On May 24, the Collegio Ghislieri in Pavia inaugurated the Giardino della Ricerca, a garden dedicated to photojournalist Andy Rocchelli, who was killed in 2014 in the Donbas region of Ukraine alongside human rights activist Andrei Mironov. The garden, opened on the twelfth anniversary of his death, features a commemorative plaque and includes speeches by Gherardo Colombo and Michele Serra, as well as a podcast by Agostino Zappia and Enrico Rotondi. Italian courts have ruled that Rocchelli and Mironov were killed by Ukrainian army fire, but no one has been convicted.
The garden is conceived not as a static monument but as a living space that demands ongoing engagement, reflecting Rocchelli's own approach to photography—focused on civilians and the human cost of war rather than spectacle. The memorial serves to keep the story open, insisting on accountability and memory as an active, unsettling force rather than a closed chapter. It underscores the unresolved justice in the case and the enduring relevance of Rocchelli's work documenting the suffering of civilians in conflict zones.