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UN News: Women in Afghanistan say they fear arrest, according to a new report by IOM, UN Women and UNAMA.
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United Nations: Drastic erosion of women’s rights in Afghanistan continues

According to a recent multi-agency UN report, Afghan women are facing increased fears of arrest, harassment, and additional restrictions whenever the Taliban announces new decrees. The report, based ...

Last update 12 Mar 2024
UN News: A mother-of-nine, who is suffering from malnutrition herself, cooks a meal for her children in an IDP camp in Aden, Yemen.
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Yemen: Recent progress overshadowed by fallout from attacks on Gaza, UN envoy reports

The UN Special Envoy on Yemen, Hans Grundberg, highlighted the deepening complexity of the Yemen crisis amid reverberations from the Gaza attacks and Red Sea escalation. Despite ongoing mediation ...

Last update 6 Mar 2024
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UNDP: new report on the effects of the war in Ukraine on the people

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Human Impact Assessment (HIA) have launched a report about the effects of the war in Ukraine on the people living in the country. Health, education, ...

Last update 17 Jul 2023
Nothing to cure: stop 'conversion therapies' for LGBTI+ people
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Council of Europe: Nothing to cure - stop 'conversion therapies' for LGBTI+ people

SOGIE conversion practices (also known as 'conversion therapies') aim to change or suppress a person's sexual orientation, gender identity or expression when they do not conform to the perceived ...

Last update 27 Mar 2023
Black woman smiling
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OHCHR: New #FightRacism campaign - Learn, Speak up, Act!

To mark Nelson Mandela International Day (July 18), the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michele Bachelet, launches the biennial campaign against racism "Learn, Speak up, Act" and ...

Last update 17 Aug 2022
Afghan women protesting
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Executive Director a.i. of UN Women stands in solidarity with Afghan women

Regarding the current Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, on 9 September, Ms. Pramila Patten, the Executive Director of UN Women, made a statement in solidarity with Afghan women. Ms. Patten ...

Last update 21 Oct 2021
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EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and Council of Europe: Strengthening human rights protection at borders

A new joint EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and Council of Europe note was released recently. The note focuses on effective remedies for human rights violations at the European borders. It ...

Last update 15 Jul 2021
Woman Swiping the floor
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10 years on, domestic workers still fight for equality and decent work

Domestic workers are still fighting for recognition as workers and essential service providers even ten years after the adoption of a historic International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention that ...

Last update 27 Jun 2021
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FRA published the Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration

One day before the International Migrant Day, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights published the third edition of the Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and ...

Last update 7 Jan 2021
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
United Nations General Assembly
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We, Human Rights

  Sala dei Giganti, University of Padova Palazzo Liviano - Piazza Capitaniato Tuesday 13 December 2016, 9 p.m.   The event is open to the public.   “Anywhere life ...

Last update 12 Mar 2019
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Diritti umani e Obiettivi di Sviluppo del Millennio: sradicare la povertà

Marco Aquini (2011)

Articolo / Saggio

Last update 9 Jan 2014
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L'insegnamento della Chiesa ortodossa russa su dignità, libertà, diritti umani

Kristina Stoeckl (2011)

Articolo / Saggio

Last update 9 Jan 2014
The "Pietà Rondanini", detail of the Antonio Papisca's "The Law of Human Dignity" coverbook, 2010
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The Law of Human Dignity: just published the latest book by Prof. A. Papisca

  Marsilio Publishing (Venice), has just released the new book by Professor Antonio Papisca, UNESCO Chair "Democracy, Human Rights and Peace" of the University of Padua. The book is entitled ...

Last update 29 Jan 2011