Gianni Rufini, CEO of Amnesty International Italia, has died
Gianni Rufini died, since 2014 general manager from Amnesty International Italy. To announce it is the same association. Since 1985 Rufini has worked as human rights and humanitarian aid expert in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Balkans and Latin America. He was research coordinator at the CeSPI and course coordinator at theISPI, in addition to having for the university La Sapienza of Rome, Bocconi of Milan, York (UK), Scuola Superiore S. Anna of Pisa, Bethlehem (OTP), the NATO Defense College. He has worked for numerous Italian and foreign NGOs, for various United Nations agencies and other international organizations and is the author of various publications. From 1997 to 2001 he was director of the European coordination of humanitarian NGOs “VOICE”, based in Brussels.
“For us, Gianni was the person who, having entered a moment of great difficulty for our organization in Italy, made us leave the Ford and allowed us to think big again. Working with him was a honor – he has declared Emanuele Russo, president of Amnesty International Italia -, not only for the constant growth, growth and innovation that has always characterized its charisma, but also why, with his exceptional human rights experience, it has allowed us to become better. Today we inherit a bigger, stronger and more movement ‘fight’, a word he loved very much. It is with gratitude and great pain that we greet him today ”.