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Human rights cities in the European Union - practical guide for local authorities

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has issued a guide “Human rights cities in the European Union” to support local authorities in making human rights part of ...

Last update 4 May 2022
Gambian defendant Bai Lowe at the Celle Higher Regional Court in Celle, Germany, on Monday, April 25, 2022.
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The First German Trial for Crimes Against Humanity Committed in Gambia

On Wednesday, 25 April 2022, began the main hearing of the first German trial for crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Gambia. The trial is expected to shed light on the political ...

Last update 28 Apr 2022
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FRA welcomes its renewed regulation

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) accepts the amendment of its founding Regulation, adopted by the Council of the European Union on April 5, 2022, following the European ...

Last update 20 Apr 2022
To The Righthouse - Podcast Sessions
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Global Campus of Human Rights: ‘To The Righthouse’ podcast series

The Global Campus of Human Rights (GCHR) started a new initiative - a podcast series ‘To the Righthouse’, which is a platform to discuss human rights from multiple points of ...

Last update 4 Apr 2022
Council of Europe calls on states to support quality journalism: new guidelines
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Council of Europe calls on states to support quality journalism: new guidelines

On 17 March 2022, the Council of Europe adopted a Recommendation on promoting a favourable environment for quality journalism in the digital age (CM/Rec(2022)4). The CoE called upon its ...

Last update 22 Mar 2022
Front Line Defenders - Global Analysis 2021
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Front line defenders: Global Analysis 2021

On February 23rd the Front Line Defenders published its Global Analysis on the situation of human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk around the world.  The Global Analysis provides a ...

Last update 16 Mar 2022
United Nation's poster for the International Women's Day of 2022. The image shows a group of women hugging each other and forming a circle on a green background; on the right side there is the phrase "Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow"
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8th March 2022 - International Women’s Day

In light of the 8th March, the day designated by the United Nations as International Women’s Day, several events have been organised by the Comune di Padova (municipality of Padua) to raise ...

Last update 8 Mar 2022
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Global Campus of Human Rights: High-level Lecture on Human Rights in Afghanistan, Friday 11th March

The Global Campus of Human Rights cordially invites you to a High-level Lecture on Human Rights in Afghanistan organized jointly with the Human Rights Centre at the University of Padova and ...

Last update 8 Mar 2022
Cover photo: A protester released from prison after three weeks of detention is reunited with her mother in Yangon, Myanmar, March 24, 2021. The three-finger salute, adapted from “The Hunger Games,” is a widely used sign of civil disobedience.
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World report 2022: Annual Review of global Human Rights

The Human Rights Watch has issued its 32nd annual review of global human rights trends - World Report 2022, which covered human rights developments and concerns in over 100 countries. In his ...

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
Poster of the Seminar of study and reflection: La cura del mondo, oggi e domani
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Seminar of study and reflection: La cura del mondo, oggi e domani

100 years since the birth of Father Ernesto Balducci On the 60th anniversary of the Perugi-Assisi March for Peace and Fraternity On the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the Human Rights Centre ...

Last update 9 Feb 2022
EMA students in a group picture
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EMA: call for applications for the academic year 2022/2023

Admissions to the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation for the academic year 2022/2023 are now open! Deadlines for applications: Non-EU and scholarship applicants: ...

Last update 27 Jan 2022
The United Nations Human Right Council in session.
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Let’s talk about Human Rights Careers: “Making the hobby of the few the responsibility of the many.”, February 4, 2022

The UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Human Security of the University of Graz organizes an online networking event for students of all disciplines, young professionals and career beginners ...

Last update 24 Jan 2022
Cover of the report Freedom on the Net 2021 by Freedom House
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Freedom House: report Freedom on the Net 2021

The new report by Freedom House, Freedom on the Net 2021, has now been published. In its key findings, the report underlines that global internet freedom declined for the 11th consecutive year. A ...

Last update 17 Jan 2022
Refugees and migrants crossing Macedonia.
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World Migration Report 2022

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been producing world migration reports since 2000. Due to the complex nature of global migration, it is difficult to understand and regulate ...

Last update 28 Dec 2021