Marino Busdachin
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He was born in Umago (IstriaIstria
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, Croatia
Croatia
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) in 1956. He moved to Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
with his family in 1961. He studied law
Law
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at the University of Trieste
University of Trieste
The University of Trieste is a medium-sized university in Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. The university consists of 12 faculties, boasts a wide and almost complete range of university courses and currently has about 23,000 students enrolled and 1,000 professors...
.
Political involvement
During the 1970s he campaigned for civil rights in Italy (right to conscientious objection, divorce and abortion). He was elected at an early age to the Federal Council of the Transnational Radical PartyTransnational Radical Party
The Transnational Radical Party is a political association of citizens, parliamentarians and members of government of various national and political backgrounds who intend to use nonviolent means to create an effective body of international law with respect for individuals and the...
(1974-present) and the City Council of Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
(1978-82).
During the 1980s he campaigned with the Transnational Radical Party to promote human, civil and political rights in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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. He was arrested and jailed for his activities in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
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(1982) and in the Soviet Union (1989).
Between 1993 and 1998, he worked in the United States
United States
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on international campaigns for the establishment of the ad-hoc international tribunals to prosecute war crimes in Former Yugoslavia
Former Yugoslavia
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and Rwanda
Rwanda
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. He also lobbied for a moratorium
Moratorium (law)
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on death penalty at the United Nations
United Nations
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where he represented the Transnational Radical Party.
He is one of the leading figures of the Nonviolent Radical Party (former Transnational Radical Party) and a member of its general council.
No Peace Without Justice
He was the founder and General Secretary of Non c’e’ Pace Senza Giustizia - No Peace Without JusticeNo Peace Without Justice
No Peace Without Justice or Non C'è Pace Senza Giustizia is an Italian non-profit organization, founded in 1993 by Emma Bonino, an Italian politician, former Member of the European Parliament and current Member of the Italian Senate...
(1994-1999), an NGO based in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Belgium
Belgium
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and the USA which campaigned for the establishment of an International Criminal Court
International Criminal Court
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.
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
On July 1, 2003 Marino Busdachin was appointed Secretary General of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples OrganizationUnrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
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(UNPO), an international NGO based in The Hague
The Hague
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(the Netherlands) whose works focuses on promoting the rights of minorities.
Sources
- Biography of Marino Busdachin on the website of the Nonviolent Radical Party (http://servizi.radicalparty.org/members/detail.php?func=browselist&surname=busdachin)
- Speech at the United Nations calling for the establishment of an International Criminal Court (http://www.un.org/icc/speeches/617trp.htm)
- Intervention of Marino Busdachin at the 38th Congress of the Radical Party in Geneva (http://www-5.radioradicale.it/servlet/VideoPublisher?cmd=viewSchedaNew&livello=s1.9.11&record=2097)
- Interviews of Marino Busdachin on Radio Radicale (http://www.radioradicale.it/soggetti/marino-busdachin)
See also
- Nonviolent Radical Party
- Unrepresented Nations and Peoples OrganizationUnrepresented Nations and Peoples OrganizationThe Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization , formed in 11 February 1991, in The Hague, is an international organization of political organisations and governments representing self-proclaimed "indigenous peoples, minorities, and unrecognised or occupied territories". The organization...
- No Peace Without JusticeNo Peace Without JusticeNo Peace Without Justice or Non C'è Pace Senza Giustizia is an Italian non-profit organization, founded in 1993 by Emma Bonino, an Italian politician, former Member of the European Parliament and current Member of the Italian Senate...