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Digital solutions to fight COVID-19

Digital solutions to fight COVID-19

A new Council of Europe report has identified a number of shortcomings in the protection of privacy and personal data in...

Last update 20/10/2020
Roma and travellers report

Pandemic worsens Roma and Travellers poverty and discrimination

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has issued a new bulletin entitled “Coronavirus pandemic in the EU – Impact...

Last update 20/10/2020

FRA: new report on Business and Human Rights - access to remedy

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) just published a new comparative report that looks at the realities victims face...

Last update 13/10/2020
Seafarers UN photo

UN calls for action from the global business community to help end the humanitarian crisis of seafarers

The UN Human Rights Office and the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, have joined the United Nations...

Last update 13/10/2020
Global Campus MOOC october 2020

Global Campus of Human Rights: MOOC on Promoting and Protecting Human Rights

The Global Campus of Human Rights offers you to join its new flagship open education initiative, MOOC on Promoting and...

Last update 12/10/2020

International Day of the Girl 2020: "My voice, our equal future"

Every year UNICEF launches an annual campaign with girls to amplify their voices and stand up for their rights on...

Last update 11/10/2020
Catena umana da Perugia ad Assisi, domenica 11 ottobre 2020

Time for Peace, Time to Care, Perugia - Assisi, 9-11 October 2020

On 11 October 2020, the XXIV PerugiAssisi March becomes a human chain of 25 km along the road between Perugia...

Last update 5/10/2020
World Human Rights Cities Forum

World Human Rights Cities Forum: from 7 to 10 October 2020

The 10th edition of the World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) will take place from Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 of October in Gwangju (South...

Last update 5/10/2020
Yoomi Renström, Rapporteur of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Rapporteur calls for solidarity with local authorities to urgently remedy refugee situation after Moria...

Against the background of the devastating fires in the “Moria Reception and Identification Centre” on the Greek island of Lesbos,...

Last update 1/10/2020
Counter Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia (SEA)

Global Campus of Human Rights: Online Course on Counter Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia (SEA)

The Global Campus of Human Rights is expanding its educational offer with an Online Course on Counter Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia....

Last update 24/9/2020
 Regional index on child maltreatment in Italy 2020

Cesvi: Regional index on child maltreatment in Italy 2020

Cesvi, an Italian NGO, has published the third edition of the regional index on child maltreatment in Italy, entitled “Giving...

Last update 24/9/2020
Ban Ki-Moon in the Conference Room of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. In the photo, Ban Ki-Moon talks at the podium to the left of the council table, while his image is projected onto the two large screens behind him.

United Nations: Human Rights Council opens forty-fifth regular session

The UN Human Rights Council opened its forty-fifth regular session on 14 September 2020, hearing a global human rights update...

Last update 23/9/2020
Anders Knape, International Day of Democracy: statement by the President of the Congress

International Day of Democracy: statement by the President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

The President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Anders Knape, made a statement...

Last update 18/9/2020
Michelle Bachelet, appointed as seventh United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

United Nations: Michelle Bachelet calls for urgent action to heighten resilience and protect people's rights.

During the 45th regular session of the Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights -...

Last update 16/9/2020

Right to education: depriving autistic pupil of statutory specialised learning support amounted to discrimination based on her disability

In Chamber judgment in the case of G.L v. Italy. (on 10 September 2020), the European Court of Human Rights...

Last update 15/9/2020