International Human Rights Day 2010 – Maria Magdalena SEPÚLVEDA CARMONA, UN Indipendent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty

On Friday 10 December 2010, at 9.30, at Aula Magna “G. Galilei” in the Palazzo del Bo, University of Padua, there will be a Seminar on the theme “Extreme poverty and human rights: the rights of the poor. Guidelines of the United Nations". The introductory report will be presented by Maria Magdalena SEPÚLVEDA CARMONA, UN Indipendent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty.

The seminar will be held during the International Human Rights Day and in conclusion of the European Year for combating poverty and social exclusion.

The seminar is promoted by the the Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Right of Peoples of the University of Padua and by the Human+Rights Network, under the patronage of the Region of Veneto and the Municipality of Padua.

Human+Rights Network is a season of meetings and events on human rights organized in Italy and worldwide which is arrived to her fifth edition and which is promoted every year during November and December by ADUSU-Associazione Diritti Umani – Sviluppo Umano (Human Rights and Human Development Association), ACLI Padova, Adescoop-Agenzia dell’Economia Sociale (Agency of Social Economy), Legacoop Padova, Confcooperative Padova, Fondazione Fontana and Centro Padovano della Comunicazione Sociale-MPX (Paduan Centre of Social Communication-MPX).