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protester hold sign saying "end systemic racism"
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Seminal UN report offers an agenda to dismantle systemic racism

The murder of George Floyd, an African-American man, by a law enforcement official on 25 May 2020 in Minnesota, United States, sparked unprecedented worldwide protests that represented the struggle ...

Last update 19 Aug 2021
online event: no justice no peace
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ISHR online event: "No Justice, No Peace"

The International Service for Human Rights organized an online event on 7 July 2021 at 4:00 pm CEST titled "No justice, No Peace", on the UN's role in enhancing accountability for police violence ...

Last update 7 Jul 2021
Picture of the annual report 2020: Human rights at the heart of COVID-19
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Annual Report 2020 - Human rights at the heart of COVID-19 response and recovery

Discrimination and inequalities increased enormously in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic spread, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, when presenting the Annual Report of the ...

Last update 17 Jun 2021
Climate Justice Peace
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OHCHR: Fact Sheet on Human Rights and Climate Change

The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) has published a Fact Sheet on Human Rights and Climate Change, which sets out in comprehensive terms, the links between ...

Last update 28 Apr 2021
A general view of the Human Rights Council meeting
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Resolution of Human Rights Council on Situation of human rights in Belarus

The Human Rights Council adopted, at its 46th session, a resolution (draft version available) on the Situation of human rights in Belarus. The Council expressed concern at the continuing ...

Last update 7 Apr 2021
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Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights statement on the Human Rights Implications of the Crisis in Myanmar

On 1st  February 2021, Myanmar’s army staged a coup d’état in a fragile democratic transition. The military seized executive, legislative and judicial power under the state ...

Last update 23 Feb 2021
Michelle Bachelet, appointed as seventh United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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United Nations: Michelle Bachelet calls for urgent action to heighten resilience and protect people's rights.

During the 45th regular session of the Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - made her global human rights update, highlighting that “human rights ...

Last update 16 Sep 2020
United Nations Geneva
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Statement released on Human Rights Defenders and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

A statement on Human Rights Defenders and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was released by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). The statement highlights 8 points of ...

Last update 6 Apr 2017
Cover of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2011, Brussels, Peter Lang 2012
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Presentation of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights at the United Nations. Geneva, Tuesday 26th June 2012

The Italian Yearbook of Human Rights, edited by the Human Rights Centre of the University of Padova (Marsilio Editori, Peter Lang International Academic Publishers), will be presented at the Palais ...

Last update 29 Mar 2019
Logo of the Office of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR)
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International Human Rights Day 2010 – Maria Magdalena Sepulveda Carmona, UN Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty

On Friday 10 December 2010, at 9.30, at Aula Magna “G. Galilei” in the Palazzo del Bo, University of Padua, it was held a Seminar on the theme “Extreme poverty and human rights: ...

Last update 29 Jun 2012
Logo of the Office of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR)
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International Human Rights Day 2010 – Maria Magdalena SEPÚLVEDA CARMONA, UN Indipendent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty

On Friday 10 December 2010, at 9.30, at Aula Magna “G. Galilei” in the Palazzo del Bo, University of Padua, there will be a Seminar on the theme “Extreme poverty and human rights: ...

Last update 16 Dec 2010
The official logo for UN constituted by the polar stereographic projection of the globe surrounded by two laurel branches
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Collaboration with the United Nations System

The Human Rights Centre has undertaken several cooperation activities with specific bodies and agencies of the United Nations System. UNESCO In 1999, the Centre signed a Memorandum of ...

Last update 29 Mar 2019