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{{Short description|2001 international leader meeting in Italy}}
{{Infobox summit
| summit_name = 27th G8 summit
| logo        = Logo GENOA 2001.png
| image       = Vladimir Putin 22 July 2001-1.jpg
| caption     = 
| country     = Italy
| date        = 19–22 July 2001
| venues      = [[Genoa]], [[Liguria]]
| participants = {{CAN}}<br />{{flag|France|1974}}<br />{{DEU}}<br />{{ITA}}<br />{{JPN}}<br />{{RUS}}<br />{{UK}}<br />{{USA}}<br />{{EU}}
| follows     = [[26th G8 summit]]
| precedes    = [[28th G8 summit]]
}}
The '''27th G8 summit''' was held in [[Genoa]], [[Italy]], on 19–22 July 2001 and is remembered as a highpoint of the worldwide [[anti-globalization movement]] as well as for human rights violations against demonstrators.

==Overview==
The [[G8#History|Group of Seven]] (G7) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Japan]], the [[United Kingdom]], the [[United States]], and [[Canada]] starting in 1976. The [[G8]], meeting for the first time in 1997, was formed with the addition of [[Russia]].<ref name="saunders1">Saunders, Doug. [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080704.wG8-analysis05/BNStory/International/columnists  "Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011063004/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080704.wG8-analysis05/BNStory/International/columnists |date=2008-10-11 }} ''Globe and Mail'' (Toronto). July 5, 2008.</ref> In addition, the [[President of the European Commission]] has been formally included in summits since 1981.<ref name="reuters_what">Reuters: [http://uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKB26280520080703?sp=true  "Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305020749/http://uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKB26280520080703?sp=true |date=2009-03-05 }}, July 3, 2008.</ref> The summits were not meant to be linked formally with wider international institutions; and in fact, a mild rebellion against the stiff formality of other international meetings was a part of the genesis of cooperation between France's president [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] and West Germany's chancellor [[Helmut Schmidt]] as they conceived the [[1st G6 summit|initial summit]] of the [[G8#History|Group of Six]] (G6) in 1975.<ref name="reinalda205">Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt3AzOHtXwgC&dq=G7+summit&pg=PA205 ''Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations,'' p. 205.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913121326/https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt3AzOHtXwgC&pg=PA205&dq=G7+summit&client=firefox-a#PPA205,M1 |date=2020-09-13 }}</ref>

The G8 summits during the 21st-century have inspired widespread debates, protests and demonstrations; and the two-or three-day event becomes more than the sum of its parts, elevating the participants, the issues, and the venue as focal points for activist pressure.<ref name="bond1">[http://www.bond.org.uk/pages/g8.html "Influencing Policy on International Development: G8,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513215909/http://www.bond.org.uk/pages/g8.html |date=2012-05-13 }} BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development). 2008.</ref>

==Leaders at the summit==
The 27th G8 summit was the first summit for [[Prime Minister of Japan|Japanese Prime Minister]] [[Junichiro Koizumi|Junichirō Koizumi]] and [[President of the United States|US President]] [[George W. Bush]].

===Participants===
[[File:Vladimir Putin 20 July 2001-3.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Opening ceremony on 20 July 2001]]
[[File:Vladimir Putin 21 July 2001-13.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Bono]], [[Tony Blair]], [[Vladimir Putin]], and [[Bob Geldof]]]]
These summit participants were the current "core members" of the international forum:<ref>Rieffel, Lex. [http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0327_global_governance_rieffel.aspx   "Regional Voices in Global Governance: Looking to 2010 (Part IV),"]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603074840/http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0327_global_governance_rieffel.aspx |date=June 3, 2010 }} Brookings. March 27, 2009;  [http://g8.gc.ca/about/member-states/ "core" members (Muskoka 2010 G-8, official site).] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602190742/http://g8.gc.ca/about/member-states/ |date=2010-06-02 }}</ref><ref name="delegations">{{Cite web|url=http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/summit/2001genoa/delegations.html |title=2001 Genoa G-8, delegations |publisher=G8.utoronto.ca |access-date=2011-06-09| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110706233426/http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/summit/2001genoa/delegations.html| archive-date= 6 July 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/summit/2001genoa/delegations.html 2001 Genoa G-8, delegations.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706233426/http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/summit/2001genoa/delegations.html |date=2011-07-06 }} [http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php "EU and the G8"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226165606/http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php |date=February 26, 2007 }}</ref><ref>G8 Centre: [http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/summit/2001genoa/annan.html AIDS statement by Anan, July 20, 2001] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115001126/http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/summit/2001genoa/annan.html |date=January 15, 2011 }}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
|colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background:Gainsboro" |'''[[G8|Core G8 members]]'''<br /><small>Host state and leader are shown in bold text.</small>
|-  style="background:LightSteelBlue; text-align:center;"
! colspan=2 | Member

! Represented by
! Title
|-
! {{flagicon|CAN}}
| [[Canada]]
| [[Jean Chrétien]]
| [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]]
|-
! {{flagicon|FRA|1974}}
| [[France]]
| [[Jacques Chirac]]
| [[President of France|President]]
|-
! {{flagicon|Germany}}
| [[Germany]]
| [[Gerhard Schröder]]
| [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]]
|-
! {{flagicon|Italy}}
| '''[[Italy]]'''
| '''[[Silvio Berlusconi]]'''
| '''[[Prime Minister of Italy|Prime Minister]]'''
|-
! {{flagicon|Japan}}
| [[Japan]]
| [[Junichiro Koizumi]]
| [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]
|-
! {{flagicon|Russia}}
| [[Russia]]
| [[Vladimir Putin]]
| [[President of Russia|President]]
|-
! {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[Tony Blair]]
| [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]
|-
! {{flagicon|US}}
| [[United States]]
| [[George W. Bush]]
| [[President of the United States|President]]
|-
! {{flagicon|European Union}}
| [[European Union]]
| [[Romano Prodi]]
| [[President of the European Commission|Commission President]]
|-
|colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background:Gainsboro" |'''Guest Invitees (Countries)'''<br />
|-  style="background:LightSteelBlue; text-align:center;"
! colspan=2 | Member

! Represented by
! Title
|-
! {{flagicon|Algeria}}
| [[Algeria]]
| [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]]
| [[President of Algeria|President]]
|-
! {{flagicon|Bangladesh}}
| [[Bangladesh]]
| [[Shahabuddin Ahmed]]
| [[President of Bangladesh|President]]
|-
! {{flagicon|Belgium}}
| [[Belgium]]
| [[Guy Verhofstadt]]
| [[Prime Minister of Belgium|Prime Minister]] and [[European Council]] President
|-
| {{flagicon|Mali}}
| [[Mali]]
| [[Alpha Oumar Konaré|Alpha Oumar Konare]]
| [[List of heads of state of Mali|President]]
|-
|colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background:Gainsboro" |'''Guest Invitees (International Institutions)'''<br />
|-  style="background:LightSteelBlue; text-align:center;"
! colspan=2 | Member
! Represented by
! Title
|-
!
| [[International Monetary Fund]]
| [[Horst Köhler]]
| [[International Monetary Fund#Managing Director|Managing Director]]
|-
! {{flagicon|United Nations}}
| [[United Nations]]
| [[Kofi Annan]]
| [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General]]
|-
! {{flagicon image|World Bank logo.svg}}
| [[World Bank]]
| [[James Wolfensohn]]
| [[World Bank#Leadership|President]]
|-
!
| [[World Trade Organization]]
| [[Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)|Mike Moore]]
| [[Director-General of the World Trade Organization|Director-General]]
|}

==Priorities==
Traditionally, the host country of the G8 summit sets the agenda for negotiations, which take place primarily amongst multi-national [[Civil service|civil servants]] in the weeks before the summit itself, leading to a joint declaration which all countries can agree to sign.

==Issues==
The summit was intended as a venue for resolving differences among its members. As a practical matter, the summit was also conceived as an opportunity for its members to give each other mutual encouragement in the face of difficult economic decisions.<ref name="reinalda205"/>

The overall theme of the summit was ways to reduce poverty. Topics discussed at the meeting included an evaluation of the [[Enhanced HIPC Initiative]] which involved [[Debt relief|debt forgiveness]] to [[Heavily indebted poor countries|Heavily Indebted Poor Countries]], the [[Global Health Fund]], the [[global digital divide]], the [[Environmentalism|environment]], and [[food security]]. Although the main summit was from 20 to 22 July, the summit was preceded by a meeting of the G8 [[Ministry of foreign affairs|foreign ministers]] on the 18th and 19th.<ref>[http://www.g8italia.it/_en/docs/KJIHGZ31.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070414225454/http://www.g8italia.it/_en/docs/KJIHGZ31.htm|date=April 14, 2007}}</ref>

The summit was overshadowed by riots in the city after a crackdown by police targeting [[Anti-globalization movement|anti-globalisation]] groups and the death of 23-year-old [[Death of Carlo Giuliani|Carlo Giuliani]], leading some to talk of a deliberately followed [[strategy of tension]].

Before the summit, significant controversies and ridicule among local people and media focused on the security plans (such as fences going through streets and inside houses) and image provisions (such as the prohibition to dry up the [[laundry]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Genoese Laundry Deemed Unsuitable For G8 Leaders|url=http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=8326|date=2001-07-17|publisher=[[Reuters]]|access-date=2016-03-13|archive-date=2016-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314010306/http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=8326|url-status=live}}</ref>).

==Citizens' responses and authorities' counter-responses==
=== Protests ===
[[File:Genova-G8 2001-Incidenti a Corso Torino.jpg|thumbnail|right|Protesters burning a Carabinieri vehicle]] 
The Genoa G8 Summit protest, 19 to 22 July 2001, was a dramatic [[protest]], drawing an estimated 200,000 demonstrators. Dozens were hospitalized following clashes with police and night raids by security forces on two schools housing activists and independent journalists. People taken into custody after the raids have alleged severe abuse at the hands of police.

Demonstrators accused the police of brutality and denying them their right to non-violent protest. They believe that G8 summits are non-legitimate attempts by eight of the world's most powerful governments to set the rules for the planet at large. Police and many politicians argued that attempting to blockade a meeting is in itself a violent event and an attempt to impede the workings of democratically elected governments.{{citation needed|reason=The Italian government led by Premier [[Silvio Berlusconi]] insisted that police used the minimum amount of force necessary to achieve their goals. It claimed that the protesters' claims were exaggerated|date=October 2015}}.

The G8 meeting was held inside a "Red Zone" in the center of town that had been declared off-limits for non-residents and surrounded by a barricade, leaving protesters no chance to communicate with summit delegates. Fears of a terrorist attack at the time had also led to an [[No-fly zone|air exclusion zone]] around the city, as well as the stationing of [[Surface-to-air missile|anti-aircraft missile]]s. Only one activist, Valérie Vie, secretary of a French branch of [[Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and for Citizens' Action|ATTAC]], managed to publicly breach the Red Zone barrier, but was immediately arrested by police agents. There were also several border [[riot]]s ahead of the summit, as police attempted to prevent suspected activists from entering Italy. The Italian government suspended [[freedom of movement]] entitled by the [[Schengen Agreement|Schengen Treaty]] for the duration of the G8 summit, in order to monitor the movement of the many protesters arriving from across the [[European Union]].

===Injuries and deaths===
Many demonstrators were injured and dozens more arrested over the course of the event. Most of those 329 arrested were charged with [[criminal conspiracy]] to commit destruction; but they were in most part released shortly thereafter because judges declared the charges invalid. Police continued to raid social centers, media centers, union buildings and legal offices across Italy after the summit as part of ongoing investigations. Over 400 protesters and about 100 among security forces were injured during the clashes.

On 20 July a 23-year-old activist [[Carlo Giuliani]] of Genoa, was shot dead by Mario Placanica, a [[Carabinieri|Carabiniere]], during clashes with police. Images show Giuliani picking up a fire extinguisher from the ground<ref>[http://www.arbeiterfotografie.com/galerie/genua/carlo-giuliani/bild05.jpg Carlo Giuliani] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209083354/http://www.arbeiterfotografie.com/galerie/genua/carlo-giuliani/bild05.jpg |date=2020-02-09 }}</ref> and approaching the carabinieri's vehicle with it before he was shot and then run over twice by the Land Rover.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tatavasco.it/archivio/docs/genova/foto2.jpg |title=Photo of clash with police |website=www.tatavasco.it |access-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060610171432/http://www.tatavasco.it/archivio/docs/genova/foto2.jpg |archive-date=10 June 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/approfondimenti/carlo-giuliani-morte-anniversario | title=Carlo Giuliani, 20 anni fa la morte al G8 di Genova | access-date=2022-04-28 | archive-date=2022-04-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428060046/https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/approfondimenti/carlo-giuliani-morte-anniversario | url-status=live }}</ref> Placanica was acquitted from any wrongdoing, as judges determined he fired in self-defence and to the sky but a flying stone deflected the bullet and killed Giuliani.<ref>[http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2006/11/30/g8-festa-in-caserma-dopo-il-morto.html "G8, festa in caserma dopo il morto,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716060145/http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2006/11/30/g8-festa-in-caserma-dopo-il-morto.html |date=2011-07-16 }} ''Repubblica.'' November 30, 2006. {{in lang|it}}</ref> The idea that the stone killed Giuliani has been however questioned on the basis of a security video<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le Pulci della Daloiso: Dove si spiega, senza ombra di dubbio, perché è impossibile che il proiettile colpisca il sasso e ne venga deviato – Comitato Piazza Carlo Giuliani |url=https://www.carlogiuliani.it/archives/pillolarossa/4793 |access-date=2023-06-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> and the stone being covered in blood while the balaclava through which it should have wounded Giuliani was intact. Videos and photos show that the stone was dipped in blood and placed beside Giuliani's head minutes after his death<ref>{{Cite web |title=Il passamontagna di Carlo Giuliani accusa le forze dell'ordine: chi infierisce su Carlo morente e perche'? – Comitato Piazza Carlo Giuliani |url=https://www.carlogiuliani.it/archives/pillolarossa/4865 |access-date=2023-06-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> suggesting an attempt to conceal the police responsibility. Later tribunals including the [[European Court of Human Rights]] confirmed that Giuliani was killed directly by the bullet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministero della giustizia {{!}} Sentenze della Corte Europea dei Diritti dell'Uomo |url=https://www.giustizia.it/giustizia/it/mg_1_20_1.wp?facetNode_1=0_8_1_2&previsiousPage=mg_1_20&contentId=SDU151271# |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=www.giustizia.it}}</ref> 

Activist Susanne Bendotti was struck by a vehicle and killed while attempting to cross the French-Italian border at Ventimiglia to get to the Genoa demonstration.<ref>"Susanne Bendotti, 43 anni, francese, voleva raggiungere Genova," [[RAI News]]. June 21, 2001.{{in lang|it}}</ref>

===Charges===
In December 2007, 25 demonstrators were condemned for property damage and looting.
 
Numerous police officers and local and national officials have been ordered to stand trial in connection with the event. In one trial, 28 police officials are standing trial on charges related to the two night raids, charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, use of excessive force and planting evidence. In other proceedings, 45 state officials, including prison guards, police and medics, are being tried for abusing detainees in their custody at [[Bolzaneto]] who were arrested during the raid. Detainees reported being spat at, verbally and physically humiliated, and threatened with rape.<ref>{{cite news | title = Trial forces Italy to relive shocking police brutality | url = http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article318852.ece | work = The Independent | date = 2005-10-12 | access-date = 2007-08-05 | location = London | first = Peter | last = Popham | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071001082111/http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article318852.ece | archive-date = 2007-10-01 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Police conducted nighttime raids upon centers housing protesters and campsites, most notably the [[2001 raid on the Diaz school|attacks on the Diaz-Pascoli and Diaz-Pertini schools]] shortly after midnight on 21 July. These were being used as sleeping quarters, and had also been set up as centers for those providing media, medical, and legal support work. Police baton attacks left three activists, including British journalist Mark Covell, in comas. At least one person has suffered brain damage, while another had both jaws and fourteen teeth broken. In total, over 60 were severely injured and a parliamentary inquiry was launched.<ref>Carroll, Rory. [https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,3604,526484,00.html  "Genoa raid was police 'revenge',"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913043944/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jul/24/globalisation.rorycarroll |date=2022-09-13 }} ''The Guardian'' (London). July 24, 2001.</ref> It concluded no wrongdoing on the part of police.

Ninety-three people were arrested during the raids. In May 2003 Judge Anna Ivaldi concluded that they had put up no resistance whatsoever to the police and all charges were dropped against them. During the inquiry, Pietro Troiani, the deputy police chief in Genoa, admitted to being involved in the planting of Molotov cocktails in order to justify the Diaz School raids, as well as faking the stabbing of a police officer to frame activists.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2636647.stm "Genoa police 'admit fabrication',"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921005741/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2636647.stm |date=2007-09-21 }} BBC. January 7, 2003;  [http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=100 FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting):] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908015227/http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=100 |date=2012-09-08 }} [http://www.fair.org/activism/genoa-update.html "Media Missing New Evidence About Genoa Violence."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314122126/http://www.fair.org/activism/genoa-update.html |date=2012-03-14 }} January 10, 2003.</ref>

In 2005, twenty-nine police officers were indicted for grievous bodily harm, planting evidence and wrongful arrest during a night-time raid on the Diaz School. The [[Molotov cocktail]]s were reported in January 2007, during the trial of the policemen, to have disappeared.<ref>[[Statewatch]], "[http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/jan/07genoa-trial.htm Italy: G8-Genoa policemen's trial suspended as planted molotov cocktails disappear] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303025504/http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/jan/07genoa-trial.htm |date=2007-03-03 }}." Cites ''[[La Repubblica]]'', 18.1.2007, and ''[[Il manifesto]]'', 19.1.2007</ref>

In 2007, [[Romano Prodi]]'s left-wing ''[[L'Unione]]'' coalition voted to create a Parliamentary Commission on the Genoa events<ref>[[Parliament of Italy]]: [http://www.camera.it/_dati/leg15/lavori/bollet/200707/0712/html/01/comunic.htm ''"Commissione parlamentare di inchiesta sui fatti accaduti a Genova in occasione del vertice G8."''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522083300/http://www.camera.it/_dati/leg15/lavori/bollet/200707/0712/html/01/comunic.htm |date=2011-05-22 }} July 12, 2007; [http://bellaciao.org/it/article.php3?id_article=17154  ''"OK Commissione a testo base per inchiesta camera,"''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185039/http://bellaciao.org/it/article.php3?id_article=17154 |date=2007-09-30 }} ''Bellacio.'' August 2, 2007.{{in lang|it}}</ref> but this commission was refused by Senate's vote.

On 14 July, 13 Italian Carabineri, GOMPI Mobile and prison police were convicted for abuse of authority, abuse of office and uniform. Other charges include abuse and negligence. Two medical staff were also convicted. None will go to jail due to statute of limitations.

On 13 November an Italian court cleared 16 of the most senior police officers of any wrongdoing in the incidents of the 2001 G8 summit.<ref>Squires, Nick. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/3457851/Italian-court-sparks-outrage-by-clearing-16-senior-policemen-in-G8-Genoa-Case.html "Italian court sparks outrage by clearing 16 senior policemen in G8 Genoa Case,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720111618/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/3457851/Italian-court-sparks-outrage-by-clearing-16-senior-policemen-in-G8-Genoa-Case.html |date=2018-07-20 }} ''The Telegraph'' (London). November 14, 2008. Retrieved on November 16, 2008.</ref> Thirteen police officers were convicted of their various crimes during the Diaz raid including Vincenzo Canterini (four years), the commander of the 7th Mobile unit. None will go to jail due to statute of limitations.

However, on appeal in 2010, many of the findings were overturned, and several more senior police officers received prison sentences and disqualifications from public office. Twenty-five of the 27 original defendants were finally convicted. In statements during the trial, the prosecution cited "the terrible injuries inflicted on defenceless people, the premeditation, the covered faces, the falsification of statements by the 93 anti-globalisation protesters, the lies about their alleged resistance [to arrest]."<ref>Hooper, John. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/19/g8-italian-police-sentenced "Top Italian policemen get up to five years for violent attack on G8 protesters."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913043944/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/19/g8-italian-police-sentenced |date=2022-09-13 }} ''The Guardian''. May 19, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.</ref>

The Italian government was later brought to trial in the [[European Court of Human Rights]]. In April 2017 the case for Bolzaneto station was dismissed as Italy and victims made an off-court refunding deal with the Italian government paying €45,000 per victim and acknowledging the extreme use of violence. In October 2017, the European Court issued two sentences against Italy, the first time declaring that torture was clearly used against the contestants on the Diaz school case, and the second time inflicting a penal fee to Italy for lacking a Torture Law in its penal code, meaning that the Genoa events could not be properly sentenced at the time as unmotivated violence leading to torture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://global.ilmanifesto.it/genoa-predictable-torture-italy-condemned-again/|title=In Genoa predictable torture, Italy condemned again|date=26 June 2017|access-date=19 February 2018|archive-date=19 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219151610/https://global.ilmanifesto.it/genoa-predictable-torture-italy-condemned-again/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2017/10/26/echr-condemns-italy-for-bolzaneto-3_80868aa7-7a87-4a6a-8ba8-fcc1a9435842.html|title = ECHR condemns Italy for Bolzaneto (3) - English|date = 26 October 2017|access-date = 19 February 2018|archive-date = 19 February 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180219152833/http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2017/10/26/echr-condemns-italy-for-bolzaneto-3_80868aa7-7a87-4a6a-8ba8-fcc1a9435842.html|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adnkronos.com/aki-en/security/2017/06/22/police-committed-torture-genoa-summit-rules-european-court_hWJREw2u0yStZGiSPOYhrN.html|title=Police committed torture at Genoa G8 summit rules European Court|date=16 December 2020|access-date=19 February 2018|archive-date=19 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219152215/http://www.adnkronos.com/aki-en/security/2017/06/22/police-committed-torture-genoa-summit-rules-european-court_hWJREw2u0yStZGiSPOYhrN.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==TV/Video==
* A documentary of the events called ''[[Berlusconi's Mousetrap]]'' was made by [[Indymedia|Indymedia.ie]].<ref>Independent Media Centre Network: [http://www.indymedia.ie/article/75401 ''Berlusconi's Mousetrap.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616145950/http://www.indymedia.ie/article/75401 |date=2008-06-16 }}</ref>
* An episode of the anthology television series ''[[Tutto in un Giorno]]'' was filmed during the event<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/herald_202503 |title=The Herald, March 2025 |website=Internet Archive |access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref>
* A documentary of the events called ''[[Bella Ciao]]'' was made with footage from different sources.<ref>IMDB:  [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0845964/ ''Bella Ciao''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613142111/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0845964/ |date=2019-06-13 }}</ref> 
* A German documentary, [[:de:Gipfelstürmer – Die blutigen Tage von Genua|"Gipfelstürmer - Die blutigen Tage von Genua"]] won the German broadcast television award (''Deutscher Fernsehpreis'') as the best documentary of 2002.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,217099,00.html ''"Sabine Christiansen und Maybrit Illner ausgezeichnet,"''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523063235/http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,217099,00.html |date=2011-05-23 }} ''Der Spiegel.'' October 6, 2002. {{in lang|de}}</ref>
* An Italian documentary [https://web.archive.org/web/20111126140308/http://www.fandango.it/scheda.php/it/black-block/580 "Black Bloc"] featuring interviews with seven activists who experienced the Diaz raid. It was shown at the 2011 Venice Biennale.<ref>[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117946061/ ''"Variety review of Black Bloc by Jay Weissberg,"''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224023423/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117946061/ |date=2011-12-24 }} ''Variety.'' September 12, 2011.</ref>
* A feature film of the events at the Diaz schools called "[[Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood|Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood]]" was made as a Romanian - Italian co-production by [[:it:Fandango (azienda)|Fandango]], [[Closer to the Moon|Mandragora Movies]], Le Pacte production, in association with Sofica A Plus, Image 3, shown in [[62nd Berlin International Film Festival|2012 Berlinale]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947092/ |title=Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood |last1=Weissberg |first1=Jay |date=14 February 2012 |access-date=2020-04-20 |archive-date=2012-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419075135/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947092/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Genova G8 2001 - Video Archive - curated by [https://www.documentafilm.com/g82001.html Documenta/Film]

==Business opportunity==
For some, the G8 summit became a profit-generating event; as for example, the official ''G8 Summit'' magazines which have been published under the auspices of the host nations for distribution to all attendees since 1998.<ref>[http://www.prestigemediausa.com/press.htm Prestige Media:] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519000002/http://www.prestigemediausa.com/press.htm |date=2009-05-19 }} [http://www.prestigemediausa.com/g8summit.htm  "official" ''G8 Summit'' magazine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518235917/http://www.prestigemediausa.com/g8summit.htm |date=2009-05-18 }}</ref> Capitalizing on the publicity which attended the Genoa summit, the Commercial Office of the Italian embassies and the consulates joined others in promoting investment in southern Italy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.italydati.it/Invest.pdf |title=Microsoft PowerPoint - Invest in Southern Italy Genova G8 finale al 16 |access-date=2011-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722040044/http://www.italydati.it/Invest.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Gallery of participating leaders==
===Core G8 participants===
<gallery class="center" widths="120">
File:Jean Chrétien 1993.jpg|{{flagicon|Canada}} '''[[Canada]]'''{{Clear}}[[Jean Chrétien]],<br />[[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]]
File:Jacques Chirac (1997) (cropped).jpg|{{flagicon|France|1974}} '''[[France]]'''{{Clear}}[[Jacques Chirac]],<br />[[President of France|President]]
File:Berlusconi-2010-1.jpg|{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Italy]]'''{{Clear}}[[Silvio Berlusconi]],<br />[[Prime Minister of Italy|Prime Minister]] (Host)
File:Junichiro Koizumi 20010426.jpg|{{flagicon|Japan}} '''[[Japan]]'''{{Clear}}[[Junichirō Koizumi]],<br />[[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]
File:Vladimir Putin official portrait (cropped).jpg|{{flagicon|Russia}} '''[[Russia]]'''{{Clear}}[[Vladimir Putin]],<br />[[President of Russia|President]]
File:Tony Blair 1997.jpg|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[United Kingdom]]'''{{Clear}}[[Tony Blair]],<br />[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]
File:George-W-Bush.jpeg|{{flagicon|United States}} '''[[United States]]'''{{Clear}}[[George W. Bush]],<br />[[President of the United States|President]]
</gallery>
<gallery class="center" widths="90px">
File:Romano Prodi 1999 (cropped).jpg|{{flagicon|EU}} '''[[European Union]]'''{{Clear}}[[Romano Prodi]],<br />[[President of the European Commission|Commission President]]
File:Verhofstadt cropped.jpg|{{flagicon|EU}} '''[[European Union]]'''{{Clear}}[[Guy Verhofstadt]],<br />[[Prime Minister of Belgium]], rotating [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union|Council President]]
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[1999 Seattle WTO protests]]
* [[2001 Raid on Armando Diaz|2001 raid on the Diaz school]]
* [[Anti-globalization movement]]
* [[Corruption in Italy]]
* [[Publixtheatre Caravan]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==References==
* Bayne, Nicholas and [[Robert D. Putnam]]. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=DQhRgXJzdLcC&q=Hanging+in+There:+The+G7+and+G8+Summit+in+Maturity+and+Renewal  ''Staying together: the G8 summit confronts the 21st century.''] Aldershot, Hampshire, England: [[Ashgate Publishing]]. {{ISBN|978-0-7546-4267-1}}; {{OCLC|217979297}}
* Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt3AzOHtXwgC  ''Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations.''] London: [[Routledge]].  {{ISBN|978-0-203-45085-7}}; {{ISBN|0-203-45085-X}}; {{OCLC|39013643}}

==External links==
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* Official G8 website: [https://web.archive.org/web/20051231105014/http://www.g8italia.it/ Genoa summit, 2001]; n.b., no official website is created for any G7 summit prior to 1995 -- ''see'' the [[21st G7 summit#Accomplishments|21st G7 summit]].
* [[University of Toronto]]: [[G8 Research Group]], [http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/ G8 Information Centre]
** [http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/summit/2001genoa/delegations.html G8 2001, delegations & documents]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4332954.stm Italy G8 'brutality' trial opens], [[BBC News]], 12 October 2005
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4603844.stm British Witnesses recall bloody G8 police raid], January 2006
* [http://www.channel4.com/more4/news/news-opinion-feature.jsp?id=105 Video] from [[Channel 4]] news of Italian police beating and arresting people during the summit.
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4337486.stm G8 summit police lied, says report] BBC article regarding the release of the Genoa prosecutors report on the Diaz raid.
* [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/17/italy.g8 Article documenting the violence directed towards protestors by the police]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100913172838/http://blip.tv/file/1304712 Supervideo Diaz]

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