© Università degli Studi di Padova - Credits: HCE Web agency
UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk urged the Bangladesh Government to disclose details about last week's crackdown on protests. Reports indicate that over 170 people were killed, over a ...
Hong Kong has long been considered a bastion of free speech in Asia, a unique position maintained even after the 1997 handover to China under the "one country, two systems" framework. However, in ...
The University of Padova has allocated 200,000 euros in scholarships for students and lecturers at Palestinian universities affected by the conflict in the Gaza Strip. This decision, made ...
In Georgia, a new Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence has been adopted. The law on foreign agents' influence requires media, NGOs and non-profit organizations to declare that they are pursuing ...
Beatriz Ribeiro da Silva holds a Bachelor's Degree in Languages and International Relations from the University of Porto, and she is currently a Master's student in Human Rights and Multi-Level ...
All over the world, large demonstrations are taking place to call for the way of peace and demand an end to the war that began on 7 October 2023 with Hamas' attack on Israel. A crackdown on these ...
According to the Freedom House 2024 report, in 2023, there was a drop and a deterioration in global freedom for the 18th year in a row. Just 21 countries saw gains in civil freedoms and political ...
Dunja Mijatović, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a new report on the migration and asylum, women’s rights and gender equality situation in Italy, following her ...
Deri Ronan is a student of the Master's Degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance who took part in the project "Transforming the future: young people, women and students in dialogue for ...
UNESCO has issued a report calling for greater protection for artists caught up in armed conflict, political instability, and natural disasters. The report, titled "Defending Creative Voices," ...
According to the United Nations’ culture agency (UNESCO) the number of journalists killed worldwide increased from 55 killings of 2021 to 86. UNESCO pointed out that journalists suffer attacks ...
The Council of Europe has issued a set of guidelines to its 46 member states aimed at preventing and combating online and offline hate speech. In a Recommendation adopted during its annual session ...
To celebrate eight centuries of commitment to the protection and promotion of academic freedom and to revive such commitment the University of Padova, in collaboration with Scholars at Risk (SAR) ...
UNESCO and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, have organized a high-level panel discussion with Presidents and Chief Justices of Regional Human Rights Courts on freedom of expression and the ...
The European Commission is taking action to improve the protection of journalists and human rights defenders from abusive court proceedings. On 27 April 2022, the Commission proposed a ...
