From September 24th to 25th, The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights and the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP), held a high-level conference on “The Legacy of Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni: Criminal Justice and Human Rights” at the Siracusa International Institute’s headquarters. In the opening ceremony, participants were welcomed by Judge Jean-François Thony, President

Yesterday, in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic, the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights held a Memorial Ceremony dedicated to Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni at its headquarters. Professor Bassiouni was the Institute’s founder and longstanding former president. The ceremony was opened by the President of the Institute, Prosecutor

The President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, will be in Siracusa on September 23rd at the memorial ceremony that the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights will dedicate to its historic founder and president, Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni. Having passed away last year in Chicago at the age of 79, Professor