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

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.
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women

United Nations International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, 27 December

IOM - International Migrants Day: 18 December
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human rights

International Migrants Day: 18 December

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.
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United Nations

UN will use technology and medical capacity to improve peacekeeping

The image shows the shadow of a girl behind a tent
Italy

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

The image shows a girl with the tatoo of the bodyright campaign on her arm
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United Nations

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

Graphic for Servizio civile universale, Centro di Ateneo per i Diritti Umani "Antonio Papisca", Università di Padova, 2021
citizenship

Universal Civil Service at the Human Rights Centre: call for the project "Human rights, glocal and digital citizenship". New deadline: 10 February 2022

Human Rights Day, 2021 Theme: EQUALITY - Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights
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human rights

10 December: Human Rights Day

Picture of Irene Fellin, new NATO Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security
peace

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

Padova Model UPR 2021 - Secretariat pic 1
Padova Model UPR

Padova Model UPR 2021 successfully concluded

The photo shows the former president of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and the new President from Italy, Di Maio.
Italy

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

Social media campaign #orangetheworld against gender-based violence
women

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

Arqus Support networks for inclusion
education

Graz, Lyon, Vilnius and Padua organize the first Arqus webinar on “Support networks for inclusion”, 23rd November from 10:00 to 12:30 (CET)

European Union

European Gender Equality Index 2021

New Research: Online attacks on women journalists lead to ‘real world’ violence
United Nations

62 journalists lost their lives in 2020, according to UNESCO