In Focus

African woman in the countryside with goats.

Towards a climate migration governance: the new challenge of the 21st century

The acknowledgement of human mobility due to climate change is a recent achievement. Since 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...


Created on: 06/06/2019 - Last Update: 18/6/2019
Group of Nepali women at a training on the cultivation of mushrooms.

Microfinance and women’s empowerment in Nepal

Women around the world suffer multiple forms of discrimination: they constitute the 70% of the world poor and face barriers...


Created on: 30/05/2019 - Last Update: 30/5/2019
Mother with children in a Cambodian house.

Cambodia, EBA and the Bloody Sugar Industry: the impact of international trade on local communities’ food security

In our globalised world, trade has almost no limits and what we find on our table (most of the times!)...


Created on: 10/05/2019 - Last Update: 10/5/2019
Interreligious Dialogue

Interreligious Dialogue

The file sheds light on some of the most meaningful initiatives elaborated by international and regional organizations, religious associations, churches...


Created on: 18/07/2016 - Last Update: 18/7/2016
Arab League

Islamic Documents on Human Rights

The file analyses the three main documents on Islam and human rights elaborated by both nongovernmental and intergovernmental organisations within...


Created on: 18/07/2016 - Last Update: 18/7/2016
Muslim Women in Prayer

Islam and Human Rights

The file analyses the relationship between Islam and the human rights discourse. This relationship represents a crucial challenge for the...


Created on: 18/07/2016 - Last Update: 18/7/2016
Buddhist Monk

Buddhism and Human Rights

The file analyses the relationship between Buddhism and human rights, dealing with both resonances and areas of concern. The academic...


Created on: 18/07/2016 - Last Update: 18/7/2016
Cross of Saint Benedict

Catholicism and Human Rights

The file aims to shed a light on the dynamic relationship between Catholicism and the human rights paradigm. This relationship...


Created on: 18/07/2016 - Last Update: 18/7/2016
Map of Europe

Religion and the European Human Rights Standards

The file analyses the place of religious rights and freedoms in the European human rights framework. It deals with the...


Created on: 18/07/2016 - Last Update: 18/7/2016
International conference “Religions and Human Rights”, Padua (Italy), April 14-15, 2016

Religion and the International Human Rights Standards

The file analyses the place of religious rights and freedoms in the international human rights system. It deals with the...


Created on: 14/07/2016 - Last Update: 14/7/2016
National banners of the Member States of the UNO (United Nations Organization) outside the UN Headquarters.

Religion and the Human Rights Machinery

The protection and promotion of religious rights and liberties at the national, regional and international level is overseen by a...


Created on: 14/07/2016 - Last Update: 14/7/2016
Representatives of minority of Gagauz people in Ukraine.

Minority rights

This in-depth file provides information about the human rights situation of persons belonging to national minorities in Ukraine. Based on...


Created on: 25/11/2014 - Last Update: 25/11/2014
Ukrainian children wearing national costumes at the Independence Day celebration, 2011

Children’s rights

The information provided in this file is based on the reports of the Committee on the Rights of the Child...


Created on: 25/11/2014 - Last Update: 25/11/2014
Journalist documenting events at the Independence square during the clashes in Ukraine, Kyiv, 18 February, 2014.

Media Freedom

This in-depth file provides a brief overview of the situation of media freedom in Ukraine based on the reports of...


Created on: 25/11/2014 - Last Update: 25/11/2014
Flag of Ukraine

Human rights NGOs in Ukraine

This file introduces the main Ukrainian NGOs and groups dealing with human rights, provides a brief information about their activities...


Created on: 25/11/2014 - Last Update: 25/11/2014