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The International Court of Justice begins hearing the case of South Africa v. Israel in The Hague.
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

International Court of Justice: South Africa institutes proceeding against Israel claiming a violation of the Genocide Convention in Gaza

human rights promotion

Applications for the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) are now open

memorial for the victims of the Orlando massacre in front of the historic Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street
discrimination

Council of Europe: new report on on hate crimes based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC)

Servizio Civile Universale al Centro Diritti Umani: aperto il bando per il progetto “SCU e sostenibilità: diritti umani, ambiente e tecnologie digitali”
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human rights

Universal Civil Service at the Human Rights Center: call for applications open for the project "UCS and sustainability: human rights, environment and digital technologies"

Voting of the Security Council in occasion of the approval of the 1820 resolution that condemns rape and defines it as a true weapon of war.
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peace

UN Security Council decides to end it mandate of the mission in Sudan

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human rights

European Parliament: 2023 Sakharov Prize to Jina Mahsa Amini and Iranian women protest movement

A UN Security Council session. The participants are seated around a circular table, in the center of which is positioned another, rectangular table.
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United Nations

United Nations: The UN Security Council needs a reform to end its “paralysis”

Mariana Katzarova began work as the first UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation on 1 May 2023, following her appointment by the Human Rights Council.
NGOs / associations

United Nations: new Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation

The United Nations #FightRacism campaign
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Europe

FRA: new report “Being Black in the EU - Experiences of People of African Descent”

An unidentified Coast Guard crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma provides medical aid to an evacuated Haitian
© "U.S. Coast Guard Member Gives Aid to Haitian Refugee" by DVIDSHUB is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
European Union

FRA: Published new report reviewing the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation (EU)

Padova Model UPR23 Group photo
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Padova Model UPR

The 6th edition of the Padova Model UPR has ended

World's children day
Children

Global Campus of Human Rights: World Children's Day 2023, in memoriam of Gino Strada

environment

Fossil Fuel Production Will Double in 2030, says UNEP

The Security Council adopts resolution 2712 (2023) calling for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip for a sufficient number of days to enable, consistent with international humanitarian law, the full, rapid, safe
© UN Photo/Loey Felipe
United Nations

United Nations: Resolution 2712 (2023) adopted by the Security Council at its 9479th meeting, on 15 November 2023

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human rights

FRA: Children who fled Ukraine face rights challenges in the EU