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Da sinistra: Alessandro Pascolini, Marco Mascia, Cesare Maria Ragaglini, Silvia Fattore, Antonio Papisca, Stefano Beltrame
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The Human Rights Centre welcomes Ambassador Cesare Maria Ragaglini, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations in New York

The Human Rights Centre of the University of Padua received on Tuesday, 18 December 2012, a pleasant visit from the Ambassador Cesare Maria Ragaglini, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United ...

Last update 28 Mar 2019
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Participatory Democracy for Global Governance

Marco Mascia (2012)

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Last update 18 Feb 2013
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A Value-Driven European Future

Léonce Bekemans (2012)

Volume

Last update 18 Feb 2013
Logo of the EIUC, with orange figures on the left and "EIUC" written in blue on the left.
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EIUC is looking for two E.MA Fellows 2013/2014

The European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) is looking to appoint two highly qualified individuals as E.MA Fellows for the 2013/2014 academic year in ...

Last update 21 Feb 2013
Sculpture entitled "Non-Violenza" by Karl Fredrik Reutersward, situated outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
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15 December 2012: 40th anniversary of the law on conscientious objection to military service in Italy

Saturday, December 15, 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the Marcora Law (Law 772/1972) which regulated, for the first time in Italy, the conscientious objection to military service. The story of ...

Last update 18 Feb 2013
Children running on the playground
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Maria Rita Parsi elected to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

"This is another important recognition of Italy's committment to the protection of children's rights that we welcome with great satisfaction." This was the comment of the Italian Minister of Foreign ...

Last update 18 Feb 2013
The Under-Secretary-General of Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel Patricia O'Brien speaking at the ceremony of the Treaty Event 2009 that ratified the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights welcomes the upcoming entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the UN Covenant on economic, social and cultural rights

On 6 February 2013, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navy Pillay, greets the upcoming entering into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and ...

Last update 14 Feb 2013
An anti-trafficking poster at the Helsinki Fair Centre on 30 November 2008, where preparations are under way for the 16th OSCE Ministerial Council on 4-5 December.
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Italy: OSCE Special Representative held a seminar on preventing Human Trafficking in Mediterranean Region

More than 100 governmental and non-governmental representatives from the Mediterranean Countries were presents on February 8 in Rome for assisting the seminar held by OSCE Special Representative and ...

Last update 13 Feb 2013
Logo of Amnesty International
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Amnesty International: “Remember that you must answer. Italy and Human Rights” Campaign

A month before the national elections of 24 and 25 February 2013, Amnesty International Italy has launched the campaign "Remember that you must answer. Italy and Human Rights" submitting to leaders ...

Last update 11 Feb 2013
New residents of the Roghani Refugee Camp in Chaman, a Pakistani border town. Children and young people make up a large percentage of the population at Roghani Refugee Camp.
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Human Rights Watch: report on rejections of unaccompanied minors and asylum seekers from Italy to Greece

Human Rights Watch published a report on January 22, 2013, entitled "Turned Away: Summary Returns of Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Adult Asylum Seekers from Italy to Greece", in which it ...

Last update 10 Feb 2013
Panoramic photo of the building headquarters of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.
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European Court of Human Rights: Italy condemned in the Lombardo and Cirillo cases

On January 29 2013, the Second Section of the European Court of Human Rights issued two judgments against Italy in the cases Lombardo v. Italy (application no. 25704/11) and Cirillo v. Italy ...

Last update 10 Feb 2013
Voting at the Human Rights Council on the topic of religious slander.
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UN Human Rights Council: rescheduled the Universal Periodic Review of Israel

The January 29 2013 session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which was to be devoted to the review of Israel before the Working Group of the Human Rights Council, has been suspended for ...

Last update 6 Feb 2013
The second edition of the 2012 UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp (YLC), United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP), Germany, 2012
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Course on "Sport and human rights in the European Union law" at the University of Padua within the Jean Monnet Program of the European Commission

Sport and physical education are excellent means to promote education, health and environmental protection, development and peace, as well as social values such as team spirit, fair competition, ...

Last update 6 Feb 2013
UNICEF school: a young girl in front of a blackboard with a piece of chalk in her hand.
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Council of Europe: Italy ratifies the Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse

On 3rd January 2013 Italy has ratifed the Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse which will enter into force for the Country on 1st May 2013. The ...

Last update 12 Jan 2013
Workshop Cultural and Value Roots for intercultural dialogue in a European context, 2011
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Workshop "Cultural and Value Roots for intercultural dialogue in a European context", University of Padua, 25-26 October 2011

The Workshop, organized within the thematic network activities of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence of the University of Padua, aims to identify, explore and valorise sources and references to ...

Last update 14 Dec 2012