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Council of Europe: new guidelines to combat hate speech

The Council of Europe has issued a set of guidelines to its 46 member states aimed at preventing and combating...

Last update 6/6/2022

University of Padova: conference on "Libertas. Spaces and practices of academic freedom" (22-24 June 2022), registration deadline 10 June...

To celebrate eight centuries of commitment to the protection and promotion of academic freedom and to revive such commitment the...

Last update 6/6/2022

ILO/UNICEF: social protection contributes to reducing child labour

The newest report “The role of social protection in the elimination of child labour”, issued jointly by the International Labour...

Last update 6/6/2022
Abortion rights supporters and anti-abortion demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 1, 2021

USA: UN experts denounce Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe vs Wade, urge action to mitigate consequences

UN human rights experts today denounced the decision by the US Supreme Court to strike down Roe v. Wade, a...

Last update 5/7/2022
Changing the position of women in the field of security in the Central African Republic

Breaking prison barriers in the Central African Republic: changing the position of women in the field of security

According to Téné Maimouna Zoungrana, an officer from Burkina Faso serving with the UN Mission in the Central African Republic...

Last update 5/6/2022
IOM staff and local authorities discuss the needs of internally displaced persons in front of a damaged school in Zhytomyr centre.

International Organization for Migration (IOM): Needs Growing for Over 8 Million Internally Displaced in Ukraine

The official number of people internally displaced by the war in Ukraine has surpassed the 8 million mark, according to...

Last update 4/6/2022
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UNDP report 2022: The war in Ukraine and the new crisis looming in Africa

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has issued a new report, The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Sustainable...

Last update 3/6/2022

GRETA: new guidance on addressing the risks of human trafficking

Council of Europe anti-trafficking body GRETA has issued a Guidance Note on addressing the risks of trafficking in human beings...

Last update 2/6/2022
The Council of Europe has adopted recommendation to protect the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls.

Council of Europe: the Committee of Ministers has adopted recommendation to protect the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women...

The Committee of Ministers, meeting in Turin, has adopted a new recommendation to protect the rights of migrant, refugee and...

Last update 1/6/2022
people’s sense of security is at a low

UNDP 2022 special report: a growing sense of insecurity among people despite years of development growth

The UNDP 2022 Special report on human security shows that people’s sense of safety and security is at a low...

Last update 31/5/2022
Economies severely exposed to at least one dimension of the shock: 107 economies with a maximum exposure score in at least one of the Food, Energy and Finance dimensions.

UN brief on the Global Impact of war in Ukraine on food, energy, and finance systems

The Global Crisis Response Group (GCRG) issued a brief entitled Global Impact of war in Ukraine on food, energy, and...

Last update 31/5/2022
30th Anniversary pf the UN Declaration on minority rights

United Nations: 30th Anniversary of the Declaration on minority rights

30 years ago, on 18 December 1992, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration of the rights of...

Last update 30/5/2022

First Barnahus for child victims of sexual abuse launched in Slovenia

The first Barnahus (Children’s House) of Slovenia for child victims of sexual abuse has been launched in Ljubljana. The action...

Last update 25/5/2022

UNESCO and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights organized a session on the right to freedom of expression

UNESCO and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, have organized a high-level panel discussion with Presidents and Chief Justices of...

Last update 24/5/2022

UNESCO: 15 ways to broaden access to higher education for refugees in their host countries.

Globally, 3% of refugees enrol in higher education, according to 2021 estimates. This is just a slim proportion of the...

Last update 23/5/2022