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United Nations: Report on the right to development

The present report contains an analysis of the efforts undertaken for and the challenges to the realization of the right to development in the context of the response to and the recovery from the ...

Last update 27 Feb 2023
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WHO reveals one-third of prisoners in Europe suffer mental health disorders

According to the new report, launched by the World Health Organization (WHO), one in three prisoners in Europe suffer from mental health disorders. The overview is based on survey data from 36 ...

Last update 27 Feb 2023
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Universities as Sites of Activism and Protection & UNESCO Chair Launch, 13-14 March 2023

Universities have much to contribute to activism and protection. They have legitimacy, status, access to knowledge and resources, and local and global networks. On 13 and 14 March 2023 the Centre ...

Last update 20 Feb 2023
Global Campus of Human Rights Conversations, March 8th 2023
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Global Campus of Human Rights Conversations, March 8th 2023

Wednesday, 8 March 2023 at 11 am (CET) will take place the 6th online Global Campus of Human Rights Conversation, via zoom.  On the occasion of International Women's Day 2023 the ...

Last update 20 Feb 2023
Global Assessment on Protest Rights 2022
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Global Assessment on Protest Rights 2022

The Global Assessment on Protest Rights 2022, compiled by CIVICUS Monitor, an online research platform that tracks fundamental freedoms in 197 countries and territories, reveals that in more than ...

Last update 14 Feb 2023
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Human Rights Watch 2023 Report: A New Model for Global Leadership on Human Rights

The litany of human rights crises in 2022 from Russian President Vladimir Putin's intentional attacks on civilians in Ukraine to Xi Jinping's open-air prison for Uyghurs in China to the Taliban's ...

Last update 14 Feb 2023
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Fairtrade: new map to identify the major human rights and environmental risks

Fairtrade's new risk map identifies and visualizes major human rights and environmental risks in the sectors where Fairtrade operates, based on commodities, geography, and the organizations' impacts ...

Last update 14 Feb 2023
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UNICEF: Eight trends that will impact children in 2023

The UN children’s agency (UNICEF) has released a report that takes into account the huge impact on children resulting from a series of interconnected crises. The ‘Prospects for Children ...

Last update 14 Feb 2023
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Council of Europe: New Recommendation on age assessment in the context of migration

The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers has adopted a new Recommendation to member States on human rights principles and guidelines on age assessment in the context of migration. Through this ...

Last update 8 Feb 2023
A drawing of an unaccompanied foreign minor walking alone through an asylum camp. On one side is a human trafficker trying to get him into a car, on the other a policeman with a dog in an aggressive attitude.
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Freedom of Movement, the Right to Education, and Personal Development: Experiences and Perceptions of Unaccompanied Foreign Children in Relation to Camps. A Fieldwork Study from the Asylum Centre of Bogovađa, Serbia

Simona Guarini holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. Currently she is working in the Centre Za Azil Bogovađa, as part of the ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Nobel Peace Prize Leymah Gbowee at the University of Padova Human Rights Centre "Antonio Papisca"
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Human Rights Centre Staff

Director Marco Mascia e-mail: marco.mascia AT unipd.it Administrative Office Katia Milan e-mail: katia.milan AT unipd.it Secretary's Office Alessia Barbato e-mail:alessia.barbato AT ...

Last update 18 Jul 2023
Girls from the Arhuacos indigenous community of Colombia
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UN launches 10-year survival plan for endangered indigenous languages

The UN launched the International Decade of Indigenous Languages on Friday to help them thrive and preserve them. Indigenous peoples have unique cultures and ways of interacting with people and the ...

Last update 8 Feb 2023
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World Justice Project: Global Rule of Law Recession Continues

The 2022 WJP Rule of Law Index evaluates 140 countries and jurisdictions in the world. For the 5th consecutive year, Rule of Law has declined in most countries.  The index is calculated by ...

Last update 8 Feb 2023
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UCD Centre for Human Rights in Dublin: Annual Conference, 12 June 2023. Preliminary announcement and Call for Papers

In the context of the ICEDC, the annual conference for scholars, researchers, graduate students, education policymakers, civil society activist from across Europe and internationally, the UCD Centre ...

Last update 8 Feb 2023
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UNESCO: Killings of journalists up 50 per cent in 2022

According to the United Nations’ culture agency (UNESCO) the number of journalists killed worldwide increased from 55 killings of 2021 to 86. UNESCO pointed out that journalists suffer attacks ...

Last update 1 Feb 2023