The first Assembly of the Global Committee for the Rule of Law “Marco Pannella”, held in Rome on 6 June 2022, ended with the adoption of the Rome Declaration for the Right to Know which all participants signed up to. Whereas: – authoritarian regimes pose a serious threat to global peace, security and prosperity; – the freedom to inform and…
ASSEMBLY OF THE GLOBAL COMMITTEE FOR THE RULE OF LAW “MARCO PANNELLA” 6th June 2022, 10am – 1pm and 3pm – 6pm At Musei di San Salvatore in Lauro Piazza di S. Salvatore in Lauro 15, Rome “The right to know in the face of violence” The Global Committee for the Rule of Law “Marco Pannella” is organising a public…
Hijacking the Mainstream: CCP influence agencies and their operations in Italian parliamentary and local politics Policy brief by Sinopsis and the Global Committee for the Rule of Law “Marco Pannella”. By Livia Codarin, Laura Harth and Jichang Lulu Whereas Italy’s 2019 accession to Xi’s geopolitical project of the Belt and Road Initiative and the overt alignment of some high-level…
Safeguard women’s rights and create humanitarian corridors for Afghanistan. Appeal to the European Union by the Global Committee for the Rule of Law “Marco Pannella” The withdrawal of Western countries from Afghanistan resulted in an inexorable return of the Taliban regime and the loss of hard-won rights and freedom described by Zarqa Yaftali, executive director of the Women and Children…
The Assembly urged European governments to create a broad “right to know” – consisting of maximum transparency in public life, a vibrant and diverse media, and a rich educational and cultural environment – in order to encourage democratic participation and combat “post-truth” disinformation and the manipulation of public opinion. Adopting a resolution based on the report prepared by Roberto Rampi…
Today the Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) and the Global Committee for the Rule of Law “Marco Pannella” (GCRL) established a partnership with a view to extending and strengthening their common activities in the protection and promotion of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. The two sister organizations, based in Taipei and Rome respectively, will conduct different…
On 12 May a group of 36 organizations for human rights including the Global Committee for the Rule of Law “Marco Pannella” sent an open letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, to draw her attention to the urgent need for public reporting on the human rights situation across China, Uyghur and Tibetan regions, and Hong Kong.…
3 May is World Press Freedom Day and as UNESCO puts it, “3 May acts as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom and is also a day of reflection among media professionals about issues of press freedom and professional ethics. Just as importantly, World Press Freedom Day is a day of support…
Dear friend, Here’s our monthly recap for you. Let’s start with a date: 12th of April. That’s the day when the Committee on Culture, Education, Science and Media of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held the first reading of the draft resolution entitled “Media freedom, public trust and the right to knowledge” introduced by Sen. Roberto Rampi. An important step…
The agenda of the meeting to be held by videoconference, on Monday, 12 April 2021, from 9.30 am to 12 pm of the Committee on Culture, Education, Science and Media of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe provides for the first reading of the draft resolution entitled “Media freedom, public trust and the right to knowledge” introduced by…