Marino Busdachin - Political Involvement

Political Involvement

During the 1970s he campaigned for civil rights in Italy (right to conscientious objection, divorce and abortion). He was elected at an early age to the Federal Council of the Transnational Radical Party (1974-present) and the City Council of Trieste (1978-82).

During the 1980s he campaigned with the Transnational Radical Party to promote human, civil and political rights in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union. He was arrested and jailed for his activities in Bulgaria (1982) and in the Soviet Union (1989).

Between 1993 and 1998, he worked in the United States on international campaigns for the establishment of the ad-hoc international tribunals to prosecute war crimes in Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. He also lobbied for a moratorium on death penalty at the United Nations where he represented the Transnational Radical Party.

He is one of the leading figures of the Nonviolent Radical Party (former Transnational Radical Party) and a member of its general council.

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