Alessia Schiavon is a lawyer, criminology and human rights expert, rule of law and human rights project manager and trainer. She is the Executive Director of Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón (FIBGAR), which is a private non-profit organisation that acts globally in defence of Human Rights and Universal Jurisdiction. FIBGAR seeks to promote key actions aimed at strengthening a culture of civic and legal security based on the values of peace, justice, rule of law and good governance, as catalysts for sustainable democracy and means to counter human rights violations and anti-democratic threats.