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United Nations: Filippo Grandi of Italy is the new High Commissioner for Refugees

Children at their school desks in an elementary school in Nepal.
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November 20th: Italy celebrates Universal Children’s Day

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Federico Mayor and Roberto Savio: for a global threat, a global response is essential

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Italy ratifies the Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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Peace Paths, Padova, 23-25 October 2015

International Peace Bureau Annual Conference on the 70th anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter
Frame excerpt from the video “Nel segno dei diritti”, created by Class IV D2 of the Institute of Higher Education “L. Da Vinci” of Arzignano (VI), A.s. 2008/2009. Video winner for the 10 year-old Contest, of Regional Law of the Veneto n. 55/1999.
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Italy ratifies the UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

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United Nations: the Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted the concluding observations on the fifth report of Italy

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United Nations: the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture presents confidential preliminary findings to Italian Government

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Peace Paths: Annual Conference of the International Peace Bureau for the 70th anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Charter, University of Padua, 23-24 October 2015

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United Nations: Italy will be reviewed at the 56th session of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva, 21st September – 9th October

Students of the Master's Degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance, A.A. 2014/2015 take a picture with their arms crossed to join the UN global campaign Stop rape now
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MA Degree Programme in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance: the students have joined the United Nations Campaign “Stop rape now”

Presentation of the new vault in the conference room of the Human Rights Council, in the presence of the Spanish artist who painted it, Miquel Barcelo.
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United Nations: Italy concluded the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

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Human Rights Council: Informal consultations of the Working Group on a draft United Nations Declaration on the Right to Peace, Geneva, 30 January 2015

A migrant boat arriving on the island of Lampedusa
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United Nations: the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants concluded his visit to Italy

Amnesty International UK held a mass demostration in Downing Street, calling on the UK government not to turn a blind eye to torture
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United Nations: UN Subcommittee on prevention of torture announced country visits for 2015 in Guatemala, Italy, Nauru and the Philippines