Marino Busdachin (26 July 1956 – 7 June 2023) was an Italian politician and

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activist. Busdachin was born in

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) in 1956, and moved to Italy with his family in 1961. He studied

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at the

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Political involvement

During the 1970s he campaigned for civil rights in Italy (right to

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, divorce and abortion). He was elected at an early age to the Federal Council of the

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(1974– ?) and the City Council of

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(1978–82). During the 1980s he campaigned with the Transnational Radical Party to promote human, civil and political rights in Eastern Europe and the

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. He was arrested and jailed for his activities in

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(1982) and in the Soviet Union (1989). Between 1993 and 1998, he worked in the United States on international campaigns for the establishment of ''ad hoc'' international tribunals to prosecute war crimes in the

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and Rwanda. He also lobbied for a moratorium on the death penalty at the

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where he represented the Transnational Radical Party. Busdachin was 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

Busdachin was a founder and General Secretary of ''Non c’e’ Pace Senza Giustizia'' -

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(1994-1999), an

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based in Italy, Belgium and the United States which campaigned for the establishment of an

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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

On July 1, 2003 Marino Busdachin was appointed

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of the

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(UNPO), an international NGO based in

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), whose works focus on promoting the rights of minorities.

Death

Busdachin died in Trieste on 7 June 2023, at the age of 66.Marino Busdachin è morto

References

Sources

* Biography of Marino Busdachin on the website of the Nonviolent Radical Party

* Speech at the United Nations calling for the establishment of an International Criminal Court

* Intervention of Marino Busdachin at the 38th Congress of the Radical Party in Geneva

* Interviews of Marino Busdachin on Radio Radicale

External links

Marino Busdachin at the Dalai Lama's Conference in Hamburg
{{DEFAULTSORT:Busdachin, Marino 1956 births 2023 deaths People from Umag Istrian Italian people Italian politicians University of Trieste alumni Yugoslav emigrants to Italy