Eduardo Santos Itoiz

Eduardo Santos Itoiz (born 20 November 1973) is a Navarrese politician, current Minister of Migration Policies and Justice of Navarre (2019-2023).[1][2] He was elected deputy for the Navarra constituency in Congress of Deputies during the XI and XII legislatures between 2015 and 2019.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Santos and the second or maternal family name is Itoiz.
Eduardo Santos
Minister of Migration Policies and Justice of Navarre
Assumed office
7 August 2019
PresidentMaría Chivite
Preceded byMaría José Beaumont
Personal details
Born
Eduardo Santos Itoiz

(1973-11-20) 20 November 1973
Pamplona, Navarre
Political partyPodemos

He graduated in law from the University of Navarre (UN - Universidad de Navarra), he conducted research at the Public University of Navarre (UPNA - Universidad Pública de Navarra) and is an academic expert in mediation and family guidance from National University for Distance Education (UNED - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia).

He had been an associate professor at UPNA in criminal law, criminology and penitentiary law (2007-2015) and professor at the School of Legal Practice "Estanislao de Aranzadi” (2003-2015).

Between 1996 and 2005, Eduardo was a practicing lawyer and, starting from 2008, he had been a penal mediator, participating also in the mediation processes between victims and former ETA members (2010-2011).[3]

Under his mandate, Navarre has been one of the most fruitful regions in Spain in terms of restorative justice developments and migrations policies[4] which stands to protect the most vulnerable such as unaccompanied migrant minors (with the KIDEAK program,[5][6] based on social mentorship) or promoting new ways of international protection for refugee people such as community sponsorship based programs.[7][8]

Also during this legislative period the Parliament of Navarre has approved two pioneering laws prompted by the Department of Migration Policies and Justice: the approval of the new Foral Law of restorative justice, mediation, and community restorative practices[9] stands as an avant-garde element at the Spanish policy level, being the only specific restorative justice legislation in the country. Also, with the collaboration of many associations, collectives and social activists it has been passed the Law against racism and xenophobia, that will be a transversal tool to fight against racism and discrimination in several scenarios such as education, public administration, artificial intelligence or the media.

References
  1. "Decreto Foral de la Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra 28/2019, de 6 de agosto, por el que se nombra Consejero del Gobierno de Navarra a don Eduardo Santos Itoiz". Boletín Oficial de Navarra (in Spanish) (153): 9853. 7 August 2019. ISSN 1130-5894.
  2. https://ec.europa.eu/migrant-integration/news/spain-general-directorate-migration-policies-navarra-subsidise-initiatives-migrant-reception_en
  3. "A good exercise in forgiveness and reconciliation". ICIP. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  4. https://gobiernoabierto.navarra.es/sites/default/files/ingles_resumen_ejecutivo_plan_de_acogida_a_personas_migrantes.pdf
  5. https://integrationpractices.eu/data/practice/kideak/
  6. "Spain: Comprehensive care for unaccompanied young migrants in pilot programme Kideak | European Website on Integration". ec.europa.eu. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  7. "Community Sponsorship as a form of Hospitality". Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  8. "Regional governments piloting Community Sponsorship Programmes". Share Network. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  9. ""I Believe We Can Expect a Change of Mentality" | European Forum for Restorative Justice". www.euforumrj.org. Retrieved 7 June 2023.


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