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The gender pay gap is unacceptable
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Right to equal pay: European Committee of Social Rights finds violations in 14 countries

The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) has found violations of the right to equal pay and the right to equal opportunities in the workplace in 14 out of 15 ...

Last update 2 Jul 2020
Conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes 2020
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Call for papers: Conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes 2020

The Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria, South Africa, will host the 2020 Conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) on 'The future of human rights: ...

Last update 19 Feb 2020
The flags of the 193 UN Member States fly at the Palais des Nations, seat of the UN Office at Geneva, after completion of the renovation of the entrance path to the Palais, known as “Allée des drapeaux” (meaning "Flags Way").
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United Nations: budget shortfalls seriously undermine the work of the Human Rights Treaty bodies

There are 10 treaties on human rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly establishing human rights protection Committees (treaty bodies): the International Convention on the Elimination ...

Last update 31 May 2019
European Committee of Social Rights, logo
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Council of Europe: Giuseppe Palmisano of Italy has been re-elected as President of the European Committee of Social Rights

The 304th session of the European Committee of Social Rights of the Council of Europe was held from 21 to 24 January 2019 in Strasbourg. The members of the Committee, on this occasion, re-elected ...

Last update 28 Jan 2019
UNESCO #RightToEducation campaign 2018
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UNESCO #RightToEducation campaign

As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights marks its 70th year, UNESCO is launching a digital campaign on the #RightToEducation, a right that is at the core of its global mission to ensure equal ...

Last update 25 Mar 2019
The European Social Charter logo, three faces compose a stylized hand.
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European Social Rights Committee: the annual conclusions for 2017 reveal numerous cases of non-compliance in Italy

The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) has published its annual conclusions for 2017 on the 33 States adhering to the European Social Charter (1961) and the revised European Social Charter ...

Last update 31 Jan 2018
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Council of Europe presents “Turin Process”, a film on the European Social Charter

The Council of Europe has produced the film “Turin Process” with the aim of promoting the European Social Charter. The film has been made in the framework of the Turin process for ...

Last update 18 Aug 2017
Black and white photo - an adult and child's hands holding a small house made of cardboard
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Human Rights Centre: Seminar with Prof. Jessica Whyte "A Right to a Standard of Living: Social and Economic Rights and the Rise of Neoliberalism" 14th June 2017

On Wednesday 14th June, 2017, the University of Padova Human Rights Centre will host a seminar with Professor Jessica Whyte from Western Sydney University. The seminar takes place within the field ...

Last update 8 Jun 2017
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European Committee of Social Rights: four collective complaints against Italy presented

Between February and March 2017, four collective complaints against Italy were made to the European Committee of Social Rights.  Three of the collective complaints claim that Italy violated ...

Last update 7 Jun 2017
United Nations Geneva
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Statement released on Human Rights Defenders and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

A statement on Human Rights Defenders and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was released by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). The statement highlights 8 points of ...

Last update 6 Apr 2017
Venice Academy of Human Rights 2017 - Economic, social, cultural rights as an answer to rising inequalities programme
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Venice Academy of Human Rights 2017: applications now open

Applications for the Venice Academy of Human Rights Summer School, which will be held from the 3rd-12th July 2017 are open. This year’s theme is “Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as ...

Last update 9 Feb 2017
European Committee of social rights, group picture of the Committee's members, 2011
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European Committee of Social Rights: The decision on the merits of the complaint Associazione Nazionale Giudici di Pace v. Italy, n°102/2013 is now public

The decision of the European Committee of Social Rights on the merits of the complaint Associazione Nazionale Giudici di Pace v. Italy (n° 102/2013) became public on 16 November 2016. In this ...

Last update 17 Jan 2017
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European Social Charter: a compliant against Italy for inequal economic treatment between women and men

University Women of Europe (UWE), an association engaged in the European context for women's rights, has filled collective complaints against 15 countries for the alleged violations of the ...

Last update 24 Nov 2016
Maheela Adharshila Saving & Credit Cooperative
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The human rights students of the University of Padova in Nepal for the Winter School "Microfinance in Action"

The Winter School “Microfinance in Action”, promoted by the the Human Rights Centre and the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies (SPGI) of the University of ...

Last update 26 Mar 2019
Campaign Logo with "50th Anniversary of the Human Rights Covenants"
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United Nations: remarks by the Deputy secretary-general on the anniversary of the two Covenants, New York, 19 November 2016

The Deputy Secretary-general of the United Nations made important remarks about the role of the Covenant on civil and political rights and the Covenant on economic social and cultural rights since ...

Last update 2 Nov 2016