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Workers are seen during a tour at the construction site of the Al Bayt Stadium and the workers accommodation on January 9, 2017 in Doha, Qatar.
[Events and Updates]

Amnesty International to FIFA: Time to compensate migrant workers in Qatar.

Recently, Amnesty International readdressed the issue of abuse of migrant workers’ rights in Qatar, the host of 2022 men’s football World Cup. Migrant workers make up more than 90% of ...

Last update 16 Jun 2022
Michelle Bachelet (on screen), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the 30th Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the “Grave Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem”, at Palais des Natio
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Human Rights Council Establishes International Commission of Inquiry to Investigate Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel

On 27 May 2021, the Human Rights Council (HRC) established an international commission of inquiry to investigate violations leading up to and since 13 April 2021and all underlying root causes of ...

Last update 3 Jun 2021
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Call for applications for the MA in North African and Middle Eastern Studies (N.A.M.E.S): deadline 31 May 2021

The MA program in NAMES at Al Akhawayn University is an intensive one-year program that takes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of North Africa and the Middle East. The MA offers students a ...

Last update 18 Mar 2021
Yemen Arms Remnant made in Italy
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Human rights and international arms trade: RWM Italia’s involvement in the Yemen Conflict

Sofia Pieretti holds a Master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. This article is an excerpt from her Master thesis, discussed in March ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Soulaf Abas, 249, 250, 251, 252, oil on canvas. 12"x 16", 2013
[Events and Updates]

Photography exhibition “Codename: Caesar. Syrian detainees – victims of torture” at the Human Rights Centre

The inauguration of the exhibition "Codename: Caesar. Syrian detainees - victims of torture" will take place at the University Human Rights Centre on Thursday 16th March 2017, at 17.00.  The ...

Last update 14 Mar 2017
Arab League
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Islamic Documents on Human Rights

One of the most important outcome originated from the increasing debate on Islam and human rights and the gradual emergence of “progressive Islam” is represented by the elaboration of ...

Last update 26 Jul 2016
Muslim Women in Prayer
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Islam and Human Rights

The relationship between Islam and human rights represents a crucial challenge for the contemporary human rights discourse. Current international events have progressively made this issue extremely ...

Last update 4 Aug 2016
The Prisoners and the Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Women, Religion and Human Rights in Iran, 13 May 2016, Human Rights Centre, Padova
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The Prisoners and the Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Women, Religion and Human Rights in Iran

Padova, Human Rights Centre Friday, 13 May 2016, 10.30 AM Seminar with Farkhondeh Ashena, Iranian Human Rights Activist Thirty-seven years after the establishment of the Islamic ...

Last update 5 Mar 2019
[Publications]

L’ispezione ONU su attacchi chimici in Siria alla luce delle norme internazionali

Alessandro Pascolini (2013)

Human Rights Academic Voice

Last update 30 May 2019
Sculpture made of small caliber weapons, used as raw material to educative laboratories for trainee blacksmiths, from the exposition "To Be Deter-mined/At Arms Length", promoted by the Cambodian government in cooperation with the European Union (1998).
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National Human Rights Institutions in the Arab League member States

This file provides an overview of the national human rights institutions operating in the Arab League member States, accredited (or not) at the International Coordinating Committee of National ...

Last update 26 Sep 2013
Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) addressing the Summit of the League of Arab States, in Algiers. The Secretary-General visited Algeria to attend the Summit of the League of Arab States. Also present is Amre Moussa (center), Secretary-General of the Lea
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Arab League Summits dealing with human rights

This in-depth file reviews some of the major Arab League Summits since the creation of the organization, specifically those that deal with human rights, giving an overview of the discussions, the ...

Last update 26 Sep 2013
The official flag of the League of Arab States
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Arab League presentation - infrastructure

The principal Arab League institutions are: The Council of the League, The Secretariat General, The Joint defence Council, The Economic and Social Council, The Committees, The Council The ...

Last update 26 Sep 2013
[Publications]

Breaking the Cycle: The Sanctity of Human Rights amidst Atrocities

Zaid Eyadat (2011)

Articolo / Saggio

Last update 9 Jan 2014
[Publications]

Beirut’s Sunset: Civil War, Right to the Truth and Public Remembrance

Gianluca Siega Battel (2011)

Articolo / Saggio

Last update 9 Jan 2014
Logo EUROMED for the initiatives promoted in the framework of the Barcelona Process in the Euromediterranean Region
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Anna Lindh Foundation: Meeting of the High Level Advisory Group for a Renewed Strategy of Intercultural Dialogue in the Emerging Mediterranean. Brussels 22 November 2011

On the 22nd November the Anna Lindh Foundation is organising the Meeting of the High Level Advisory Group for a Renewed Strategy of Intercultural Dialogue in the Emerging Mediterranean at the ...

Last update 21 Nov 2011