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Refugees and migrants crossing Macedonia.

World Migration Report 2022

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been producing world migration reports since 2000. Due to the complex nature of...

Last update 28/12/2021
The Mayan School of Business teaches skills for indigenous women’s participation in economic opportunities.

UN Women highlights from 2020-2021

Coming to the end of 2021, UN Women published on its website some highlights from the period 2020-2021, to reflect...

Last update 28/12/2021

Council of Europe 2020 North-South Prize Award Ceremony: focus on right to life and climate change

On December 9 2021, the 2020 North-South Prize of the Council of Europe was awarded to two institutions working respectively...

Last update 27/12/2021
Wearing a full protective suit, a doctor leads a group of volunteer medical professionals attending to COVID-19 patients and persons under investigation at a community hospital in the Philippines.

United Nations International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, 27 December

With Resolution A/RES/75/27 of 7 December 2020, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 27 December as the International Day of...

Last update 25/12/2021
IOM - International Migrants Day: 18 December

International Migrants Day: 18 December

Today, more people than ever live in a country other than the one in which they were born. While many...

Last update 20/12/2021
A Peacekeeper of the UNTAET (United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor) holds a young boy in East Timor. The Peacekeeper wears the traditional blue beret of UN Peacekeeping personnel.

UN will use technology and medical capacity to improve peacekeeping

The Seoul UN Peacekeeping Ministerial, hosted by the Republic of Korea on 7-8 December 2021, will be attended by more...

Last update 13/12/2021
The image shows the shadow of a girl behind a tent

GREVIO, General Recommendation No.1 on the digital dimension of violence against women

On 24 November 2021, the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence...

Last update 13/12/2021
The image shows a girl with the tatoo of the bodyright campaign on her arm

UN launches the ‘Bodyright’ campaign to end rise in gender-based violence online

In December 2021, within the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)...

Last update 13/12/2021
Graphic for Servizio civile universale, Centro di Ateneo per i Diritti Umani "Antonio Papisca", Università di Padova, 2021

Universal Civil Service at the Human Rights Centre: call for the project "Human rights, glocal and digital citizenship". New deadline:...

Update: The application deadline for the Universal Civil Service has been extended. The new deadline is 10 February, 14.00 hours....

Last update 12/12/2021
Human Rights Day, 2021 Theme: EQUALITY - Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights

10 December: Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day is celebrated each year on December 10, the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal...

Last update 9/12/2021
Picture of Irene Fellin, new NATO Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security

Irene Fellin from Italy is the new NATO Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security

In November 2021, Irene Fellin succeeded Clare Hutchinson as the new NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and...

Last update 2/12/2021
Padova Model UPR 2021 - Secretariat pic 1

Padova Model UPR 2021 successfully concluded

The 4th edition of the Padova Model UPR, held from 23 to 26 November 2021, came to its conclusion. The...

Last update 1/12/2021
The photo shows the former president of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and the new President from Italy, Di Maio.

Council of Europe: Italy takes over the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers

On the 17th of November 2021, during a meeting of the representatives of the 47 member states of the Council...

Last update 1/12/2021
Social media campaign #orangetheworld  against gender-based violence

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2021

The 25 November was nominated by the United Nations as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women....

Last update 24/11/2021
Arqus Support networks for inclusion

Graz, Lyon, Vilnius and Padua organize the first Arqus webinar on “Support networks for inclusion”, 23rd November from 10:00 to...

The Arqus European University Alliance 2.4 task force “Support networks for inclusion”, within the Arqus Action Line 2 “Widening access, inclusion...

Last update 22/11/2021