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

This international conference aims to explore the intricate and complex relationship between self-determination, peace, core human and peoples’ rights and multilateralism in the current era, marked by rising aggressive nationalism and a return of power politics and armed conflict. 

Framed within such a daunting global context, the conference aims to examine how the fundamental right to self-determination and other people’s rights, such as those to a healthy environment and to development intersect with the individual and collective aspiration for peace and justice before the current status of international politics and international law. 

The Conference is organised by the Human Rights Centre “Antonio Papisca” and the UNESCO Chair “Human Rights, Democracy and Peace” with the support of the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies of the University of Padova.

Event partners include: the School of Global Studies at the University of Goteborg, the Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Studies, University of London, the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Human Security at the University of Graz, the Institute of International Studies at the University of Wroclaw, the Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York, the Global Campus of Human Rights.

Partners:
Human Rights Consortium, University of London
School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg
UNESCO Chair “Human Rights and Human Security”, University of Graz
Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York
Institute of International Studies, University of Wroclav
Law and Development Research Group, University of Antwerp
Global Campus of Human Rights, Venice