Humanitarian law, Totalitarianism and Genocide in Mariano Ruiz-Funes ; Derecho humanitario, totalitarismo y genocidio en Mariano Ruiz-Funes

Abstract

Mariano Ruiz-Funes was a Professor of Criminal Law, a Republican and a Congressman. He was one of the speakers in the committee for the 1931 Constitution. He also served as a Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce, was a forefather of Humanitarian Law with his fight against genocide, and fought the negationists. His criticism to totalitarianism is present in his writings from the beginning of the 1940s to his death. In the cartography of the Spanish exile of 1939, and in his models of critical reason, Ruiz-Funes adds to his condition of exile and fighter against barbarity the condition of a witness of his time: to tell what happened. This intellectual task was motivated by the political ethos characteristic of the humanitarian and liberal tradition of the Spanish Republic. ; Mariano Ruiz-Funes fue catedrático de derecho penal, republicano, diputado a Cortes, ponente de la constitución del 31, dos veces ministro (Agricultura y Justicia) y precursor del derecho humanitario en su lucha frente al genocidio, denunciando y combatiendo a los negacionistas. Su crítica del totalitarismo está presente en sus escritos desde los inicios de los cuarenta hasta su muerte. En la cartografía del exilio español de 1939 y sus modelos de razón crítica, Ruíz-Funes une a su condición de exiliado y luchador contra la barbarie, la de testigo de su tiempo: contar lo que pasó. Una tarea intelectual motivada por ese ethos político en el que se reconocía la tradición humanitaria y liberal republicana.