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Marco Pannella meets His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Marco Pannella met His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2014. The event was organized by the Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty.Speakers included: Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama of Tibet), Marco Pannella (President of the Senate of the Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty, Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty).
Justice: The Antidote to Chaos
Justice is the bedrock of rightful rule—its firm foundation transforms raw power into benevolent authority. When leaders uphold justice, they tame chaos by creating order, fairness, and security for all. In this view, the right to rule is not a mere privilege but a sacred duty: a mandate to balance competing interests, protect individual rights, and inspire trust.
The Rule of Law and the Right to know
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted the Report on the Right to Knowledge, recognizing the need to define and protect media freedom, public trust, and the citizens' right to knowledge, through resolution 2382 (2021) and recommendation 2204 (2021).
Standing with Cuba: human rights defenders present the ‘Liberation Agreement’ for a democratic transition
Today, we met with a delegation of Cuban human rights defenders representing Cuba Decide, Democracia y Libertad, and the Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos. The delegation—composed of prominent activists Rosa María Payá Acevedo, Yaxys Dallan Cires, Alejandro Sebastian Cajas Gonzalez, Lourdes Maria Argueta Vides, and Colette Rodriguez Marcano
Human Rights Day celebrated at the Ghe Pel Ling Center in Milan
Human Rights Day celebrated at the Ghe Pel Ling Center in Milan. On 14 December, celebrations were held at the Ghe Pel Ling Center, the Institute for Tibetan Buddhist Studies in Milan, marking International Human Rights Day and the anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Dalai Lama in 1989
Why Italy Must Take a Lead in the Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai
The arrest of Jimmy Lai in 2020 and the closure, shortly after, of his Apple Daily newspaper dealt a very severe blow to press freedom in Hong Kong. His detention amid a wave of censorship from mainland China effectively swept away the “one country, two systems” principle
Joy at the release of 123 Belarusian political prisoners
Joy at the release of 123 Belarusian political prisoners. The release, just hours ago, of 123 Belarusian political prisoners—including political activist and musician Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski—is a source of great satisfaction. We share this moment of joy with all those released and with their families.
Conferenza Senato Iran
During the conference “Support for Democratic Forces in Iran” held in the Italian Senate, Giulio Terzi delivered a keynote speech in which he highlighted the political meaning of the protests in many Iranian cities and the connections that Teheran has established across the world, and what Italy and the global community should do in the face of a possible historic turning point.
Jimmy Lai in prison for printing the truth
Full solidarity with Jimmy Lai and his family following the politically motivated sentence handed down today by the Hong Kong authorities under Beijing’s direction. With this conviction, Jimmy Lai—a 78-year-old British citizen and former founder and publisher of the pro-democracy newspaper “Apple Daily”—suffers yet another injustice.
Senate conference on the tenth anniversary since the passing of Marco Pannella
Ignazio La Russa, Matteo Angioli, Giulio Terzi e Francesco Rutelli, speaking at the Senate conference on the tenth anniversary since the passing of Marco Pannella

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The Right to know We believe that the right to know is a core element of the Rule of Law. The principle of political accountability must be upheld to improve the full application of the Rule of Law and to prevent human rights violations.

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"RULE OF LAW The United Nations defines the rule of law as a principle of governance in which all persons, entities, public and institutions and private, including the State itself, are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated, and which are consistent with international human rights norms and standards."

67th UNGA Declaration, 24 September 2012

Marco Pannella
Honorary President

Marco Pannella established the Global Committee for the Rule of Law (GCRL) in March 2016, two months before he passed away two months later. He served as Honorary President and upon his death the GCRL was named after him.

A long-standing MP and MEP Mr. Pannella was largely inspired by Italian philosopeher and president of the Liberal Party, Benedetto Croce.

Mr. Pannella also followed the doctrine of nonviolence of Gandhi and Martin Luther King jr, resorting to hunger strikes and sit-ins. Marco Pannella co-founded the Radical Party in 1955 and turned it in a transnational NGO after the fall of the Soviet empire.

A staunch European federalist and supporter of the rule of law, democracy and human rights, Mr. Pannella is widely recognized as the father of the abortion and divorce law in Italy and the leader of many civil rights campaigns.

His motto was: “The rule of law for the right to life”