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A session of the UN Security Council (2009), the participants seated around a circular table.
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United Nations: Italy elected as a non-permanent Member of the Security Council

On the 28th of June, the General Assembly of the United Nations elected 5 non-permanent member countries of the Security Council of the United Nations for a period of two years, starting from 1 ...

Last update 5 Jul 2016
Logo of the Foundation Paz sin fronteras
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Peace has your signature: Foundation Peace Without Borders launched a petition for the right to peace

Foundation Peace Without Borders (Paz Sin Fronteras) launched the “Peace has your signature” initiative. It consists of a petition to demand to the UN Human Rights Council to adopt a ...

Last update 28 Mar 2019
HRG students at the 25th session of the Universal Periodic Review
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Study Trip to the International Organizations in Geneva A.Y. 2015/2016

Study trip to Geneva for the students of the Master Degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance From 8 to 12 May 2016, the students of the Master Degree in Human Rights and Multi-level ...

Last update 4 Jun 2020
External view of the Palace of Nations in Geneva. A globe stands in front of the Palace, the work of sculptor Paul Manship, a metal sphere, the inside of which contains figures representing the zodiac weaved with one another.
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8th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, Geneva, 18-20 July 2016

The Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and other partners, is organizing ...

Last update 1 May 2016
Dr. Giampiero Griffo, European Disability Forum
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The shadow report in Italy: the civil society participation on monitoring UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Conference by Dr Giampiero Griffo, March 14th, Aula Nievo, Palazzo Bo, University of Padua

The MA Degree Programme in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance has organized a meeting with Dr Giampiero Griffo, Board member of the European Disability Forum. After a brief introduction given ...

Last update 15 Mar 2016
Filippo Grandi
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United Nations: Filippo Grandi of Italy is the new High Commissioner for Refugees

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, following consultations with the Chairs of Member States regional groups, informed the General Assembly of his intention to appoint Filippo Grandi ...

Last update 4 Dec 2015
Passes for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Geneva Study Trip 2015

From September 20th to 24th 2015, the students of the Master Degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance, divided in two groups with parallel thematic programs, had the opportunity to meet ...

Last update 10 Dec 2015
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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2015

AA.VV. (2015)

Annuario italiano / Italian Yearbook

Last update 2 Mar 2021
Children at their school desks in an elementary school in Nepal.
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November 20th: Italy celebrates Universal Children’s Day

With Resolution 836(IX) of December 14th 1954, the United Nations General Assembly declared November 20th the Universal Children’s Day, recalling the adoption of the UN Convention on the ...

Last update 30 Nov 2015
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Italy ratifies the Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

On November 4th 2015 the Italian Parliament approved the ratification of the Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Protocol, adopted by the United Nations General ...

Last update 18 Nov 2015
The official logo for UN constituted by the polar stereographic projection of the globe surrounded by two laurel branches
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Federico Mayor and Roberto Savio: for a global threat, a global response is essential

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks that hit Paris on Friday 13 November 2015, the web portal ‘Other News’ has published a short article by Federico Mayor, former General Director ...

Last update 15 Nov 2015
International Peace Bureau Annual Conference on the 70th anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter, musical performance by the Concentus Musicus Patavinus
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Peace Paths, Padua, Italy, 23-25 october 2015

International Peace Bureau Annual Conference on the 70th anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter.

Last update 10 Nov 2015
International Peace Bureau Annual Conference on the 70th anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter, musical performance by the Concentus Musicus Patavinus
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Peace Paths

International Peace Bureau Annual Conference on the 70th anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter, Padua, Italy, 23-25 October 2015

Last update 19 Apr 2016
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Carta delle Nazioni Unite e armi nucleari

Alessandro Pascolini (2015)

Human Rights Academic Voice

Last update 30 May 2019