In honour of World Whistleblowers' Day, we want to emphasise the importance of responsible citizens who, despite the risk, choose to fulfil their civic duties in defence of transparency, responsibility and accountability. Whistleblowers are important actors in national and European efforts to detect, investigate and tackle corruption: their exposés have brought to light irregularities in public...
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...
The State of Chile is condemned for a kidnapping case during the Pinochet dictatorship Within the framework of the civil proceeding, the State of Chile will be obliged to compensate Macarena Aguló Marchi for moral damages caused by her kidnapping, being qualified as a "victim of a crime against humanity" and, therefore, imprescriptible. Macarena Aguló Marchi was...
Every year since 1981, the International Day of Peace has been celebrated worldwide on September 21. The initiative was born in the General Assembly of the United Nations, as a reminder of the promotion of peace as one of the main purposes set forth in the Charter of the United Nations. It is materialized for...
Alessia in Cambridge: Fighting SLAPPs at the 40th International Symposium on Economic Crime Alessia Schiavon, executive director of FIBGAR, presented the PATFox (Pioneering anti-SLAPP Training for Freedom of Expression) project at the 40th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, during the conference entitled "Countering SLAPPs". This conference focuses on mitigating abusive litigation against investigative journalists and...
