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International Human Rights Day 2014: We have a ritght to peace
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International Human Rights Day at the University of Padua, 10 December 2014: We have a Right to Peace

University of Padua, Palazzo del Bo, Aula Magna, Wednesday 10 December 2014, at 10.30 am On 10 December 2014, the Human Rights Centre will celebrate Human Rights Day 2014, focusing on the ...

Last update 28 Mar 2019
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List of journalists murdered since Ukrainian independence

Since independence of Ukraine more than 60 journalists died, either during their professional duties or under the mysterious circumstances. Ukrainian government treats them not as performers of ...

Last update 2 Jan 2015
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Ratification status of international and European human rights treaties by Ukraine

United Nations Human Rights Treaties Signature (S); Ratification (R), Accession (A) • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; (S) 7 Sep 1956; (R) 3 Dec 1958 • ...

Last update 2 Jan 2015
Representatives of minority of Gagauz people in Ukraine.
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Minority rights

The modern Ukraine іs a multinational Country with representatives of more than 130 nationalities living in its territory. As recorded in the 2001 census, the main minority groups include Russians ...

Last update 2 Jan 2015
Ukrainian children wearing national costumes at the Independence Day celebration, 2011
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Children’s rights

Right after becoming an independent State, Ukraine has made a number of commitments to improve the wellbeing of children - particularly by the ratification of the UN Convention of the Rights of the ...

Last update 2 Jan 2015
Journalist documenting events at the Independence square during the clashes in Ukraine, Kyiv, 18 February, 2014.
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Media Freedom

During the first decade of independence, the Ukrainian media went through a period of transition from communist regime in which it established non-governmental media. Today Ukraine has legislation ...

Last update 2 Jan 2015
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Human rights NGOs in Ukraine

Below you can see some examples of the biggest Human Rights NGOs and civil society groups which are currently active in Ukraine. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group The Kharkiv Human Rights ...

Last update 2 Jan 2015
The buliding of the Parliament of Ukraine.
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The Ukrainian human rights infrastructure

Ombudsman The Ukrainian office of Parliamentary Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman) was established in 1998 in accordance with the Constitution. According to article 101 of the Constitution, the ...

Last update 2 Jan 2015
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The 'anti-democratic laws' of January 16, 2014

The Ukrainian anti-protest laws are a group of ten laws passed by the Parliament of Ukraine on January 16, 2014 and signed into law by the ex-president Viktor Yanukovych the following day-amid ...

Last update 2 Jan 2015
Black-and-white photo of Eleanor Roosevelt with a poster in hand, on which is written the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Human rights legal framework in Ukraine

The Charter of the United Nations was adopted after the Second World War to bring together international cooperation to promote universal respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all as ...

Last update 2 Jan 2015
Poster against trafficking in human beings
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TEMVI: Trafficked and Exploited Minors between Vulnerability and Illegality

The aim of the Start up Conference is to present the purpose, the objectives and the single actions foreseen by the TEMVI Project, introducing the partnership, sharing the activities among each ...

Last update 1 Jun 2016
Wide view of Hall XX, where the Human Rights Council gathers, Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 2010.
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Human Rights Council: Universal Periodic Review Working Group concludes its twentieth session

The twentieth session of the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group was held in Geneva from 27 October to 7 November 2014 during which 14 States had their human ...

Last update 13 Nov 2014
The International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC/CPI), Netherlands.
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20th anniversary of No Peace Without Justice: Challenges and Opportunities of the International Criminal Court, Rome, 13 November 2014

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of No Peace Without Justice, an international Organization founded in 1994 with the mandate of campaigning for the establishment of the ...

Last update 13 Nov 2014
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Italy has ratified the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

On 3 October 2014, Italy adopted the ratification law of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights with Law No. 152. The Protocol, which was ...

Last update 3 Dec 2014
Group shot of students and  National Civil Service volunteers  of the University of Padua in Assisi, 18 October 2014.
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Students and Volunteers of the University of Padua joined the Peace March Perugia-Assisi, 19 October 2014

A group of fifty students and National Civil Service Volunteers of the University of Padua, coordinated by the Human Rights Centre and the UNESCO Chair Human Rights, Democracy and Peace, ...

Last update 28 Mar 2019