

SU ALIADO
Especializado en casos complejos para una defensa sin límites en el mundo real,
más allá de las fronteras nacionales, en el ciberespacio y
más allá de lo que corresponde a casos y delitos tradicionales.
PRÁCTICA Y ÁREAS JURÍDICAS:
/Derecho Público: Derecho Constitucional, Derecho Penal y Procesal
/Derecho privado: Derecho Civil / Derecho internacional
PEACE = NO VICTIMS
By Achille Campagna
In search for a strong legal and philosophical framework for my work with Ukraine victims, as a lawyer, I felt the need to pursue my own path, and I came to the simple, straightforward conclusion that peace should be defined as the absence of victimization.
There should be no victims, this is the plain, straightforward end-result the UN Charter has been crafted for, and the ultimate reason why, after two world wars, mankind has made a choice, that is to lay the foundation of a new global order based on peace.
The temptation to bend this simple conceptualization of peace towards a more structured doctrine is doomed to fail and deprive people of the clarity that we all need to actively participate and live within the legal system.
A debate can be staged on the philosophical soundness of the proposed interchangeability of the two legs of this idea, ‘peace’ the targeted concept, ‘absence of victimization’ its essence; nonetheless, such link appears solid, and it serves my purpose well.
I will hold, in my speeches, that peace is a legal obligation countries signed off upon, and I will explain that those duties are not fulfilled by long talk, but only by deeds, that is effective international institutions capable of using military force to stop aggressors and terrorists, and a strong
accountability mechanism. I will add, at that point, that victims cannot be neglected, because they are what the legal obligation that goes by the name ‘peace’ is meant to protect.
Be it the orphan children, the mothers mourning their sons, the tortured and raped victims in Ukraine, or in any other part of the world, within any international or non-international armed conflict, mass killings, repressions, be it any place and time, their voices must be heard.
The concept of victim constitutes a unifying factor in contrast with the diversity of ways to break peace, ranging from international armed conflicts, to armed repressions, to terroristic attacks, as innocents pay with their life and suffering for the unlawful use of military force, irrespective of the labels we apply.
Accountability as a deterrent is not enough, once we accept a definition of peace based on the absence of victimization: justice must be restored, and it must be pronounced before the victims.
Restoring justice for the victims in real terms means to let them participate in trials, and award real compensation, by this latter also meaning taking reasonable steps to ensure their satisfaction.
Economies burning trillions of dollars in the pursue of futilities are not finding the time and the resources to compensate the victims, while the legal system, instead of promoting their safeguard, poses obstacles. The stark conclusion is necessitated that the world is not even near doing enough for the victims.
It is not the systematic failure to fully compensate the victims that moves me - as the same terms apply to victims of ordinary crime - but the despicable failure to act, the ‘shortness in deeds’ that pushed me into pursuing my mission.
The gap must be filled, as not only the victims’ rights are deprived of an effective safeguard, but the deep sense of impunity and injustice insults them, making forgiveness and reconciliation impossible, conversely fueling hate for generations, up to the next war.
Apologies and help – though key to the process of reconciliation - are not capable of surrogating the restoration of justice and proper reparations, as their lack itself is insulting for the victims, especially considering that they do not realize that such failure is largely depending on wrong policies.
Restoring justice is a precondition for forgiveness. Nothing will bring their dear ones back to life, not certainly a conviction judgment against the perpetrators, though the absence thereof outrages them, producing more grief and potentially triggering another response, that is causing them to take rogue, violent action.
The cycle must be interrupted, as rage will spiral into another war, and peace will be violated once again, being such a link between victimization and forgiveness the ultimate confirmation that only by erasing victimization peace can thrive, that peace equals no victims.
published on 22 October 2024
Desde nuestra fundación en 2006, hemos estado defendiendo a personas de todas las nacionalidades y orígenes en San Marino y otros países europeos, tanto ante tribunales nacionales como internacionales.
El Sr. Achille Campagna, fundador de la compañía, ha liderado casos pioneros en San Marino de forma relevante contribuyendo al desarrollo de la historia procesal penal en el país. Además, es el primer y único abogado de San Marino incluido en la lista de abogados de la Corte Penal Internacional.
La especialidad central del Sr. Campagna es, en la actualidad, la asistencia a víctimas de crímenes internacionales (genocidio, crímenes de guerra, crímenes de lesa humanidad, agresiones).
Actualmente asiste y atiende a víctimas de crímenes de guerra en Ucrania.
La firma continúa activa en otros campos del derecho internacional, y muy especialmente en casos de derechos fundamentales, civiles y constitucionales. En este momento cuenta con un caso registrado ante el CDH (PIDCP) y con varios casos presentados ante el TEDH, con inclusión de la figura de amicus curiae.
Además de los casos penales complejos, la firma está activa en varias áreas de litigio, incluidas la recuperación de daños, lesiones, agravios, errores judiciales, empleados públicos y responsabilidad civil, negligencias y quiebras de empresas, entre otras especialidades.
La información, las TIC y las leyes de medios de comunicación son un pilar esencial de nuestra práctica. La evidencia electrónica y la experiencia forense digital son parte de la actividad cotidiana al mismo tiempo que todos los problemas y defectos derivados de los medios digitales como privacidad y protección de datos en la web.
La libertad de expresión, el periodismo y la defensa de los medios de comunicación forman una parte considerable de los casos de litigios penales y civiles en nuestro bufete.
Contamos con una experiencia inigualable en desafiar la asistencia legal mutua transfronteriza y las solicitudes de ejecución de sentencias, con apelaciones innovadoras presentadas ante los tribunales y cortes de Italia y San Marino.
Cuando los casos nacionales revelan violaciones de los derechos fundamentales, los llevamos a los tribunales internacionales.