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Global Campus of Human Rights: Venice School for Human Rights Defenders 2024

The Venice School for Human Rights Defenders will take place in Venice, at the Global Campus of Human Rights Headquarters, from 9 to 16 March 2024. The training programme is organized by the Global ...

Last update 24 Nov 2023
Children will too often fall victim to the hunger and poverty of underdevelopment. This is especially true for indigenous children who live in rural areas in Latin American countries, isolated from other national communities.  Many United Nations programm
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ILO: Indigenous children at high risk of being in child labour

A recent analysis by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has shed light on the connection between child labour and the exclusion of indigenous children from education, highlighting the ...

Last update 1 Nov 2023
Families flee their shattered neighbourhood, Tal al-Hawa, to seek refuge in the southern Gaza strip.
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"Gaza is running out of time" UN experts demand ceasefire to avert genocide

"Gaza is running out of time," UN experts warn, calling for a cease-fire to prevent genocide of Palestinians, following Gaza's repeated attacks by the Israeli military, prompting urgent calls for ...

Last update 8 Nov 2023
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New platform for family reunification in Italy: what it is and how it works

Community of Practice, the new online platform created by Save the Children, Croce Rossa Italiana and others to promote and facilitate access to family reunification, has been launched. An ...

Last update 1 Nov 2023
UN: Health is not a privilege human rights
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Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage

The "Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage" held at the United Nations on 21st September 2023 underscores the global commitment to achieving universal health ...

Last update 4 Oct 2023
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Adoption of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders: the outcome of AHRI Conference in Bilbao

The international conference held at the University of Deusto in Bilbao from September 7 to 9, 2023, organized by the Pedro Arrupe Institute of Human Rights in collaboration with the Association of ...

Last update 26 Sep 2023
2023 Human Rights Student Prize for the Contribution to the Defense and Advancement of Human Rights and the Rule of Law awarded to Hombres Trans Panamá, Friday 29 September
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University of Padova: 2023 Human Rights Student Prize for the Contribution to the Defense and Advancement of Human Rights and the Rule of Law awarded to Hombres Trans Panamá, Friday 29 September

The Human Rights Student Prize is an award given to outstanding Human Rights and rule of law achievements. In its 2023 version, students of the MA in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance ...

Last update 20 Sep 2023
Hands surrounding people from different generations. Everything is surrounded by the European flag stars.
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FRA: report on protecting human rights defenders

As the director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Michael O'Flaherty, points out, “civil society is essential to respectful societies that uphold human dignity.” ...

Last update 18 Sep 2023
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United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine: Israel’s illegal prison practices in the occupied Palestinian territories have turned into an open prison

The report presented by Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine, to the United Nations Human Rights Council last June, denounces Israel's use of various means, ...

Last update 11 Sep 2023
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UN chief unveils new vision for peace across a ‘multipolar world’

UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched a new policy brief called "The New Agenda for Peace," outlining his vision for a stronger multilateral framework to address global challenges in ...

Last update 26 Sep 2023
National banners of the Member States of the UNO (United Nations Organization) outside the UN Headquarters.
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UN Secretary-General: The new Agenda for Peace

UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched a new policy brief called "The New Agenda for Peace" outlining his vision for a stronger multilateral framework to address global challenges in ...

Last update 11 Sep 2023
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The European Union deposited the instrument of approval of the “Istanbul Convention”

The European Union has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (CETS No. 210), known as “Istanbul ...

Last update 11 Sep 2023
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OHCHR: France must address racism and discrimination in law enforcement

After the death of the Algerian-Moroccan teenager Nahel M. at the end of June, thousands of people took the streets in Paris and other big cities to protest against police brutality and racism, ...

Last update 17 Jul 2023
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UNDP: new report on the effects of the war in Ukraine on the people

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Human Impact Assessment (HIA) have launched a report about the effects of the war in Ukraine on the people living in the country. Health, education, ...

Last update 17 Jul 2023
Children in Israeli prisons – Children deprived of their childhood, 10 July 2023, 18:30-20:30, Geneva
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Children in Israeli prisons – Children deprived of their childhood, 10 July 2023, 18:30-20:30, Geneva

This event, in parallel to the 53rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, will take place on the 10th of July, from 19:00 to 20:30, at the Institut des cultures arabes et ...

Last update 10 Jul 2023