Collaboration with FIBGAR
Olmo Gómez Aldaz’s collaboration with the Baltasar Garzón International Foundation (FIBGAR) began in July 2026 through Nadia Gayoso de la Calle, responsible for the Foundation’s democratic memory work, who invited him to share his testimony as a victim of enforced disappearance as a child. Nadia coordinated his participation in the interview and was also his contact for the arrangements that led to FIBGAR’s endorsement of his complaint to Spain’s Ombudsman.
This page records the main milestones in an ongoing collaboration focused on historical memory, recognition of victims and the rights of adopted people and “stolen babies”.
Giving victims a voice: the testimony
Olmo took part in the project “Desapariciones forzadas infantiles: Diálogo por la Justicia y el Cambio Legislativo” (Enforced disappearances of children: dialogue for justice and legislative change), a FIBGAR initiative to raise awareness of these disappearances, listen to victims and contribute to truth, justice and reparation.
In the interview, he recounts being taken at birth, the adoption that concealed what happened and his journey to recover his original identity. His experience also provides a way to address the difficulties victims continue to face and the need for recognition of the facts to be accompanied by effective reparation.
The interview was published on 26 October 2026 on FIBGAR’s official channel. The Foundation also promoted it through Memorízate, its democratic memory project.
From testimony to support for the complaint
During the interview, Olmo introduced his complaint to Spain’s Ombudsman concerning discrimination against adopted people and “stolen babies” in relation to their original parentage and identity. He subsequently sent the documentation to FIBGAR, which confirmed on 16 October 2026 that it had formally endorsed the complaint as an organisation.
The initiative calls for adoption not to reduce the rights a person has as a child of their original parents. It denounces the fact that this difference in treatment can persist even after original parentage has been judicially recognised and that, in cases of children being taken and subsequently adopted, it constitutes a further form of revictimisation.
To publicise this support, a press release about FIBGAR’s endorsement, dated 27 October 2026, was distributed. The release explains the scope of the complaint and helps other people and organisations learn about it and add their support.