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Council of Europe: “Nothing about us without us” - New guidelines on engaging with victims and survivors of childhood sexual violence

In occassion of the latest International Children’s Day of the 1st of June, The Council of Europe has recently published new guidelines on engaging with victims and survivors of childhood ...

Last update 2 Jul 2024
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Council of Europe: overcrowding in prison remains an issue

On June 6, 2024, the Council of Europe released the Annual Penal Statistics on Prison Populations 2023, conducted annually by the University of Lausanne. The data findings of the report are not ...

Last update 2 Jul 2024
 High Commissioner Volker Türk
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OHCHR: Peru Crimes against Humanity Fight a Ticking Clock

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, brought Peru's proposed legislation into the spotlight during the presentation of his global update to the 56th session of the Human Rights ...

Last update 3 Jul 2024
Detail of "Porto Fluviale", BLU, November 2014
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Concept note

Over the last decades, civil society organisations have significantly contributed to give universal values and norms a more salient position within the international political system. However, such ...

Last update 3 Jul 2024
Detail of "Porto Fluviale", BLU, November 2014
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Global Civil Society’s value and law power facing a crisis of values and law. Ideas and actions to shape an international order of peace

University of Padova, 11 -12 November 2024 The conference aims to take stock of and critically approach the current state of health of transnational bottom-up actions, proposals and strategies to ...

Last update 2 Aug 2024
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FRA: Political participation of people with disability in the EU

European citizens were once again asked to cast a vote for European Parliament elections. While for many people, this represented a simple task efficiently completed in a matter of minutes, for many ...

Last update 17 Jun 2024
World Refugee Day, 20 June 2024
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Padova: Initiatives for World Refugee Day, 20 June 2024

World Refugee Day has been celebrated annually on June 20th since 2001. The first celebration coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Convention, which in 1951 formalized the definition of ...

Last update 17 Jun 2024
Università di Padova, Universa Universis Patavina Libertas, Aula Magna, Palazzo Bo
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Joint International Ph.D Programme in "Human Rights, Society, and Multi-level Governance"

The Call for Application for the 40th Cycle of the Joint International Ph.D Programme in "Human Rights, Society, and Multi-level Governance" (A.Y. 2024/2025) for n. 7 scholarships is closed. All ...

Last update 10 Jun 2024
Università di Padova, Palazzo Liviano
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Call for applications (40th cycle a.y. 2024/2025)

Call for the 40th cycle The course offers 7 positions: 5 Scholarships funded by the University of Padova - the research projects that fall into one of the following areas have highest ...

Last update 10 Jun 2024
Logo of the World Day Against Child Labour 2024
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World Day Against Child Labour, 12th June 2024

The World Day Against Child Labour, which is held annually on 12 June, aims to draw attention to the global issue of child labour, facilitate international dialogue on the subject, and consider ...

Last update 10 Jun 2024
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Advocacy Day: Stories of resistance from Iran to Afghanistan, June 10, 2024

The University of Padova concludes its series of Student Advocacy Seminars on June 10, in celebration of Student Advocacy Day.   Through the seminars, the student community reflected on ...

Last update 10 Jun 2024
students at risk
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People at Risk: Scholarships for Palestinian students and academics

The University of Padova has allocated 200,000 euros in scholarships for students and lecturers at Palestinian universities affected by the conflict in the Gaza Strip.  This decision, made ...

Last update 10 Jun 2024
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Padova Model UPR, 7° edition, 18-22 November 2024

The Padova Model UPR is an annual academic simulation of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a unique United Nations (UN) mechanism which reviews the human rights records of all UN Member States. ...

Last update 22 Jul 2024
Thousands of people gathered in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 6, 2019 during a demonstration called by opposition leader and self-proclaimed president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó. Guaidó invited his supporters to attend the demonstrations to exert more press
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Navigating Justice: The ICC's Role in Venezuela's Human Rights Crisis

Claudia Cañón Nogales holds a BA degree in International Relations from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and a MA degree in Human Rights and Multi-Level Governance from the ...

Last update 5 Jun 2024
Amnesty International
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Amnesty International: New Report on The State of the World’s Human Rights 2023-2024

In April 2024, Amnesty International released a new report on the State of the World’s Human Rights, which concerns human rights status and violations around the world in 2023. The report ...

Last update 7 Jun 2024