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A poster help up during a protest that says "hatred is virus"
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Hate Speech in the Context of Armed Conflicts

This article was prepared by Stefano Valenti as an excerpt from the master's thesis of Anastasiia Makarova, a recent graduate from the International Master's degree course in Clinical, Social and ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
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EIGE: Combating Cyber Violence against Women and Girls

According to a study carried out in 2021 and 2022 by Valdani Vicari & Associati (VVA), in collaboration with the Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services (CSES) and Milieu Consulting SPRL, ...

Last update 16 Dec 2022
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Spyware and surveillance: Threats to privacy and human rights growing, UN report warns

During the fifty-first session, the Human Rights Council enacted the Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and report of the Office of the High Commissioner and the ...

Last update 5 Nov 2022
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Human Rights Watch Report: Students privacy violated by education technology products

Human Rights Watch has recently published its report on children’s rights violations committed by governments that endorsed online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. The report is a global ...

Last update 16 Jun 2022
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Right to be forgotten for victims of image-based sexual abuse: A case of Telegram

Thi Ngoc Anh Nguyen holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. She is an International Research Fellow at the Information ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
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3 May: World Press Freedom Day

World Press Freedom Day was established by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO’s General Conference. Since that time, 3 May, the anniversary of the ...

Last update 4 May 2022
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Council of Europe: new guidelines addressing the risks of digital political campaigning

The Council of Europe issued a set of guidelines to address new challenges that come along with the dynamic development of innovative digital political communication techniques. According to the ...

Last update 20 Apr 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
The image shows a girl with the tatoo of the bodyright campaign on her arm
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UN launches the ‘Bodyright’ campaign to end rise in gender-based violence online

In December 2021, within the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) launched the campaign ‘Bodyright’, a new ...

Last update 13 Dec 2021
The image shows the shadow of a girl behind a tent
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GREVIO, General Recommendation No.1 on the digital dimension of violence against women

On 24 November 2021, the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) published its General Recommendation No.1 on the digital ...

Last update 13 Dec 2021
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The protests in Iran, Khuzestan over water shortages

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called on the Iranian authorities to concentrate on taking urgent action to address the chronic water shortage in the province ...

Last update 23 Aug 2021
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UN experts: EU must close the legal gap to protect children from sexual abuse online

The UN experts urge swift action by the European Union to reach agreement on temporary legislation to allow for the continued use of technological tools to tackle online child sexual abuse. Mama ...

Last update 16 Feb 2021
Artificial intelligence and big data
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FRA report: Getting the future right – Artificial intelligence and fundamental rights

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) recently published a new report on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on fundamental rights. The report is a part of FRA’s project on ...

Last update 7 Jan 2021
22nd EU NGO Human Rights Forum - The Impact of New Technologies on Human Rights
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22nd EU NGO Human Rights Forum - The Impact of New Technologies on Human Rights

On the 9th-10th of December 2020, the European Commission and the Human Rights and Democracy Network (EEAS) held the 22nd EU-NGO Human Rights Forum, which provided a platform for EU officials, human ...

Last update 7 Jan 2021
Logo UNIPD - Iversity Mooc
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MOOC on “Human Rights: Global & Local Protection”

On Friday, 30 January 2015, the University of Padua launches its first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the European platform iversity.org. The MOOC on ‘Human Rights: Global & Local ...

Last update 28 Mar 2019