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04/29/2013 Press Review on Emma Bonino

 “..and Emma Bonino, at the Foreign Ministry, is an experienced politician widely admired for her competence.”
The Times

“Emma Bonino, a former European commissioner, as foreign minister.”
The Guardian

04/14/2013 Agenzia Stampa Italia Daniele Orlandi Emma Bonino President? Would be a sign of change, political and institutional rigor and international credibility
For fifteen years, all the surveys conducted periodically on the preference of the Italians for a President of the Republic, resulted on a one fixed most voted name: Emma Bonino.
02/26/2013 BBC Blair: Life in Iraq 10 years on not as I hoped

 

01/09/2013 jurist.org EU court rules Italy prison overcrowding violates rights

[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] ruled [judgment, in French] Tuesday that overcrowding in Italy's prisons violates the basic rights of inmates.

12/20/2012 The New York Times Emma Bonino Banning Female Genital Mutilation - Emma Bonino on The New York Times

The fight to eliminate the scourge of female genital mutilation is breaking new ground. The United Nations General Assembly is poised to adopt a resolution on Thursday calling on all states to enact legislation banning this egregious human rights violation.

10/19/2012 radicalparty.org Vo Van Ai On Blair in Vietnam

On 15 October, Tony Blair made his first visit to Vietnam. He met students and teachers of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, which belongs to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 
Blair said: “If you want to work in diplomacy or politics, you have to be interested in and pay attention to people. You should try to find out what people around you are interested in, are concerned about.

09/25/2012 ANSAmed Bahrain: Opposition members 'inspired by Gandhi'

ROME, SEPTEMBER 25 - Bahrain's opposition members who are in Rome today for a meeting with the Italian Senate's human rights commission said they are inspired by Gandhi, the late leader of the Indian independence movement. 'In Bahrain we have learnt very well the lesson of Mahatma Gandhi', said Jasim Hussein, a former MP in Bahrain who is visiting with Hadi Almossawi, also a member of the al-Wefaq party.

09/24/2012 Election in Belarus - press review AP, Reuters, Deutshe Welle, AFP, RFE/RL

AP By YURAS KARMANAU, Associated Press – 55 minutes ago   MINSK, Belarus (AP) — International vote observers condemned parliamentary elections in Belarus as lacking in competition and said Monday that potential candidates were denied the right to speak, organize and run for office. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said in its assessment of Sunday's election that the vote did not meet international standards. Belarus' parliament has long been considered a rubber-stamp body for President Alexander Lukashenko's policies.

09/02/2012 The Observer Desmond Tutu Why I had no choice but to spurn Tony Blair I couldn't sit with someone who justified the invasion of Iraq with a lie

The immorality of the United States and Great Britain's decision to invade Iraq in 2003, premised on the lie that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, has destabilised and polarised the world to a greater extent than any other conflict in history.

Instead of recognising that the world we lived in, with increasingly sophisticated communications, transportations and weapons systems necessitated sophisticated leadership that would bring the global family together, the then-leaders of the US and UK fabricated the grounds to behave like playground bullies and drive us further apart. They have driven us to the edge of a precipice where we now stand – with the spectre of Syria and Iran before us.

09/02/2012 dailynews.co.zw Italian delegation on human rights mission

HARARE - A delegation of Italian members of parliament visited Zimbabwe recently on a human rights mission.

The delegation, made up of members from the Non-Violent Radical Party who are also members of the NGO Hands off Cain, met with several politicians and parliamentary committees from the three political parties in Zimbabwe’s inclusive government.

08/08/2012 The Times Lord David Steel Clegg will look petulant if he walks away

Forget ‘big bang’ Lords reform. We could still push ahead with modest changes that the public would applaud

It is never a good thing in politics to say “I told you so”, but I’m afraid that for me the abandonment on Monday of the Government’s Lords Reform Bill had all the hallmarks of the same experience in the Commons way back in 1969. At least this time they did not waste 11 parliamentary days in a fruitless effort to push through reform, but I feared it was always destined to end in tears.

07/22/2012 Il Sole 24 Ore Karima Moual Regularization of immigrants, first step towards legality
Emma Bonino, Vice President of the Senate and a historical radical exponent, has always been attentive to social dynamics. No wonder why she is sensible to immigration issue, even to its entailed economic implications. Significant implications, as demonstrated by the last measure regarding  the contrast of the employment of illegal immigrants.
 
The new legislative decree on immigration introduces a regularization measure, correct?
Calling it regularization is inappropriate in juridical terms, furthermore it transmits a wrong message.
06/26/2012 EurActiv Emma Bonino Bonino: the Euro is not the Problem, the Governance is

The eurozone crisis can be traced more to political than economic and financial causes, Emma Bonino, vice president of the Italian Senate and a former European Commissioner told EurActiv Italia. She says it is mostly a problem of governance.

The EU Summit this week (28-29 June) is not a meeting as many others: “It’s a key date for the EU, almost a point of no return,” she said, reasserting the need for a United States of Europe.

She spoke on the margin of a conference organised by European Movement Italy, ahead of the Rome mini-summit on 22 June.

06/20/2012 www.informador.com.mx Uruguay proposes controlled legalization of marihuana

The draft legislation to be presented by the leftist government of President José Mujica is designed to beat growing violence and insecurity
The Uruguay government will introduce a draft bill for the “controlled legalization” of marihuana, which implies state control over the production and distribution of the drug.
It is the first Latin-American country to propose this type of legislative norm.

05/26/2012 Daily Maverick Mario Ambrosini Italy: We need a hero

In good and evil, Italy has produced an epic proportion of history’s fruits. The Western system of laws, the Catholic Church, banking, financial instruments, insurance, fine music, fashion and good eating all spread worldwide from there. But now, it needs a hero.

05/11/2012 World Uyghur Congress World Uyghur Congress set to Stage its 4th General Assembly and Leadership Training Workshop in Tokyo

Press Release – For immediate release

04/24/2012 The Times Lord David Steel Here’s a simple Lords plan I made earlier

Big-bang reform is a distraction while my practical plans are being ignored

04/12/2012 Tanjug OSCE can help with May 6 elections in Kosovo

BELGRADE - OSCE official Matteo Mecacci voiced belief on Thursday that the ongoing dialogue between the international community and Belgrade about the elections in Kosovo will yield an agreement, adding that the organization can assist Serbs in claiming their right to vote in the May 6 presidential and parliamentary elections in Kosovo.

03/17/2012 Financial Times Marco Perduca Italy has violated articles of the ECHR

Sir, Emma Bonino, Timothy Garton Ash and other European dignitaries have rightly signaled a worrying proposal put forward by the British Government to amend the European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR, to "ease" the work of the Strasbourg Court, which in fact has been clogged by all sorts of cases from virtually all members states of the Council of Europe.

03/13/2012 Financial Times From Ms Emma Bonino and others Focus on implementing the last round of ECHR reforms
Sir, At a time when Europeans are beset by economic and political uncertainties, the UK is using its current chairmanship of the Council of Europe to push for reforms of the European Court of Human Rights.
Britain says it wants to help the overburdened court become more efficient by focusing its work on important human rights issues.
02/19/2012 allAfrica.com CLINTON AT DAY OF ZERO TOLERANCE FOR FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

The following are the remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton at the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, held at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC.

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon, everyone. I am so pleased to see all of you here. There are a number of familiar faces who have been working on this and other related issues for a number of years, and a lot of new and young faces, which is especially welcome.

12/22/2011 Hurriyet Daily News Emma Bonino, Howard Dean, Ana Palacio The West’s choice

An indispensable member of NATO and an EU accession candidate, Turkey shatters the notion that liberal democracy and western values are at odds with Islam. Yet, Turkey today presents us with a puzzle.

11/27/2011 Alwefaq - Media Center Al-Wefaq: International umbrella essential for rebuilding trust

BICI report soul implicates government removal is only way forward

In a statement issued on 27 Nov 2011, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society has commented on outstanding political developments in the light of realities exposed in the report of Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI). The society stressed that the report in its entirety depicts a comprehensive humanitarian and political picture of those calling for democratic reforms. To its credit, the report provides a chilling description of everyday fact in the kingdom of Bahrain.

09/28/2011 Other News Emma Bonino Middle East: farewell to dictatorships and the death penalty

The approval by the UN General Assembly in December 2007 of the Resolution for a Universal Moratorium against Capital Punishment was a fundamental step forward not only for the anti-death penalty campaign but also for the affirmation of the rule of law and of those natural rights historically won and often written into national law but not always respected.

 

05/12/2011 The Witness Mario GR Oriani-Ambrosini Toothless lapdog

DEAR Human Rights Commission,

My widely reported statement that you are "meek, weak and largely a waste of money" demands a public explanation for those who could not hear it in the justice committee conference, hence this open letter.

Four years ago the ad hoc parliamentary­ committee, led by Professor Kadar Asmal, produced a report showing how you have misunderstood your role and served too much as an adviser to the government­, rather than the potential­ antagonist to the government that our Constitution wants you to be.