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Amnesty International UK held a mass demostration in Downing Street, calling on the UK government not to turn a blind eye to torture
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United Nations: UN Subcommittee on prevention of torture announced country visits for 2015 in Guatemala, Italy, Nauru and the Philippines

On 26th November 2014, the UN Subcommittee on prevention of torture (SPT) announced that Guatemala, Italy, Nauru and the Philippines are among the countries it plans to visit in 2015. The ...

Last update 3 Dec 2014
Members of the Yearbook Research and Editing Group (from the left: Pietro de Perini, Andrea Cofelice, Antonio Papisca, Director of the Yearbook, Paolo De Stefani, Claudia Pividori and Marco Mascia, Director of the Padua's Human Rights Centre
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Presentation of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2014, Rome 19 November

On Wednesday 19th November 2014 the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2014 edited by the Human Rights Centre of the University of Padua was presented at the headquarters of the Italian Society for ...

Last update 27 Nov 2014
Wide view of Hall XX, where the Human Rights Council gathers, Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 2010.
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Human Rights Council: Universal Periodic Review Working Group concludes its twentieth session

The twentieth session of the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group was held in Geneva from 27 October to 7 November 2014 during which 14 States had their human ...

Last update 13 Nov 2014
The official logo for UN constituted by the polar stereographic projection of the globe surrounded by two laurel branches
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Italy has ratified the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

On 3 October 2014, Italy adopted the ratification law of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights with Law No. 152. The Protocol, which was ...

Last update 3 Dec 2014
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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2014

AA.VV. (2014)

Annuario italiano / Italian Yearbook

Last update 2 Mar 2021
Panoramic photo of the building headquarters of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.
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ECtHR: Italy and Greece condemned for indiscriminate collective expulsion and lack of access to asylum procedures

On 21 October 2014, the European Court of Human Rights released its Chamber judgment in the case Sharifi and Others v.Italy and Greece. The applicants of the case are 35 immigrants, including ...

Last update 24 Oct 2014
The United Nations Human Right Council in session.
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UN Human Rights Council: the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of Italy to be held in Geneva

From 27 October to 7 November 2014, the twentieth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva. During the Session, 14 States, including ...

Last update 24 Oct 2014
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Council of Europe: High-level Conference on the social rights in Turin

A high-level conference on social rights will take place on 17 and 18 October 2014, in Turin, at Teatro Regio. It is organized in the framework of the Italian Presidency of the European Union, and ...

Last update 1 Oct 2014
Poster against trafficking in human beings
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Council of Europe: first evaluation report on Italy of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)

Strasbourg, 22 September 2014 - The Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) has published its first evaluation report on Italy. The report is ...

Last update 25 Sep 2014
Logo of Cooperazione Italiana allo Sviluppo
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Italy: Development Cooperation has been reformed

On 29 August 2014, the new Italian Law on Cooperation General Rules on international development cooperation (L. 11 August 2014 n. 125) entered into force. Coming after 27 years from the previous ...

Last update 25 Sep 2014
Cover of the Annuario italiano dei diritti umani 2014, 2014
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Presentation of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2014, Rome 19th November 2014

On Wednesday 19th November 2014, at 4.30 p.m. the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2014 (edited by the Human Rights Centre of the University of Padova) was presented at the headquarters of the ...

Last update 30 Jan 2017
Professor Mauro Politi
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United Nations: The Italian jurist Mauro Politi has been elected to the UN Human Rights Committee

The Italian jurist, Professor Mauro Politi has recently been elected with 102 votes to the UN Human Rights Committee in New York for the years 2015-2018. After the election, Mr. Politi expressed ...

Last update 5 Aug 2014
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Annuario italiano dei diritti umani 2014

AA.VV. (2014)

Annuario italiano / Italian Yearbook

Last update 2 Mar 2021
A wall with the Garden's motto
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Two meetings on human rights with the Italian Ambassador Enrico Calamai

The Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies of the University of Padova hosts two meetings with the Italian Ambassador Enrico Calamai to debate and reflect with students on ...

Last update 26 Jan 2017