Universities, places of dialogue and confrontation: the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) repeats its firm condemnation of any act aimed at silencing by prevarication the opinion of others

The Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI), at the end of its plenary session on Thursday, March 21, issued the following statement .

"Universities are communities of students, faculty and technical and administrative staff who, through training, scientific research and dialogue, generate and transmit new knowledge, based on confrontation, even bitter and determined, between different theses. Argued and not shouted. Supported by the exercise of reason and not imposed.

The CRUI reiterates that violence contradicts the very essence of the university, the natural seat of critical thinking, and renews its firm condemnation of any act aimed at silencing by prevarication the opinion of others.

With this in mind, the CRUI, following the meeting that took place today with Minister Anna Maria Bernini, confirms its commitment to adopting good practices oriented toward the preservation of the right to express any opinion within university spaces, with respect for cultural confrontation, civil living and the founding values of the Constitution of the Italian Republic."