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[Publications]

Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2020

AA.VV. (2021)

Annuario italiano / Italian Yearbook

Last update 25 Mar 2024
[Publications]

Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2021

AA.VV. (2022)

Annuario italiano / Italian Yearbook

Last update 19 Mar 2024
Digital solutions to fight COVID-19
[Files]

The Use of Digital Health Technology during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Risk assessment in data privacy rights

Julianne Freire, a human rights and legal adviser, initially practiced law in Brazil after graduating with a Bachelor's in Law from the University of the Amazon. Subsequently, she pursued a Master's ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Prison cell
[Files]

Failure to Provide Adequate Mental Healthcare to Mentally Ill Detainees: Community-Based Care as an Alternative?

Sofia Vanzan graduated in 2023 with an LLM in International Human Rights Law at the University of Groningen, with a thesis on the right to healthcare for detainees. Previously, she obtained an LLM ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Image of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
[Events and Updates]

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights: Italy Country visit report 2023

Dunja Mijatović, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a new report on the migration and asylum, women’s rights and gender equality situation in Italy, following her ...

Last update 19 Jan 2024
Annuario italiano dei diritti umani 2021. L’Italia in dialogo con le istituzioni internazionali per i diritti umani, 14 luglio 2021, poster
[Institutional Contents]

Webinar: Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2021. Italy in dialogue with international human rights institutions

UNESCO Chairs' Dialogues: a workshop of ideas for the world to come Room 3: Culture of Peace, Human Rights, Migration Goals 4 - 16: Education and Peace, justice, strong institutions ...

Last update 30 Oct 2023
Demonstrators in Australia
[Files]

The international protection and the Italian asylum system: an analysis of Security Decrees

Claudia Elli, passionate about migrants’ and refugees’ rights, holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance at the University of Padova. She is currently a ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Cover photo: A protester released from prison after three weeks of detention is reunited with her mother in Yangon, Myanmar, March 24, 2021. The three-finger salute, adapted from “The Hunger Games,” is a widely used sign of civil disobedience.
[Events and Updates]

World report 2022: Annual Review of global Human Rights

The Human Rights Watch has issued its 32nd annual review of global human rights trends - World Report 2022, which covered human rights developments and concerns in over 100 countries. In his ...

Last update 2 Mar 2022
The image shows the shadow of a girl behind a tent
[Events and Updates]

GREVIO, General Recommendation No.1 on the digital dimension of violence against women

On 24 November 2021, the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) published its General Recommendation No.1 on the digital ...

Last update 13 Dec 2021
Picture of Irene Fellin, new NATO Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security
[Events and Updates]

Irene Fellin from Italy is the new NATO Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security

In November 2021, Irene Fellin succeeded Clare Hutchinson as the new NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security. Ms. Fellin is an Italian national, with more ...

Last update 2 Dec 2021
The photo shows the former president of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and the new President from Italy, Di Maio.
[Events and Updates]

Council of Europe: Italy takes over the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers

On the 17th of November 2021, during a meeting of the representatives of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe (CoE), Italy took over the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers from ...

Last update 2 Dec 2021
Drawing of man whose shadow is a scale
[Events and Updates]

EU Agency For Fundamental Rights: new Report on legal aid for migrants in return proceedings

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published a new report entitled “Legal aid for returnees deprived of liberty”. The report highlights that effective access to competent legal ...

Last update 15 Nov 2021
The picture shows the components of the UN working group on business and human rights
[Events and Updates]

Italy: UN Working Group to assess impact of business operations on human rights and the environment

From 27 September to 6 October, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights will undertake its first official country visit to Italy to assess Italian efforts to identify, prevent and address ...

Last update 4 Oct 2021
Quarto Indice regionale sul maltrattamento all’infanzia immagine
[Events and Updates]

Regional Index of child maltreatment in Italy 2021

Cesvi Foundation has presented its 4th Regional Index on Child Maltreatment in Italy with a specific focus on COVID-19 and mental health. The report evaluates the vulnerability of children to ...

Last update 20 May 2021
World Press Freedom Day 2021
[Events and Updates]

World Press Freedom Day, 3 May

World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on May 3, was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO's General Conference. 3 May acts as a reminder to ...

Last update 3 May 2021