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The President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, receives a delegation of the Human Rights Centre of the University of Padua for the presentation of the fist edition of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights, 30 November 2011

On November 30, 2011 the Human Rights Centre of the University of Padua has presented the first issue of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights, to the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano

On Wednesday November 30 2011, at 10:30 a.m., a delegation of the Human Rigths Centre of the University of Padua was received at the Quirinale Palace (Rome) to present to the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, the first issue of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2011 ...
Statue of Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia located at the Bo Palace (il Palazzo del Bo) in Padua. The first woman in the world to graduate from a university, she graduated on the 25th of June, 1678, with a degree in Philosophy at the University of Padua.

Degree and Postgraduate Courses

The Degree Course in in Political Science, International Relations, Human Rights and the Master's Degree in Institutions and Policies of Human Rights and Peace are based on the rich heritage of educational, scientific and training experiences which the University of Padua has gained so far, counting on the active role of the Human Rights Centre, created in 1982 ...
Events and Updates
Events and Updates
Rashida Manjoo, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, 2011

United Nations: the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women concluded her first visit to Italy

The 12-day official mission of the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against women, its causes and consequences, aimed at gathering information on the situation of the violence against women in Italy, ended on 28th January 2012. According to the UN ...
The Italian pacifist Angelo Frammartino with a Palestinian child, 2006

In Monterotondo (Rome) a school has been named after the Italian peace activist Angelo Frammartino

On 24th January 2012, in the Council's room of the Municipality of Monterotondo (RM), a public conference was held to name after the secondary school (before 'Marco Polo') 'Angelo Frammartino'. The school is located in the historic centre of Monterotondo. ...
Close up of Nils Muižnieks, new Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, 2012

Council of Europe: Nils Muižnieks is the new Commissioner for Human Rights

On 24 January 2012, Nils Muižnieks (Latvia) was elected third Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights by the Organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) at its plenary session in Strasbourg. Mr Muižnieks was elected for a non-renewable ...
In-Depth
In-Depth
A local farmer harvests sorghum produced from seeds donated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) through the "Improving Seeds" project.

The EU's policy toward agrofuels and its impact on human rights

The heightening of the world energetic crisis and the challenges of climate change imposed the need to find new sources of energy. One of the solutions many governments chose to ...
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