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Refugee Rights Lab 2026, Third edition, Human Rights Centre, University of Padova
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Refugee Rights Lab

Refugee Rights Lab 2025: Second edition concludes at the University of Padova’s Human Rights Centre
A wide view of the meeting of the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (27 April-22 May). At centre on screen is Do Hung Viet, President of the Eleventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Permanent Representative of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the United Nations.
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Is the Non-Proliferation Treaty heading toward its twilight years?

The crucial 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which began on April 27, concluded on the evening of May 22 in New York....
A Cakchiquel family in the hamlet of Patzutzun, Guatemala (1993)
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indigenous peoples

From Colonial Oversight to Indigenous Rights: The ILO's Century-Long Journey

The ILO and the Colonial Question: a fraught beginningFounded in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles, the International Labour Organization (ILO), was built on the conviction that social justice and...
Cultural diversity can be protected and promoted only if human rights and fundamental freedoms, such as freedom of expression, information and communication, as well as the ability of individuals to choose cultural expressions, are guaranteed. Art. 2, UNESCO Convention on Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005)
Luwowo Coltan mine near Rubaya, North Kivu the 18th of March 2014
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Between Green Transition and Geopolitical Tensions: The EU’s Role in the DRC-Rwanda Conflict over Critical Minerals

The EU’s search for critical minerals exposes a paradox: sustainability goals risk reinforcing conflict economies and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
International volunteering in Colombia: promoting human rights and peace in the Pacific region of Nariño
© Sofia Pieretti
Colombia

International volunteering in Colombia: promoting human rights and peace in the Pacific region of Nariño

Humanitarian Aid Volunteering and Movimiento por la PazStarting in 2022, the European Union has created a new international volunteering opportunity, which is part of the European Solidarity Corps: Humanitarian Aid...

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Young Europeans: Kosovo Week - First Edition, Padova, 11-17 May 2026

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