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An activist holds anti-death penalty signs outside the US Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.
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United Nations: Volker Türk voices regret over first ever execution by nitrogen suffocation

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk expressed profound regret over the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith in Alabama, marking the first-ever use of nitrogen asphyxiation for capital punishment in ...

Last update 18 Feb 2024
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Council of Europe: Michael O’Flaherty elected as the new Commissioner for Human Rights

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected Michael O'Flaherty as the new Commissioner for Human Rights with 104 votes in favor. His term of office will last six years, beginning ...

Last update 18 Feb 2024
Human Rights Watch has recently published its World Report 2024, highlighting some very important themes in the human rights field, mainly selective outrage, transactional diplomacy, the alarming reach of transnational repression, and rule of law.
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Human Rights Watch: World Report 2024

Human Rights Watch has recently published its World Report 2024, highlighting some very important themes in the human rights field, mainly selective outrage, transactional diplomacy, the alarming ...

Last update 18 Feb 2024
UNNews: Airstrikes destroy buildings in the Gaza Strip
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The death toll in Gaza has surpassed 25,000 people

United Nations humanitarian workers have disclosed that the number of casualties in Gaza has now exceeded 25,000 since the outbreak of war on October 7th. The UN Office for the Coordination of ...

Last update 1 Feb 2024
WHO: Surgeons operate on a patient at Al-Quds hospital in Gaza
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UNOCHA: Aid mission denials are latest threat to Gaza’s hospitals

The repeated refusals by Israeli authorities to permit UN aid teams to deliver needed humanitarian relief inside Gaza have had severe consequences, isolating five hospitals in the northern region ...

Last update 19 Jan 2024
Universal Civilian Service at the Human Rights Center: call for applications open for the project "SCU and sustainability: human rights, environment and digital technologies"
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Universal Civil Service at the Human Rights Center: call for applications open for the project "UCS and sustainability: human rights, environment and digital technologies"

Italian version The Human Rights Center "Antonio Papisca" launches the new Universal Civil Service 2024 project "UCS and sustainability: human rights, environment and digital technologies" ("SCU e ...

Last update 1 Feb 2024
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European Parliament: 2023 Sakharov Prize to Jina Mahsa Amini and Iranian women protest movement

The 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, the annual prize by the European Parliament, was awarded to Jina Mahsa Amini and the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement in Iran, announced by ...

Last update 19 Jan 2024
Giornata Internazionale dei Diritti Umani 2023 "Riprendiamo in mano la bussola dei diritti umani", nel 75° ANNIVERSARIO DELLA DICHIARAZIONE UNIVERSALE DEI DIRITTI UMANI (1948 – 2023), Università degli Studi di Padova, Palazzo Bo | Aula Magna “Galileo Gali
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International Human Rights Day 2023 "Let's take back the compass of human rights”

75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (1948 - 2023) Human Rights Day 2023 Let's take back THE COMPASS OF HUMAN RIGHTS  National Conference University of Padova ...

Last update 5 Aug 2024
The ABL and borderization at Khurvaleti village between Georgia and South Ossetia
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Between Conflict and Silence: A Human Rights Analysis of Freedom of Expression in South Ossetia

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 ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Padova Model UPR23 Group photo
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The 6th edition of the Padova Model UPR has ended

The 6th edition of the Padova Model UPR, held from 20 to 24 November 2022, came to its conclusion. The event was organised by an international team of students and former delegates, with the support ...

Last update 29 Nov 2023
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FRA: Children who fled Ukraine face rights challenges in the EU

The EU Fundamental Rights Agency's (FRA) latest bulletin focuses on the impact of the massive displacement caused by Russia's aggression against Ukraine, particularly on the 1.3 million children ...

Last update 9 Nov 2023
Rohingya refugees walk across the Balukhali settlement in Bangladesh's Cox Bazar district.
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The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) concerned for the more than 114 million people displaced by war

The multiple wars going on worldwide, such as in Ukraine, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Myanmar, as well as crises of different nature in Somalia and Afghanistan, are causing concern ...

Last update 9 Nov 2023
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Global Campus of Human Rights: Venice School for Human Rights Defenders 2024

The Venice School for Human Rights Defenders will take place in Venice, at the Global Campus of Human Rights Headquarters, from 9 to 16 March 2024. The training programme is organized by the Global ...

Last update 24 Nov 2023
Children will too often fall victim to the hunger and poverty of underdevelopment. This is especially true for indigenous children who live in rural areas in Latin American countries, isolated from other national communities.  Many United Nations programm
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ILO: Indigenous children at high risk of being in child labour

A recent analysis by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has shed light on the connection between child labour and the exclusion of indigenous children from education, highlighting the ...

Last update 1 Nov 2023
Families flee their shattered neighbourhood, Tal al-Hawa, to seek refuge in the southern Gaza strip.
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"Gaza is running out of time" UN experts demand ceasefire to avert genocide

"Gaza is running out of time," UN experts warn, calling for a cease-fire to prevent genocide of Palestinians, following Gaza's repeated attacks by the Israeli military, prompting urgent calls for ...

Last update 8 Nov 2023