Programme of the Conference

Please note that this is a provisional program, which will be updated with full details as soon as possible.

Monday, 19th October 2026

9:30-10:00 Archivio Antico, Palazzo del Bo

Salutation and Short Introduction

Marco Mascia, President of Human Rights Centre “A. Papisca”, Unesco Chair "Human Rights, Democracy and Peace", University of Padova
Pietro de Perini, Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies, University of Padova
Sara Pennicino, Director of the MA Degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance, University of Padova

10:00-12:30 Archivio Antico, Palazzo del Bo

Opening Plenary Session

Speakers

Alison Brysk, University of Santa Monica
Dianah Msipa, University of Pretoria
Valentina Carraro, University of Leiden

12:30-14:00 (Basilica, Palazzo del Bo) Conference Lunch 

14:30-16:00 Human Rights Centre, Via Beato Pellegrino, 34

Parallel Research Panels, track A

17:00-18:30 Human Rights Centre, via Beato Pellegrino, 34

Parallel Research Panels, track B

Tuesday, 20th October 2026

10:00-12:30 Aula Nievo, Palazzo Bo

Closing Plenary Roundtable 

Human Rights Monitoring Reloaded – Challenges and Ideas from a Practitioner’s Viewpoint

Chairs
Pietro de Perini, Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies, University of Padova

Speakers

Michael Windfuhr, UN Committee of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and German Institute for Human Rights
Maja Spanu, ARIADNE (video-conference)
Mohamed Kheir, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - UPR branch
Fabiana Leibl, International Service for Human Rights
Desirée Campagna, PTSClas

During the Conference, self-managed groups of students from the MA Degree Programme in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance (HRG) will hold a booth to promote their activities to participants. The groups include the Student Engagement Team (SET), the Advocacy Hub and the Latin-American Collective.