Overview
- The conference, organized by El Norte de Castilla and sponsored by the Junta de Castilla y León, was opened by Presidency chief Luis Miguel González Gago in the chapel of the National Sculpture Museum where the 1550 debate took place.
- Speakers framed the Controversia as an early moral‑legal inquiry into universal human dignity, linking it to the School of Salamanca and Francisco de Vitoria while stressing the primacy of reasoned debate over coercion.
- Proposals included creating a UNESCO Chair focused on intercultural and religious dialogue, staging an annual theatrical recreation at San Gregorio with related cultural programs, coordinating local institutions, and embedding the topic in curricula.
- A jurists’ panel said the response to Gaza is inadequate, asserting that UN human‑rights bodies have identified genocide while political organs stayed silent, and warned that polarization and individualism strain today’s rights system.
- González Gago tied the anniversary to Castilla y León’s legal tradition—from the Fuero de Brañosera to the Laws of Burgos—arguing the episode should be treated as ethical and moral heritage for Spain and the wider world, as renewed public interest follows a 2023 documentary.