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Digital solutions to fight COVID-19
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The Use of Digital Health Technology during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Risk assessment in data privacy rights

Julianne Freire, a human rights and legal adviser, initially practiced law in Brazil after graduating with a Bachelor's in Law from the University of the Amazon. Subsequently, she pursued a Master's ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Political Declaration of the United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response on 20th September 2023
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Political Declaration of the United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response on 20th September 2023

On the 20th September 2023 the President of the General Assembly, together with the Heads of State and Government, participated in a one-day meeting aiming to take on a political declaration with ...

Last update 26 Sep 2023
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United Nations: Report on the right to development

The present report contains an analysis of the efforts undertaken for and the challenges to the realization of the right to development in the context of the response to and the recovery from the ...

Last update 27 Feb 2023
Civil Society holding the line in contested times: 2022 CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report
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CIVICUS: State of Civil Society Report 2022

The State of Civil Society Report 2022, published by CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists, shows a period of immense upheaval and contestation. Russia's war of ...

Last update 1 Feb 2023
Gender Equality Index 2022: The COVID-19 pandemic and care
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Gender Equality Index 2022: The COVID-19 pandemic and care

The Gender Equality Index, developed by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), measures the painfully slow progress of gender equality in the EU since 2010. It gives visibility to areas ...

Last update 17 Jan 2023
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October 10th: World Mental Health Day 2022

World Mental Health Day occurs on 10 October each year; it was established by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) in 1992 and is recognised by the World Health Organisation. It aims to ...

Last update 10 Oct 2022
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2021-22
Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World
POSTED ON: SEPTEMBER 08, 2022
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UN Human Development Report 2021-22: “Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World”

The United Nations Human Development Report (HDR) 2021/22, titled 'Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Trasforming World' highlights that in 90 percent of countries, human ...

Last update 7 Oct 2022
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Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions: Annual Report

GANHRI, the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, has published its 2021 Annual Report. National human rights institutions are State bodies with a constitutional and/or ...

Last update 7 Oct 2022
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GRETA: 2021 annual report on action against trafficking of human beings

The Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) published its annual report for 2021, a year during which, despite the negative impact of the Covid-19 ...

Last update 17 Aug 2022
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PHRG - Peace Human Rights Governance: the June 2022 issue is out

The issue of June 2022 of the University of Padova Human Rights Centre's scientific journal, Peace Human Rights Governance (PHRG), has been released (PHRG 6(1), June 2022).   The issue ...

Last update 18 Jul 2022
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FRA: Fundamental Rights Report 2022

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has issued its Fundamental Rights Report 2022. The report reviews major developments in the field in 2021, recognizing both achievements and ...

Last update 28 Jun 2022
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UN Human Rights Annual Report 2021: Global upheaval deepened inequalities

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has issued its annual report. The Human Rights Report 2021 presents the highlights of UN Human Rights activity in 2021, including ...

Last update 25 Jun 2022
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Amnesty International Global Report: Death sentences and executions 2021

According to the newly published Global Report on death sentences and executions 2021 of Amnesty International, at least 579 executions were known to have been carried out across 18 countries last ...

Last update 16 Jun 2022
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ECRI Annual Report 2021: Adverse impact of Covid-19 on vulnerable groups, racism in policing, intimidation of LGBTI people

Council of Europe’s Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has issued its Annual Report in which it defines the main trends in 2021 and presents multiple activities led by ECRI ...

Last update 16 Jun 2022
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Human Rights Watch Report: Students privacy violated by education technology products

Human Rights Watch has recently published its report on children’s rights violations committed by governments that endorsed online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. The report is a global ...

Last update 16 Jun 2022