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“Waves of legality, waves of citizenship" (Sicily)
an article by Dr. Diana Tashkova
One of the largest events in Italy and especially
in Sicily was the celebration in the memory of
Judge Giovanni Falcone- an Italian prosecuting
magistrate killed by mafia who spent most of his
professional life trying to overthrow the power of
Mafia( Cosa Nostra).
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The project” Waves of legality, waves of
citizenship” took place in Palermo 14-25th of May
2013 promoted by Foundation” Giovanni e Francesca
Falcone”. The Foundation was created after the
death of Giovanni Falcone in 1992.
A famous quote of the Judge in the spirit of fight
against organised crime is: “Who is silent and bows
his head, dies every time he does so. Who speaks
aloud and walks with his head held high, dies only
once.”
Nowadays, Foundation Falcone has social and
cultural commitment organizing educational courses,
seminars, trainings, establishing scholarships for
students.
Participants took part in the project” Waves of
legality, waves of citizenship” from 16 different
European countries such as Bulgaria, Netherlands,
France, Romania, Spain, Belgium, Hungary, Greece,
Macedonia, Latvia, Albania, Lithuania, Estonia,
Austria, Serbia, Croatia were selected to
participate in 2 weeks projects. Youth workers,
students, teachers and leaders were committed to
the idea of legality, fight against injustice and
organised crime - a way of protecting human
rights. The project aimed to reinforce the role
of organized civil society in combating and
preventing crime and to foster co-operation
between law enforcement system and civil society
in Europe.
Participants had the honor to take an active
role in number of initiatives in Sicily, such as
meeting with members of the judiciary - including
the President of the Court of Palermo, Leonardo
Guarnotta, and anti-Mafia prosecutor, meeting in
Center for Juvenile Justice with social workers
and authorities of Ministry of Justice, etc.
The international participation demonstrated the
European interest in combating organised crime and
the efforts of everyone for more secure, peaceful
and tolerant world. Change starts from each
person, and the Europeans gave an example of deep
interest in “cosa nostra”, giving their own
involvement and following the values of the
Foundation, of life and those of their own
personality!
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