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Padova Model UPR, 8° edition, 25-28 November 2025

Applications for the Padova Model UPR 2025 are now open! Attend the Info Session on September 30th, 2025 at 5pm to know more
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory: new report probe alleges Israel committed genocide

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International Conference "From the Right to Self-determination to the Right to Peace: Human and Peoples’ Rights in the Collapsing Multilateral Order", University of Padova, 10-11 November 2025

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Towards the UN People's Assembly: seminars with Monicah Malith and Akeya Dadi, young human rights defenders, Padova, 8 October 2025

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non-violence

International Day of Non Violence, 2 October

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nuclear security

International Day of the total elimination of the nuclear weapons - 26 September

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All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Art. 1, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

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ROMPIAMO L’ASSEDIO DI GAZA con la Global Sumud Flotilla
Gaza Strip

LET'S BREAK THE SIEGE OF GAZA with the Global Sumud Flotilla

The United Nations General Assembly, with Resolution 60/1 of September 16, 2005, established that each individual State has the responsibility to protect its populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing...
Study trip to Geneva of post-graduate students on human rights of the University of Padua (19-23 May 2013)
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humanitarian law

Moral suffering and protection of prisoners of war: the Central Tracing Agency from the Franco-Prussian war to the present

An in-depth overview of the Central Tracing Agency’s historical development, legal foundations, and ongoing humanitarian role in alleviating moral suffering through family reunification and communication in conflict settings.
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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

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General Assembly

Meloni's speech at the United Nation General Assembly

Court room of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France
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European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights: case Morabito v. Italy, violation of art 3 CEDU

Associazione Antigone, per i diritti e le garanzie nel sistema penale
prison conditions

Antigone Association: Mid-year report presented “The emergency is now” - Italian prisons between overcrowding and denied rights

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Inclusion and Eco-Social Justice

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Climate Justice
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climate justice

UN Report to HRC60 Calls for Centering Climate Justice in Development Policies

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sustainability

Universal Design and Environmental Sustainability: Synergies for an Inclusive and Sustainable Architecture

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youth

“DEPENDS!”: A Prevention Programme On Substance And Non-Substance Addictions In Lower And Upper Secondary Schools

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Peace Human Rights Governance Journal - PHRG
Research

Peace Human Rights Governance Journal - PHRG

What's new in Human Rights Doctoral Research - A Collection of critical literature, Vol. VII
International Ph.D Programme

What's new in Human Rights Doctoral Research - A Collection of critical literature, Vol. VII

"From the Right to Self-determination to the Right to Peace: Human and Peoples’ Rights in the Collapsing Multilateral Order", University of Padova, 10-11 November 2025
International Conference

"From the Right to Self-determination to the Right to Peace: Human and Peoples’ Rights in the Collapsing Multilateral Order", University of Padova, 10-11 November 2025

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Maratona Sfratti Zero 2025: Call to action, University of Padova and IAI, 31 October 2025

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Refugee Rights Lab 2025: Second edition concludes at the University of Padova’s Human Rights Centre

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To create a better world requires critical thinking

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