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Logo of the EIUC, with orange figures on the left and "EIUC" written in blue on the left.
[Events and Updates]

EIUC: Venice School of Human Rights. Venice, 27 June – 6 July 2013

The Monastery of San Nicolò at the Lido of Venice will host, from 27 June to 6 July 2013 the fourth edition of the Venice School of Human Rights, a study programme managed by the European ...

Last update 9 Apr 2013
Annuario italiano dei diritti umani 2020
[Institutional Contents]

Italian Agenda of Human Rights

Starting from the 2012 edition of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Padua has proposed an Italian Agenda of Human Rights, built on the basis of ...

Last update 25 Feb 2021
[Publications]

Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2012

AA.VV. (2013)

Annuario italiano / Italian Yearbook

Last update 2 Mar 2021
[Events and Updates]

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe: presentation of the report on local and regional democracy in Italy

In the framework of the 24th session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, that took place in Strasburg from 19 to 21 March, the rapporteurs Knud Andersen and ...

Last update 10 Apr 2013
Flavia Pansieri, United Nations' Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon
[Events and Updates]

United Nations: Flavia Pansieri appointed as the new Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

On 15 March 2013, the Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, has appointed Flavia Pansieri of Italy as the new Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights. Most recently, Mrs Pansieri served as ...

Last update 22 Mar 2013
European Committee of social rights, group picture of the Committee's members, 2011
[Events and Updates]

European Social Charter: The Association for the Protection of All Children submitted collective complaint against Italy

Following the failure of Italy to adopt the necessary domestic legislation prohibiting and penalising all forms of violence against children, the Association for the Protection of All Children ...

Last update 17 Mar 2013
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, panoramic view
[Events and Updates]

Council of Europe: the PACE entrusts the Venice Commission to draft a report on media freedom in Italy

Following the approval of the resolution no. 1920, 24 January 2013, on the state of media freedom in Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has mandated the Venice ...

Last update 21 Feb 2013
Logo of Amnesty International
[Events and Updates]

Amnesty International: “Remember that you must answer. Italy and Human Rights” Campaign

A month before the national elections of 24 and 25 February 2013, Amnesty International Italy has launched the campaign "Remember that you must answer. Italy and Human Rights" submitting to leaders ...

Last update 11 Feb 2013
New residents of the Roghani Refugee Camp in Chaman, a Pakistani border town. Children and young people make up a large percentage of the population at Roghani Refugee Camp.
[Events and Updates]

Human Rights Watch: report on rejections of unaccompanied minors and asylum seekers from Italy to Greece

Human Rights Watch published a report on January 22, 2013, entitled "Turned Away: Summary Returns of Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Adult Asylum Seekers from Italy to Greece", in which it ...

Last update 10 Feb 2013
Panoramic photo of the building headquarters of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.
[Events and Updates]

European Court of Human Rights: Italy condemned in the Lombardo and Cirillo cases

On January 29 2013, the Second Section of the European Court of Human Rights issued two judgments against Italy in the cases Lombardo v. Italy (application no. 25704/11) and Cirillo v. Italy ...

Last update 10 Feb 2013
Children running on the playground
[Events and Updates]

Maria Rita Parsi elected to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

"This is another important recognition of Italy's committment to the protection of children's rights that we welcome with great satisfaction." This was the comment of the Italian Minister of Foreign ...

Last update 18 Feb 2013
Sculpture entitled "Non-Violenza" by Karl Fredrik Reutersward, situated outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
[Events and Updates]

15 December 2012: 40th anniversary of the law on conscientious objection to military service in Italy

Saturday, December 15, 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the Marcora Law (Law 772/1972) which regulated, for the first time in Italy, the conscientious objection to military service. The story of ...

Last update 18 Feb 2013
Four children laying down 4 of the 12 stars of a large representation of the flag of the European Union
[Vital Worlds in the Glocal Space]

Citizenship and Constitution: Learning EU at school (2012)

In the framework of its training programmes on human rights and European citizenship for school teachers, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Padua submitted to the European Commission the ...

Last update 5 Dec 2012
House of Representatives
[Events and Updates]

Italian Parliament: the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture (OPCAT) has been ratified

On October 24th 2012 the Bill on the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (OPCAT) was ...

Last update 31 Oct 2012
[Institutional Contents]

Presentation of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2012 at the Regional Committee for human rights and a culture of peace

Venice, Palazzo Balbi Monday, 15th October 2012, 12 p.m Press Conference Presentation of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2012 On Monday 15th October 2012, the Committee for human rights and ...

Last update 28 Mar 2019