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On 26 March at 14.30 (CET) Pangea Foundation is organising a webinar-discussion on the topic “Backlash on Women's Rights: Advocacy and COVID-19”. As the backlash against human rights, ...
The York Human Rights City Network (YHRCN) publishes an annual report on the city. As the United Kingdom’s first Human Rights City, York embraces a vision of a vibrant, diverse, fair and safe ...
On March 21, the world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the day the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful ...
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has issued a report on human rights defenders (HRDs) working on business-related human rights issues. The report -- “In the line of fire: ...
On the occasion of International Women's Day, 8 March, the UN Women and UNESCO are presenting a series of virtual events. The theme for this year is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal ...
On the 46th session of the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, made a statement on recent human rights issues in more than 50 countries. Ms. ...
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Front Line Defenders has published a global analysis on human rights defenders (HRDs) in 2020, which analyses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights and HRDs. The report finds that ...
The European Disability Forum (EDF) published the Human Rights 2020 Report on the impact of Covid-19 on people with disabilities. Before Covid-19, over 28% of the more than 100 million ...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has published its fifth global report on trafficking in persons. It covers 148 countries and provides an overview of patterns and flows of ...
The UNICEF Office of Global Insight and Policy published the report “Prospects for children: a global outlook through 2025”, which assesses the prospects for the world’s children ...
Viviana Pes holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. This article is an excerpt from her master’s thesis discussed in November ...
The Global Campus of Human Rights (GCHR) will hold the "Global Campus of Human Rights Conversations: Possible futures for Venice” with the purpose to create a space for the exchange of ...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has issued a new report which highlighted the adaptation gap in the implementation of the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement, adopted by 196 ...
A newly-released ILO report estimates that before the COVID-19 crisis, there were approximately 260 million home-based workers worldwide, representing 7.9% of global employment, of which 56% ...
