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Luwowo Coltan mine near Rubaya, North Kivu the 18th of March 2014
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Between Green Transition and Geopolitical Tensions: The EU’s Role in the DRC-Rwanda Conflict over Critical Minerals

The EU’s search for critical minerals exposes a paradox: sustainability goals risk reinforcing conflict economies and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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United Nations

Contribute to the international debate: UN Call for inputs, May 2026

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has invited civil society to contribute with their own words, comments, observations and any other useful information regarding the preparation of...
Workshop "Roots & Reflections: Coffee, Culture and Art", 26 May 2026
Iraq

Workshop "Roots & Reflections: Coffee, Culture and Art", Human Rights Centre, University of Padova, May 26, 2026

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Future(s) Club meeting #2: Screening of Carina’s Diary: Madımak, Human Rights Center, University of Padova, 28 May 2026

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human rights

Global Campus of Human Rights: new podcast series "To The Righthouse: Sounds of Justice"

A wide view of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Parliament at its 60th anniversary commemoration of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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European Parliament

European Parliament: adopted a report that assesses the state of fundamental rights in the EU in 2024 and 2025

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Any propaganda for war shall be prohibited by law. Art. 20, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)

Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights Best of 2025
human rights protection

Italian Yearbook of Human Rights: special issue “Best of 2025”

Amnesty International
human rights protection

Amnesty International: The 2026 Report on the State of the World’s Human Rights Warns Italy of Severe Structural Flaws

Palazzo Madama facade, Senato della Reppublica
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migration

Assisted voluntary returns should not be a means of ‘remigration’. A commentary on the decree-law 55/2026

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Inclusion and Eco-Social Justice

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Livenza: Legendary Waters – Ancestral Nature Through the Eyes of Diana Crestan

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people with disability

Work and intellectual disabilities: challenges in access to inclusive employment

EU Flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels.
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people with disability

The EU Commission adopted the Communication “Enhancing the Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities up to 2030”

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A wide view of the meeting of the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (27 April-22 May). At centre on screen is Do Hung Viet, President of the Eleventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Permanent Representative of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the United Nations.
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nuclear security

Is the Non-Proliferation Treaty heading toward its twilight years?

The crucial 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which began on April 27, concluded on the evening of May 22 in New York....
International volunteering in Colombia: promoting human rights and peace in the Pacific region of Nariño
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Colombia

International volunteering in Colombia: promoting human rights and peace in the Pacific region of Nariño

Humanitarian Aid Volunteering and Movimiento por la PazStarting in 2022, the European Union has created a new international volunteering opportunity, which is part of the European Solidarity Corps: Humanitarian Aid...
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Peace Human Rights Governance: Online First Articles 2026
PHRG Journal

Peace Human Rights Governance: Online First Articles 2026

Human Rights and Multi-level Governance (HRG)
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Human Rights and Multi-level Governance (HRG)

The Call for Applications for the 42nd Cycle of the Joint International PhD Programme (A.Y. 2026/27) is now open!
PhD in Human Rights, Society, and Multi-level Governance

The Call for Applications for the 42nd Cycle of the Joint International PhD Programme (A.Y. 2026/27) is now open!

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Progetto KMKU in Kenya | Sviluppo comunitario, sostenibilità e diritti umani (2025/26)

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Young Europeans: Kosovo Week - First Edition, Padova, 11-17 May 2026

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