Civil society in the fight against global mafias since the Palermo Convention to today
Palermo, 28 and 29 October 2022
In 2020, the 20th anniversary of the Palermo Convention for the fight against transnational organised crime was celebrated. In the same year, Libera would have liked to celebrate the Day of Remembrance and Commitment in Memory of the Innocent Victims of Mafias, which was not held due to the global health emergency. Twenty years after the entry into force of this landmark Convention, and after more than two years of global pandemic, there is an even stronger need to analyse how social institutions and organisations – at local, national and international level – are performing, and what progress they have achieved during those two decades in the fight against Organised Crime and Corruption, rethinking common strategies, always keeping in mind the many challenges that still exist.
Therefore, we do not want to miss this occasion to engage in more commitment!
The “CROSS – Civil society in the fight against global mafias since the Palermo Convention to today” event will therefore take place in Palermo on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 October 2022. Addressing citizens, schools and the many environments that revolve around social justice and rights, in Italy and abroad, the event will be held in Italian and English. The two days – with the participation of international guests – will provide spaces for listening and sharing with round tables and speakers’ corners aimed at disseminating information on international experiences and projects in the fight against organized crime.
Among other international activities, Libera collaborates with UNODC – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – as part of the Civil Society Unit and with consultative status at ECOSOC – the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, in addition to being engaged in the coordination of three transnational networks: ALAS America Latina Alternativa Social, in Latin America, CHANCE Civil Hub AgaiNst Organised Crime in Europe, and PLACE – Peace and Liberation in Africa through Change and Engagement, in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The initiative will be part of a wider activity, within the framework of the EUROPE HUB European project, which aims to strengthen cooperation among the member associations of the CHANCE network in the 0youth field, and which will therefore involve the participation of a large international delegation.
For more information and to register, send an email to: organizzazione@libera.it
Programme
28 October 2022
8.15 – 8.30
Departure by bus from the hotel S. Paolo Palace to NOZ at Cantieri Culturali della Zisa
9:00 – 10:00
Accreditation
10:00 – 11:00
Introduction “Twenty years after the Palermo Convention: civil society in the fight against global mafias”
Luigi Ciotti, President of Libera
Antonio Balsamo, President of the Court of Palermo
Calogero Ferrara, EPPO European Prosecution Delegate
Gian Carlo Caselli, former Chief Prosecutor of Palermo, today Honorary President of Libera
Laura Gatti, Policy Officer of the European Commission – web connection
11:00 – 12:30
Panel 1 “The social re-use of confiscated assets: new challenges towards a civic economy and the common good”
Moderation: Francesco Menditto
Massimiliano Minì, Policy Officer of the European Commission, Organized Crime & Drugs Unit – web connection
Sebastian Casanello, Federal Judge Argentina
Simona De Luca, Department for Cohesion Policies, Presidency of the Council of Ministers – web connection
Vittorio Martone, Associate Professor in Sociology of the Environment and Territory at the Department of Culture, Politics and Society, University of Turin
Erlin Agich, Project Assistant OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Panel 1 “The social re-use of confiscated assets: new challenges towards a civic economy and the common good”
Moderation: Francesco Menditto
Massimiliano Minì, Policy Officer of the European Commission, Organized Crime & Drugs Unit – web connection
Sebastian Casanello, Federal Judge Argentina
Simona De Luca, Department for Cohesion Policies, Presidency of the Council of Ministers – web connection
Vittorio Martone, Associate Professor in Sociology of the Environment and Territory at the Department of Culture, Politics and Society, University of Turin
Erlin Agich, Project Assistant OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 14:20
Greetings from Lia Sava, Prosecutor General of Palermo, and Maurizio de Lucia, Chief Prosecutor of Palermo
14:20 – 15:50
Panel 2 “Citizens’ watch and the fight against corruption: what are the possible forms of collaboration among law enforcement agencies, prevention institutions and monitoring civil society”
Moderation: Alberto Vannucci
Tancredi Tarantino, journalist and anti-corruption expert (Italy, Ecuador)
Iduvina Hernández Batrez, Guatemalan activist, director of Seguridad en Democracia (SEDEM) in web connection (Spanish language)
Manuel Delia, Maltese journalist from Repubblika
Mirella Dummar Frahi, Chief of Civil Society Unit at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
15:50 – 17:20
Panel 3 “International trafficking: the evolution of illegal activities related to drugs, weapons, people”
Moderation: Lucia Capuzzi, journalist Avvenire
Anabel Hernandez, Mexican journalist and expert on drug trafficking
Adriano Nuvunga, Director of the Center for Democracy and Development (CDD) & Steering Committee of the Mozambique Human Rights Defenders Network (RMDDH), Mozambique
Simonetta Grassi, Chief of Global Firearms Programme (UNODC)
Nicola Altiero, Deputy Director of DIA (Antimafia Investigative Direction) and referent of @ON operational network to counter mafia-style serious and organized crime groups
17:20 – 17:50
Coffee break
17:50 – 19:20
Panel 4 “Right to Truth, Victims, and Building of collective memory”
Moderation: Daniela Marcone, board of Libera
Graciela Lois, founder of the organization Familiares de Desaparecidos y Detenidos por Razones Políticas (Spanish language) Argentina, in web connection
Dario Montana, Representative of Memory department of Libera
Maria Falcone, President of the Fondazione Falcone
Roberto Giovanni Conti, Councilor of the Court of Cassation
Marie Jeanne Balagizi, RD Congo network activist
19.20 – 19.45
Social aperitif with Libera terra products from confiscated assets at Cantieri Culturali della Zisa
19.45 – 20.00
Departure by bus from Cantieri Culturali della Zisa to historical centre (Teatro Massimo) and dinner at Basquiat (Via Sant’Oliva 20/22, Palermo)
22.30 – 22.45
Departure by bus from the historical centre (Teatro Massimo) to hotel S. Paolo Palace
29 October 2022
8.15 – 8.30
Departure by bus from the hotel S. Paolo Palace to Cantieri Culturali della Zisa
9:00 – 9:30
Accreditation
Moderator Francesca Rispoli Board of Libera
9:30 – 9:40
Institutional Greeting
Anna Aurora Colosimo Vicariate of the Prefecture of Palermo
Pina Picierno, Vice President of the European Parliament – in web connection
9:50 – 10:30
Nando Dalla Chiesa Honorary President of Libera and Professor at the University of Milan
10:30 – 12:00
Speakers’ corner on national and international projects aimed to the strengthening of the rule of law, promoted by NGOs and institutions
Bien Restituido
Lucas Manjon, Libera Argentina
Europe Hub
Marco Giubilo, mafianeindanke
Rise-Alb and Twist
Anisa Xaka, Engim Internazionale
Marialisa de Padova, Libera
YouMonitor
Giulia Norberti , mafianeindanke
Good(s) Monitoring Europe!
Tatiana Giannone, Libera
Marcella Militello, BASTA!
Wise 4 All Challenges
Valentina Zoccali S-Com AISBL
Wings
Monica Usai, Libera
Cristina Idone Befecadu, Cesie
Liberi di Crescere
Carmelo Pollichino, Libera
Amunì
Barbara Pucello Libera
Salvatore Inguì, Head of Juvenile Social Service Office in Palermo
Gender violence and mafia,
Sabrina Garofalo, Università di Palermo
Liberi di Scegliere
Giorgio de Checchi, Libera
Diritti Vivi
Iolanda Napolitano, Libera
Ali Abitare Lavorare Incontrare
Eliana Messineo, Libera
12:00 – 13:00
Conclusions
Filippo Spiezia, national Italian member of Eurojust – web connection
Luigi Ciotti, President of Libera
