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Peace Human Rights Governance (PHRG): the June 2026 issue is out

The University of Padova Human Rights Centre "A. Papisca" has published the first issue of the tenth volume of the scientific journal Peace Human Rights Governance (PHRG).Issue 10(1) includes the...
Padova Model UPR, 9° edition, 16-20 November 2026
Padova Model UPR

Padova Model UPR, 9° edition, 16-20 November 2026

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Mural “All rights, all people”, Eva Jiménez Bracamontes, Central de Abastos market, Mexico City.
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International Conference

International Conference "Human Rights Monitoring Reloaded: Inclusiveness, Effectiveness, and Transformative Potential for the International Machinery", University of Padova, 19-20 October 2026

A call for papers open to human rights scholars, researchers, Ph.D. students and to human rights operators and professionals with research assignments. Deadline: 1st September 2026

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LGBTQI+

The UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity presents report to the Human Rights Council

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Human Rights Council

The United Nations Human Rights Council held its sixty-second regular session from 15 June to 8 July 2026

trafficking in human beings

Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA): the latest annual report highlights an alarming rise in human trafficking for criminal exploitation across Europe

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Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized. Art. 28, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

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sustainability

The transposition in Italy of EU Directive (2024/1760): new developments regarding companies’ due diligence obligations for sustainability

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prison conditions

European Court of Human Rights: Cases of Albertani v. Italy (Application No. 15994/20) and Andrea Ciotta v. Italy (Application No. 368/21), violation of Articles 3 and 5 of the ECHR

Sea Watch
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migration

Sea-Watch files criminal complaints against the Libyan coast guard

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Inclusion and Eco-Social Justice

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people with disability

Anti-Discrimination Centre reports over 1,000 discrimination cases in 2025, with schools remaining a critical area

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inequality

The wage gap of foreign workers in Italy

inclusion

Rights Become Real Through Relationships

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migration

Repression or Protection? Freedom of Movement as a Prism of Mobility Along the Balkan Route

An analysis of the Balkan Route as a political space in which freedom of movement is fragmented, filtered, and transformed into a selective privilege.
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Gaza Strip

No Impunity in Gaza: an OSINT-Based Law Clinic calls for redress and accountability for the families of the World Central Kitchen Humanitarian workers killed in 2024

The principle of distinction and its systematic violation in GazaDistinction is a pivotal concept at the heart of international humanitarian law. In this era of widespread conflict, the differentiation between...
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Peace Human Rights Governance (VOL. 10, NO. 1 June, 2026)
PHRG Journal

Peace Human Rights Governance (VOL. 10, NO. 1 June, 2026)

Italian Yearbook of Human Rights: special issue “Best of 2025”
Human rights protection

Italian Yearbook of Human Rights: special issue “Best of 2025”

What's new in Human Rights Doctoral Research. A Collection of critical literature reviews (Vol. VIII, 2026)
International Joint Ph.D Programme

What's new in Human Rights Doctoral Research. A Collection of critical literature reviews (Vol. VIII, 2026)

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Progetto KMKU in Kenya | Sviluppo comunitario, sostenibilità e diritti umani (2025/26)

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OSINT-based Law Clinic 2026: Third edition concludes at the University of Padova’s Human Rights Centre

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