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Inequality gap and its effects against the backdrop of Covid-19
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Oxfam Report: The unprecedented inequality in the wake of Covid-19

Oxfam International recently published a briefing paper -- Inequality kills: the unparalleled action needed to combat unprecedented inequality in the wake of COVID-19. It highlighted the increasing ...

Last update 2 Mar 2022
Tent city of San Ferdinando, Calabria region, built next to the previous slum where hundreds of migrant workers lived
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Global Campus of Human Rights: MOOC on Socio-Economic Justice through Human Rights

The Global Campus of Human Rights launched a new MOOC on Socio-Economic Justice through Human Rights. This MOOC explores current developments in implementing economic and social rights and their ...

Last update 18 Feb 2022
Flyer: International Conference on Climate Justice, 27/10/2021
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Centre of Excellence Jean Monnet of the University of Padova: International Conference on Climate Justice, 27 October 2021 from 4:30 to 7:30 PM. Registration open!

On Wednesday 27th October 2021 from 4:30 to 7:30 PM, the Centre of Excellence Jean Monnet of the University of Padua, coordinated by professor Massimo De Marchi, will host an online International ...

Last update 26 Oct 2021
festival sviluppo sostenibile 2018
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Sustainable Development Festival 2021

From September 28, to October 14 2021, the University of Padua will participate in the fifth edition of the Sustainable Development Festival, which is promoted by The Italian Alliance for ...

Last update 14 Sep 2021
Comitato europeo dei diritti sociali: conclusioni 2020 relative a impiego, formazione e pari oportunità
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European Committee of Social Rights: 2020 conclusions on employment, training and equal opportunities

The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) published its 2020 conclusions on the provisions of the European Social Charter:  the right to work (Article 1); the right to vocational ...

Last update 4 Apr 2021
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United Nations: “Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2021”

The United Nations Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development has released the Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2021 (FSDR). The report draws attention to the risk of losing ...

Last update 4 Apr 2021
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Human Rights Council: building better policies will break the cycles of poverty and inequality

During the Human Rights Council Social Forum, held on 8 and 9 October in Geneva, the world leaders gathered together in order to discuss the “Good Practices, Success Stories, Lessons Learned ...

Last update 9 Nov 2020
Panoramic view of Lake Charvak, a huge artificial reservoir created by erecting a stone dam on the Chirchiq River - 
Uzbekistan, Mountain, Tourist, Nature, Camping
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Selected Problems of Implementation of the Espoo Convention: On the Example of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Ekaterina Molodtsova holds a Master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. This article is an excerpt from her Master thesis, discussed in March ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Cover Peace Human Rights Governance Journal PHRG - 2017
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PHRG - Peace Human Rights Governance: the July issue is out

The second issue of 2020 of the University of Padova Human Rights Centre's scientific journal, Peace Human Rights Governance (PHRG), has just been released (PHRG 4(2), July 2020). The issue ...

Last update 22 Jul 2020
Chinese temple
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China Going Global: What are the Risks for International Human Rights?

Muris Hodzic holds a master's degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance & International Relations obtained in the framework of the double degree programme established between the ...

Last update 4 Oct 2019
Centenary International Labour Conference
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ILO: a new Convention and Recommendation to combat violence and harassment in the workplace have been adopted

On the occasion of the Centenary International Labour Conference, held from 10 to 21 June 2019 in Geneva, a new Convention and accompanying Recommendation to combat violence and harassment in the ...

Last update 30 Jul 2019
Cover of the Coalition for Human Rights in Development's report called “Uncalculated Risks. Threats and attacks against human rights defenders and the role of development financiers”
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Coalition for Human Rights in Development: the report “Uncalculated Risks. Threats and attacks against human rights defenders and the role of development financiers” has been published

The Coalition for Human Rights in Development and the Defenders in Development Campaign have published “Uncalculated Risks. Threats and attacks against human rights defenders and the role of ...

Last update 5 Jul 2019
Group of Nepali women at a training on the cultivation of mushrooms.
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Microfinance and women’s empowerment in Nepal

Martina Giulia Daelli holds a master's degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. She is currently a trainee at the Italian Sustainable Investment Forum in ...

Last update 27 Aug 2019
Professor  Roberto De Vogli giving the pennant of the University of Padua to Susan George
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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): dangerous to our health? University of Padova, May 4, 2016

Susan George, American and French political and social scientist, activist and writer on global social justice, Third World poverty, underdevelopment and debt. President of the Transnational ...

Last update 6 May 2016
A sign with the text "Conseil de l'Europe" in French, with the flags of some member states hanging above.
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European Committee of Social Rights: updates on collective complaints submitted against Italy

The following are the latest updates on some collective complaints against Italy, lodged to the European Committee of Social Rights, that is a Committee composed of 15 independent experts whose ...

Last update 23 Jan 2015