The passing of Ambassador Umberto La Rocca, President of the Italian Society for International Organisation (SIOI)

The Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Rights of Peoples of the University of Padua and the UNESCO Chair Human Rights, Democracy and Peace heartily participate in the mourning for the death of Ambassador Umberto La Rocca, President of the Italian Society for International Organisation (Società Italiana per l'Organizzazione Internazionale, SIOI).

They remember, in particular, his talent as the artificer of a fertile season for the Society, marked by a commitment for the creation of new generations of international relations' operators, according to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, of human rights, rule of law and democracy.