Tibi Ellis - Wilma Bulkin Siegel.
ISHR Directors: Elizabeth Sanchez Vegas (Presidenta) - Ana Maria Leonardi (Vice Presidenta) - Devorah Sasha (Directora Ejecutiva - Marisol Barboza (Tesorera)
Credits:
Elizabeth Sanchez