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Fédération Internationale des Associations
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Association loi 1901 créée le 15 septembre 2011 -
Association created on September
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The International Federation of
Associations of Victims of Terrorism (IFAVT) was founded on September 15, 2011 on the initiative of Mr
Guillaume Denoix de Saint Marc, who became the first president of the IFAVT.
It was founded under the sponsorship of Mr Lionel Jospin and Mr José Aznar, and declared in February 2012 to the
French authorities.
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21 August 2023 |
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OUR GOALS The general purpose of the IFAVT
is to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote any actions and campaigns
furthering the cause of victims of terrorism. It also aspires to prevent and
alleviate human suffering, thereby contributing to safeguard human dignity
and fundamental rights. The IFAVT was born out of the idea
of connecting victims of terrorism around the
world and the associations and organisations supporting them. While those
victims might have different nationalities, cultures
and beliefs, they go through the same struggles and can find strength in
numbers. Then IFAVT was also born out of
the imperative of creating a network strong enough to stand against the spread of radicalisation. While the radicalisation process
does not necessarily lead to violent actions, scientific studies have shown
that ALL terrorists go through a phase of radicalisation. Therefore, key
groups are starting to unite their resources and expertise to take a
proactive role in the fight against radicalisation in the hope developing a
positive and constructive propaganda to counter extremist discourses which
may lead to radicalisation, intolerance and sometime
terrorism. To face a terrorism that is becoming increasingly international we
felt the need to unite, thus ensuring a more widespread message and a
large-scale impact. And while terrorists call for a partitioned humanity, we
now stand as one, as a family of all races and fate, sharing our pain, and
acting together toward a same goal: honouring victims’ memory and denouncing
all acts of terrorism.
OUR MISSIONS The IFAVT is a network
facilitating an exchange of knowledge and best practices to offer victims the
best care possible and ensure that they do not fall into oblivion. The primary mission of the
Federation is for victims of terrorism to gain recognition, not only as
victims, but as victims of terrorism, as collaterals of an attack on society
and as such as having particular needs and rights.
To that end, the Federation campaigns to raise awareness of the physical and
psychological sufferings of those victims as well as of the administrative or
judicial difficulties they face. The Federation also aims to
facilitate the coordination between associations of victims of terrorism from
different countries in order to provide a more
effective assistance to victims and to develop our actions at an
international scale. Such international campaign would strengthen our message
and could influence countries that do not adequately support the victims of
terrorism.
OUR VALUES The Federation and all its members
are committed to the promotion of certain values in all aspect of its
work: - All the actions of the
Federation are conducted in accordance with human rights and international
law. - The IFAVT’s members are to
remain independent entities: the IFAVT’s actions are to be complementary to
those of its members who keep their full independence. - The IFAVT is primarily meant to
work at an international level.
THE STEERING
COMMITTEE The steering committee of the
Federation counts 3 personalities, representing 3 different associations. ·
Guillaume Denoix de Saint Marc (President) - Les Familles du DC10 d’UTA (France) ·
Philippe Vansteenkiste (Secretary) -
V-Europe (Belgium) ·
María Teresa Araluce
Letamendia (Tresurer)
- Asociación Víctimas del Terrorismo – AVT (Spain) The steering committee approves
the membership of new associations, the agenda of the actions, the actions
executed by associations under the name of the federation. The steering
committee can also reject a member that doesn’t respect the rules of the
federation or that doesn’t participate in the common actions. The steering committee can decide
to replace a personality and/or an association, member of the same steering
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“The
necessity of this Federation was obvious. I hope that we’ll be able together,
to hold high the universal voice of victims of terrorism and contribute to
the elimination of terrorism, in respect of human rights and international
law. As Albert
Camus said «whatever the cause we defend, it will
always be dishonored by the indiscriminate killing of an innocent
crowd." By
denouncing terrorism in all its forms, we build bridges between
civilizations. From our common pains, we run messages of peace and justice, humanity and respect.” |
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Guillaume Denoix de Saint Marc |
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