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Santiago de Chile Abril - 2011
KNOWING YOUR LAWS PROGRAM
CENTRO RESPONSABILIDAD SOCIAL DE LA ABOGACÍA (COLEGIO DE ABOGADOS DE MADRID)
Madrid by municipalities
• 6.563.033 inhabitants
Population in Comunidad de Madrid
83,19%
16,81%
Spanish population Immigrant population
• 1.103.470
• 5.459.563
Total immigrant population 1.103.470
Country of origin Immigrant population %
RUMANIA 222.528 20,17%
ECUADOR 116.629 10,57%
MOROCCO 91.022 8,25%
COLOMBIA 68.915 6,25%
PERU 59.844 5,42%
BOLIVIA 48.411 4,39%
Knowing your Laws
• Educational Program addressed to immigrant population in Madrid.
• Run by bar volunteers.
• Promotes the integration of immigrants in the Madrid society
• Informs of core features of the Spanish institutional and legal system through conferences.
Knowing your Laws
• In cooperation with local government and law firms.
• 3 consecutive Saturdays, 17 to 20h
• Groups of four volunteers.
• The CRSA provides complete materials and know-how information to volunteers (sponsored by Wolters Kluwer Foundation).
• November 2010: – 1.300 participants – 230 volunteers
Knowing your Laws
•Organized in three modules:
Summary of Spanish Constitutional Law. — Fundamental Rights and Duties— Organization of the Spanish State
Overview of basic rights and obligations: family, inheritance, commercial, labor, criminal, tax and consumer laws that affect every day interactions in Spain.
Immigration laws, administrative procedures and the authorities involved:
—Work permits—Residence permits—Spanish nationality—Breach of immigration laws and consequences
• Conference in the Latin – American Center, Madrid. November 2010.
• Representatives of the Madrid Bar Association and local government give diplomas to the participants.
• Diploma ceremony at the Law School of the Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
For more information visit crsa.icam.es