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The United Nations Global Conference on Climate Change, held in Copenhagen, Denmark between the 7th and 18th of December 2009, brought climate change and other environmental issues once again to the ...

FORhUManity: film exhibitions on human rights promoted by the students of the University of Padua’s Faculty of Political Sciences

Programme: Thursday, March 11th Vite in Cammino directed by Cristina Mecci, Italy 2009, 40' Thursday, March 18th Flow directed by Irene Salina, 2008, 84’ Thursday, April 1st Fast food nation ...

Evolution of an “International” Environmental Policy

United Nations Conference on the Human Environment Stockholm, Sweden Attended by 113 countries (General Assembly Resolution 2850), 19 inter-governmental agencies, and more than 400 ...

University of Padua: meeting with Siham Barghouti, Minister of Culture of the Palestinian National Authority

Friday, March 5th the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Padua hosted a meeting with the Minister of Culture of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Siham Barghouti, on the ...

Announcement. Course of International Protection of Human Rights: Simulation organized by the students

Within the course on International Protection of Human Rights held by Professor Antonio Papisca, a group of students have prepared a simulation of Italy’s participation to the Committee on the ...

9-11 June 2009: in Padua an Educational Seminar for European Ombudsmen on the Theme of the Fight Against Terrorism and the Defence of Human Rights

The third seminar of the project “Peer to Peer,” financed by the European Union and the Council of Europe, will be organized on 9-11 June 2009 in Padova on the “Role of the ...

Workshop: “Human Rights and Human Development: Linkages and Complementaries Among Dimensions” Pavia, 9 June 2009

On the 9th of June, 2009, at 9:30 in the Aula Grande of the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Pavia, the workshop “Human Rights and Human Devleopment: Linkages and ...

Workshop Local Governance of Intercultural dialogue

The workshop was organised by the Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Rights of Peoples of the University of Padua and entro interdipartimentale di ricerca e servizi sui diritti ...

The role of the ombudsman in the defence of social rights in times of economic crisis

Event programme   Wednesday, 2 September 2009  Arrival of participants in Pushkin / St. Petersburg, dinner at (tbc) Thursday, 3 September 2009 ...

The protection and promotion by national human rights structures of the rights of the elderly

Workshop programme   Monday, 14th September 2009 Arrival of participants at the European Youth Centre (Zivatar u. 1-3, 1024 Budapest)   20.30 ...

27th national seminar of “Tavola della pace”

“Tavola della Pace” organises the 27th national seminar in preparation of the Peace March Perugia-Assisi which will take place on Sunday, May 16. The seminar will be held in Assisi on Friday, ...

The role of national human rights structures in promoting and protecting the rights of persons with disabilities

The protection of the rights of Roma people by national human rights structures

Workshop programme   Monday, 23 February 2009  Arrival of participants at the European Youth Centre (Zivatar u. 1-3, 1024 Budapest)   20.30 ...

The protection and promotion by national human rights structures of the right to good administration & Judging the performance of national human rights structures and deciding on the means made available to them: How preserve the respect of their independence?

Round table programme   Tuesday, 1 July 2008  Arrival of the participants at the Conference Center in Pushkin and dinner starting 19.00   Wednesday, 2 July 2008 ...

The protection and promotion by national human rights structures of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons & The role of national human rights structures in the defence of human rights defenders