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Logo of Italian network - in difesa di - for the human rights of Human Rights Defenders
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Padova "City in defense of": webinar "Focus on Turkey and human rights"

At 18.00 - 20.00 Zoom: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/82416504352 Live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/centrodirittiumani On 10 December 2018, with the approval of the City Council Resolution ...

Last update 30 Oct 2023
Protests in Belarus 2020
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UN experts condemn threats against women human rights defenders in Belarus

Independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council criticised Belarus for persecuting women human rights defenders in the context of the mass protests taking place in the country since ...

Last update 14 Nov 2020
Women's meeting in the Peasant Reserve Zone Perla Amazónica - Puerto Asís (Colombia)
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Women’s cuerpo-territorio: a space of domination and resistance against patriarchal extractivism

Michela Lonardi holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova - Department of Political Science, Law, and International Studies. This In ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
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Sur International Journal on Human Rights published a new edition on Human Rights Defenders

The 30th issue of Sur - International Journal on Human Rights is aimed at showing the faces and trajectories of human rights defenders and celebrating their achievements without giving up thinking ...

Last update 26 Aug 2020
Alessandro Passaro, Pausa Reiki, 2013
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Seminars “Women Peacebuilders” and “Women Human Rights Defenders”

The October 31st, 2020 is the 20th Anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which has paved the way for the development of the Women, Peace and Security agenda and today ...

Last update 8 Sep 2020
Defending tomorrow. Report. Logo
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Global Witness Annual Report on Land and Environmental Defenders: attacks are on the rise

In July 2020, Global Witness published an Annual Report on Land and Environmental Defenders. The report, entitled Defending Tomorrow, contains information regarding the situation around ...

Last update 12 Aug 2020
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Training Programme for human rights defenders. Deadline: 20 August 2020.

The Hertie School’s Executive Education is offering a long-term capacity- and alliance-building programme, entitled Recharging Advocacy for Rights in Europe. The training programme ...

Last update 5 Aug 2020
Comitato Interministeriale per i Diritti Umani
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The first edition of the CIDU Prize for Human Rights announced by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy announced the first edition of the CIDU Prize for Human Rights, destined every year to 7 candidates, among Institutions, Associations and individuals, ...

Last update 17 Jun 2020
Rapporto CIVICUS Monitor 2019
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CIVICUS: The Civic Space is severely under threat

The CIVICUS Monitor research shows that the Covid-19 pandemic has further accelerated the erosion of civic space, while health and economic concerns have taken the public stage, insidious power ...

Last update 17 Jun 2020
Coverpage of Handbook How to Use EU Law to Protect Civic Space
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ECNL launches Handbook on “How to Use EU Law to Protect Civic Space”

The European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) has released a Handbook on “How to Use EU Law to Protect Civic Space”, produced in partnership with the European Foundation Centre ...

Last update 20 May 2020
EMA students in a group picture
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EIUC: Venice School of Human Rights, Venice, 28 March - 4 April 2020

Until February 24th, applications are open to participate at the Venice School of Human Rights held by the Global Campus of Human Rights. The School takes place from March 28th to April 4th at ...

Last update 12 Feb 2020
Padova Model UPR 2019
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The United Nations # StandUp4HumanRights campaign talks about the Padova Model UPR 2019

In 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights launched the worldwide campaign "#StandUp4HumanRights" to calls on individuals and communities, especially the youth, to support, ...

Last update 25 Mar 2020
Man during Beirut protests with a flag from Lebanon
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In Lebanon, People are taking back what belongs to them: Unity, Rights, public Spaces

Suddenly, what started as a small group of people going to the street to protest against the decision of the government to put a monthly 6$ tax on calls via Internet (Whatsapp, FaceTime…), ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
A fire burns in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil
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Bachelet to the Human Rights Council on climate emergency: “The world has never seen a threat to human rights of this scope”

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, opened the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council (9-27 September) with a speech focused on the relations between climate ...

Last update 20 Sep 2019
Scholars at Risk Network
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University of Trento - Call for the selections for the awarding of no. 2 research fellowships within the "Temporary Protection Project SAR-UniTrento"

The University of Trento (Italy) takes part in the international network "Scholars at Risks" (SAR), which aims at promoting academic freedom and at providing support for scholars worldwide who are ...

Last update 11 Sep 2019