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Peace Human Rights Governance (PHRG): the June 2026 issue is out

The University of Padova Human Rights Centre "A. Papisca" has published the first issue of the tenth volume of the scientific journal Peace Human Rights Governance (PHRG).Issue 10(1) includes the...
Padova Model UPR, 9° edition, 16-20 November 2026
Padova Model UPR

Padova Model UPR, 9° edition, 16-20 November 2026

The Call for applications is open!
Mural “All rights, all people”, Eva Jiménez Bracamontes, Central de Abastos market, Mexico City.
© Eva Bracamontes - ONU México ©️ “Todos los derechos, todas las personas"
International Conference

International Conference "Human Rights Monitoring Reloaded: Inclusiveness, Effectiveness, and Transformative Potential for the International Machinery", University of Padova, 19-20 October 2026

A call for papers open to human rights scholars, researchers, Ph.D. students and to human rights operators and professionals with research assignments. Deadline: 1st September 2026

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corruption

Group of States against Corruption (GRECO): released the 2025 General Activity Report “Anti-corruption trends, challenges and good practices in Europe & the United States of America”

© by Franco Folini licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupied Palestinian Territories

UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel: new report documents Israel's deliberate targeting of Palestinian children

Abandoned migrant boats lie lifeless opposite the port of Lampedusa, Italy, an island which experiences frequent migration from nearby North Africa. Boats like this one are dumped on wasteland once they are recovered by the Italian Coast Guard.
© UN Photo/UNHCR/Phil Behan
migration

FRA: updated Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration - 2026 edition

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A change in the traditional role of men as well as the role of women in society and in the family is needed to achieve full equality between men and women. Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women - Preamble (1979)

Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

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Sea Watch
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migration

Sea-Watch files criminal complaints against the Libyan coast guard

The local Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall in the regional Australian city of Rockhampton, Queensland
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freedom of thought, conscience and belief

European Court of Human Rights: Italy found guilty of prolonged discrimination against Jehovah’s Witnesses (application no. 49687/16) , violation of art. 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Consiglio superiore della magistratura (CSM)
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Italian Parliament

New Security Decree (Law No. 54 of April 24, 2026): the critical opinion of the Superior Council of the Judiciary

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Inclusion and Eco-Social Justice

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Rights Become Real Through Relationships

cultural participation

Art and Rights as a Journey

inclusion

COSP19, from 9 to 11 June 2026: Celebrating and consolidating achievements and shaping the next phase of implementation in a changing world

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Photo taken during field research in Bihać
migration

Repression or Protection? Freedom of Movement as a Prism of Mobility Along the Balkan Route

An analysis of the Balkan Route as a political space in which freedom of movement is fragmented, filtered, and transformed into a selective privilege.
World Central Kitchen
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Gaza Strip

No Impunity in Gaza: an OSINT-Based Law Clinic calls for redress and accountability for the families of the World Central Kitchen Humanitarian workers killed in 2024

The principle of distinction and its systematic violation in GazaDistinction is a pivotal concept at the heart of international humanitarian law. In this era of widespread conflict, the differentiation between...
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Peace Human Rights Governance (VOL. 10, NO. 1 June, 2026)
PHRG Journal

Peace Human Rights Governance (VOL. 10, NO. 1 June, 2026)

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

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

What's new in Human Rights Doctoral Research. A Collection of critical literature reviews (Vol. VIII, 2026)
International Joint Ph.D Programme

What's new in Human Rights Doctoral Research. A Collection of critical literature reviews (Vol. VIII, 2026)

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

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OSINT-based Law Clinic 2026: Third edition concludes at the University of Padova’s Human Rights Centre

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