Rome, 15 May (LaPresse) – “In many, too many parts of the world, international law is openly violated and humanitarian law disregarded. Firm opposition to all forms of oppression constitutes a moral achievement to be preserved and defended.‘ This is an excerpt from a message by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, sent to Carla Marina Lendaro of the ’Iniziative 50 anni Processo Risiera‘ committee on the occasion of the conference ’The 1976 Risiera di San Sabba trial, half a century on”, currently taking place at the University of Trieste. “Much time has passed, but those terrible events, symbolic of the catastrophe of totalitarianism, continue to challenge us,” the message begins, emphasising that “the values of freedom, justice, the rule of law and democracy, enshrined in our Constitution, represent the foundation of the principles of our civil coexistence.”
Mattarella: ‘Firm opposition to oppression is an achievement to be defended’
Rome, 15 May (LaPresse) – “In many, too many parts of the world, international law is openly violated and humanitarian law disregarded. Firm opposition to all forms of oppression constitutes a moral achievement to be preserved and defended.‘ This is an excerpt from a message by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, sent to Carla Marina Lendaro of the ’Iniziative 50 anni Processo Risiera‘ committee on the occasion of the conference ’The 1976 Risiera di San Sabba trial, half a century on”, currently taking place at the University of Trieste. “Much time has passed, but those terrible events, symbolic of the catastrophe of totalitarianism, continue to challenge us,” the message begins, emphasising that “the values of freedom, justice, the rule of law and democracy, enshrined in our Constitution, represent the foundation of the principles of our civil coexistence.”
