Our Association is partner of:
our Association has been involved in:
UE Workshop on Support to
Victims of terrorism:
29 September 2006 in Bruxelles
and
OSCE High Level Meeting on Victims of terrorism: 13-14 September
2007 in Vienna |
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AIVITER PRESENTATION
In Italy, the years spanning from 1969 to the
mid-1980s are conventionally defined as the “Years of Lead”. Some
sources estimate the number of dead to be around 450 and the injured or
disabled to be 4,529, with more than 12,700 internal acts of terrorist
violence of various political matrices.
Memories of this turbulent period have faded with time and it is now
almost forgotten among the younger generations. There is also a sense of
annoyance and a misconception towards the dead and wounded, who were
often servants of the state determined not to shirk their duty. By their
acts, they allowed the institutions to survive, public opinion to
mobilise and subversive plots to be overcome.
For these reasons, the injured and disabled, objective witnesses of
momentous acts of which they themselves were the protagonists, in spite
of bloody episodes, cannot be easily forgotten, nor can the many news
items which, taken together, are now part of the social history of the
end of the last century.
With the aim of protecting these victims, preserving the memory of the
dead and studying the phenomenon of terrorism, the Italian Association
of Victims of Terrorism and Subversion against the Constitutional Order
of the State (AIVITER) was established in 1985 by the founding partners
Maurizio Puddu, Giovanni Berardi, Adele Casalegno, Antonio Cocozzello,
Severa Croce, Leone Ferrero, Mario Deorsola, Dante Notaristefano, Sergio
Palmieri and Giovanni Picco.
The Association is a not-for-profit organisation with no wish to join
the other existing union organisations in Italy. In fact, it proposes to
“develop awareness and co-operation in promoting new moments of
recognition and protection which can guarantee the rights, requirements
and expectations of victims or surviving relatives”.
The Association works to ensure that victims are handed the title of
“Victims of Terrorism”. So far, it has succeeded in having an initial
law approved, No. 302 dated 20th October 1990, and then No. 206 dated
3rd August 2004 with provisions for the victims of terrorism.
Another institutional goal is to preserve the memory of the documents
which contain values belonging to the whole community. With the aim of
not allowing the historical memory of the events to dissipate, over the
years, AIVITER has promoted initiatives for study and commemoration.
University lecturers, magistrates and institutional and intellectual
representatives have demonstrated their involvement, providing a
precious contribution of ideas and support, by taking part in debates
organised by the Association. Research has been published, educational
exhibitions have been held and a website has been developed:
www.vittimeterrorismo.it.
Finally, following institution by the Euro Parliament in 2004 of the
European Day for Victims of Terrorism, AIVITER has developed
relationships with international institutions (EU, OSCE and UNICRI) and
with Victims of Terrorism Associations from other European countries,
constituting a solid and useful network of collaboration.
Among the latest events are:
• the touring exhibition “Anni di piombo. La voce delle vittime per non
dimenticare“ (The Years of Lead. The Voice of Victims not to be
Forgotten), opened in 2008;
• creation of the documentary film on DVD and the multimedia hypertext
on CD ROM entitled “VITTIME“ (Victims) in collaboration with the
Ministry of Culture – Department of Cinema and Rai- Radiotelevisione
italiana, presented on 9th May 2010 to the President of the Italian
Republic.
A full details of AIVITER activity, year by year, is on line at:
http://www.vittimeterrorismo.it/iniziative/iniziativ_pa.htm
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