ROMA - E 'died in Rome lawyer Tina Lagostena Netherlands. Legal history in rape trials in which assisted women victims of abuse, including one against the perpetrators of the massacre of Circeo, Augusta Lagostena Netherlands, but was known as Tina, had 82 years and was born in Milan. Tina has learned Lagostena Netherlands, ill for some time, died in a private nursing home in the capital.
LAGOSTENA LOW, A LIFE IN DEFENSE OF WOMEN
ROME - Augusta 'Tina' Lagostena Bassi was born in Milan, March 2, 1926. His career began as a lawyer at the University 'of Genoa, with the rank of assistant professor of Criminal Law. From 1973 to 1975 works at the reform of the Ministry of Justice. And it 'the Italian representative to the World Peace Conference in Prague in 1983. Become famous in the Italian courts for his efforts in defending the rights of women. Among the many speeches she delivered, those have been famous for Donatella Colasanti against Angelo Izzo in the process of Circeo Massacre, which occurred in September 1975. On that occasion, breaks with the traditional wall of silence of the society 'and the courts in relation to sexual violence by introducing the word' rape ': terms with dry and cold, he said, such attacks and defeat' the shame of women raped, giving them strength and hope in justice. In line with its commitment to the cause of women became one of the founding members of the Telefono Rosa. In 1994 and 1995 he serves as President of the National Commission on equality and equal opportunities for men and women at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and is' part of the Group on Equal Opportunities of the European Community. Italy represents the fourth UN Conference on Women's Rights in Beijing in 1995. In 1994, every candidate for the Chamber of Deputies (College Florence 2) supported by Polo for the Liberty, but does not get enough votes. E 'elected deputy in the ranks of Force Italy in the XII legislature, a member of the Judiciary Committee and the Chamber of Deputies and' co-author in 1996 of the law against sexual violence. Has a role in TV: Saints since 1998 and Licheri 'court of arbitration in the program forum Rita Dalla Chiesa. It was also the screenwriter for the TV miniseries Rai 'The lawyer for the women' based on his book of the same name and starring Mariangela Melato. To Odeon Tv has designed and conducted programs and Tinamou Tinamou Case.
(source: Reuters)
