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Rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean sea
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The controversial Italian approach towards migration flows from Libya: from pullbacks to the support of humanitarian corridors

Beatrice Goretti holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. This In Focus article is an excerpt from her master thesis discussed, in ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Refugees ship
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UN Human Rights Committee: in 2013 Italy failed to rescue more than 200 migrants

According to the UN Human Rights Committee, in 2013 Italy failed to respond promptly to various distress calls from the sinking boat and protect the right to life of more than 200 migrants who were ...

Last update 2 Feb 2021
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FRA published the Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration

One day before the International Migrant Day, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights published the third edition of the Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and ...

Last update 7 Jan 2021
The Largest Refugee Camp in Greece
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Little Lives on Hold: The Impact of EU Securitisation Policy Tools on Unaccompanied Children’s Rights at the Greek-Turkish Border

Alessandra Boraso holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. This In Focus article is an excerpt from her master thesis ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Global Migration Film Festival 2020
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Global Migration Film Festival 2020

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the 5th Global Migration Film Festival (GMFF), lasting from the 30th of November to the 18th of December. This year five films are ...

Last update 15 Dec 2020
FRA. Report on  migration 2020
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European Union: report on "Migration: fundamental rights issues at land borders"

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) recently issued a new report entitled “Migration: Fundamental rights issues at land borders”. The report has been produced at the ...

Last update 15 Dec 2020
Cover Peace Human Rights Governance Journal PHRG - 2017
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PHRG - Peace Human Rights Governance: the November issue is out

The last issue of 2020 of the University of Padova Human Rights Centre's scientific journal, Peace Human Rights Governance (PHRG), has been released (PHRG 4(3), November 2020). The issue ...

Last update 5 Dec 2020
soldiers are closing the border with barbed wire, under an EU sign
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From Schengen to Dublin: limits of the European migration policy

Chiara Della Mea holds a Master’s degree in Istituzioni e Politiche dei Diritti Umani e della Pace from the University of Padova. This article is an excerpt from her Master thesis, discussed ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
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Council of Europe and UNHCR: new course on the Alternatives to immigration detention

On the occasion of World Refugee Day on 20 June, the Council of Europe launched a HELP/UNHCR free online course on Alternatives to Immigration Detention with the aim of supporting legal and ...

Last update 29 Jun 2020
Immigrants arriving in Europe from the coast of Libya in a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat.
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The “Security Decrees” I & II and their Impacts on Human Rights: An Analysis of Domestic and International Reactions

Carolina Lambiase holds a master's degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. This In Focus article is an excerpt from her master thesis discussed, in March ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Whats new in Human Rights Doctoral Research, cover of vol. II
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Volume II, 2018

Edited by Pietro de Perini and Paolo De Stefani This book collects critical state-of-the-art analyses prepared by doctoral students enrolled in the international joint programme in “Human ...

Last update 29 Apr 2021
Court of Justice of the European Union
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The Challenges for Asylum Seekers’ Rights from Populist Majorities’ Interventions on Domestic Asylum Procedures and the Judicial Activism of the CJEU

Elisa Enrione holds a master's degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. This In Focus article is excerpt from her master thesis, discussed in November 2019 ...

Last update 3 Feb 2020
Picture of the participants in the meeting of Italian UNESCO Chiars, Group 1, Rome, 27 November 2019
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Meeting of Italian UNESCO Chairs Group 1 “Cultural identity, migration, human rights, development and health"

The UNESCO Chair “Human Rights, Democracy and Peace” of the University of Padova took part in the meeting of the Italian UNESCO Chairs, which was held on 27 November 2019 at University ...

Last update 16 Dec 2019
Leaflet International conference "On women's rights: between violence and exploitation"
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International conference "On women's rights: between violence and exploitation", University of Padova, November 11-12, 2019

The International Conference is organized by the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies and the Human Rights Centre “Antonio Papisca” of the ...

Last update 22 Nov 2019
French farmer Cédric Herrou, who received a four-month suspended jail sentence in August 2017 for helping some migrants to crossing the Italian-French border.
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The Criminalisation of Humanitarian Assistance Towards Irregular Migrants in the EU

Sara Tosoni holds a master's degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. This In Focus article is excerpt from her master thesis discussed, in March 2019, ...

Last update 7 Oct 2019