In a scenario where diverse current issues are increasingly intertwined, the preservation and transmission of democratic memory stands as a fundamental pillar for the construction of a democratic society and a resilient rule of law. In this context, the online seminar we organized yesterday March 13 entitled "Art, Culture and Expression in Democratic Memory" framed...
In the digital and global landscape in which we find ourselves today, freedom of expression and information face unprecedented challenges that require critical attention and thoughtful action. These issues were the central focus of our first online seminar "Freedom of expression and information in the spotlight" of the project "Voices - Civil society voices for...
In a global context where environmental awareness and care for the environment are at the top of political agendas, last Tuesday marked a significant milestone for Europe with the approval of a new regulation that increases the number of environmental offenses under European Union criminal law. The urgency of protecting our planet from highly damaging practices...
Today, the European Parliament (EP) adopted the Directive on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded claims or abusive court proceedings (‘Strategic lawsuits against public participation’), informally known as Daphne’s Law in honour of assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia In a landmark decision for freedom of expression and human rights advocacy, the EP...
More than seventy years have passed since the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops, which marked a turning point in the history of humanity. This prompted the United Nations to recognize in 2005, through Resolution 60/7, the annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of...
From FIBGAR, we launched during the months of February, March and April, four virtual meetings that make up "The Memory Coffee". In them, the participants of the project ¡Memorízate! - Let’s commit to democratic memory! will talk about the research they carried out under the framework of the Academy for Democratic Memory and will debate...
The Pioneering Anti-SLAPP Training for Freedom of Expression (PATFOX) project, co-funded by the European Commission and led by FIBGAR, comes to an end with an event that will bring together the consortium partners to present the main achievements and legacy of the project. The event "Improving Anti-SLAPP Defense: Lessons learned from the PATFOX Project", co-sponsored by...
In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed January 24 as Education Day. In this sixth edition, the slogan "Learning for lasting peace" has been adopted. This approach comes in the face of the current wave of violent conflict, which goes hand in hand with a worrying increase in discrimination, racism, xenophobia and incitement to...
Towards a European identity: the role of civil society organizations in the promotion of democratic memory policies. ...
"It is necessary to shield the Never Again, as an input for democracy, because violence is the hydra with a thousand heads". Jorge Auat. Former General Prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office for Crimes against Humanity. The Prosecutor's Office for Crimes against Humanity (PCCH) was created in 2007, as an institutional policy of the Attorney General's Office,...
