{"id":1315,"date":"2015-07-09T09:30:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T07:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/covite.org\/nueva2015\/?page_id=1315"},"modified":"2019-10-07T12:39:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T10:39:15","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/covite.org\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The Victims of Terrorism Collective (COVITE) is a national association created in November 1998 by victims of terrorist attacks in the Basque Country. It brings together more than 400 famillies who\u2019ve had one or more of their members murdered by terrorist organizations like ETA or GAL. They defend democratic principles, respect for the law and the principles of Justice and Historical Memory in order to guarantee a context of dignity after any terrorist attack.<\/p>\n

In February 2001 COVITE joined the Agreement for freedom and against terrorism signed by the Popular Party and the Spanish Socialist Worker\u2019s Party.<\/p>\n

In 2002 the COVITE International Award to actions for the memory and support of victims was established. Among those who have collected the prestigious award are the Grupos Tedax de los Cuerpos de T\u00e9cnicos en Desactivaci\u00f3n de Explosivos de la Guardia Civil (Spanish bomb disposal experts); Polic\u00eda Nacional y Ertzaintza (Spanish and Basque Police Forces); Antonio Beristain; Saida Benhabiles; Javier Gomez Bermudez; I\u00f1aki Arteta; Carlos Herrera; Vecinos por la Paz de Berriozar; Rogelio Alonso, Florencio Dominguez and Marcos Garcia Rey; Joseba Arrei; Alfredo Tamayo; Mary Joseph Grech; and Carmen Alba.<\/p>\n

In 2011 COVITE was awarded, along with the Catalan Association for Civic Coexistence, the X Prize for Civic Coexistence of the Ermua Forum for their work on \u2018demonstrating that the prelude to coexistence can only be justice, and that concessions to ETA only lead to the acknowledgement that terrorist activity has been effective and efficient in achieving the political ends they tried to impose on us for decades through murder and coercion.”<\/p>\n

In 2014 and 2015, COVITE\u2019s multi-media initiative\u00a0www.mapadelterror.com<\/a> got the interest of the European Commission and the first global forum of extremism counter-narratives (Countering Violence Extremism Global Expo, CVE). Both organisms invited COVITE to present its work in Paris (France) and Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) respectively, as an example of best practice in the prevention of terrorism.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”1618″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The president of the National Court, Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n\u00a0Navarro, the president of COVITE, Consuelo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez, the Spanish Justice\u00a0Minister, Rafael Catal\u00e1, and the COVITE member Antonio Recio in a\u00a0meeting of the Collec<\/em>tive.<\/p>\n

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The president of COVITE, Consuelo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez,\u00a0with the Ambassador of Spain in United Arab Emirates, Jos\u00e9 Eugenio\u00a0Salarich, the executive director of Hedayah, Maqsoud Kruse, and members\u00a0of Camilo Jos\u00e9 Cela University (UCJC) in Abu Dhabi.<\/em><\/p>\n

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