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EU Flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels.
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EU Commission proposes a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

The EU Commission adopted the long-awaited draft proposal for a new Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence. The Directive imposes on EU companies a due diligence duty to 'take all ...

Last update 22 Mar 2022
Council of Europe calls on states to support quality journalism: new guidelines
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Council of Europe calls on states to support quality journalism: new guidelines

On 17 March 2022, the Council of Europe adopted a Recommendation on promoting a favourable environment for quality journalism in the digital age (CM/Rec(2022)4). The CoE called upon its ...

Last update 22 Mar 2022
Peace sign on the ukrainian flag in protest manifestation against war in Ukraine on Republic Square of Paris on aug. 02. 2014 in Paris, France
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War in Ukraine: An open source-based conflict analysis workshop, online, 28th March 2022, 16:30-18:30

The Human Rights Centre and PhD in Human Rights, Society and Multi-level Governance  War in Ukraine: An open source-based conflict analysis workshop, online, 28th March 2022, ...

Last update 25 Mar 2022
The United Nations #FightRacism campaign
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21 March: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

March 21 is celebrated as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The holiday was established in 1979 by the UN General Assembly. It is observed annually on the day ...

Last update 22 Mar 2022
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OHCHR: Call for Sweden to respect indigenous rights and withdraw from the Gállok mining project

The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) has called upon Sweden to follow through with its obligations set out in the new national law on consultation of January 2022 ...

Last update 16 Mar 2022
Front Line Defenders - Global Analysis 2021
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Front line defenders: Global Analysis 2021

On February 23rd the Front Line Defenders published its Global Analysis on the situation of human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk around the world.  The Global Analysis provides a ...

Last update 16 Mar 2022
Book cover of Participatory Governance and Cultural Development: An Empirical Analysis of European Capitals of Culture
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Published the book by Desirée Campagna "Participatory Governance and Cultural Development: An empirical analysis of European Capitals of Culture" (Palgrave Macmillan, Cham)

Palgrave Macmillan, Cham published in March 2022 the monography "Participatory Governance and Cultural Development: An Empirical Analysis of European Capitals of Culture" by Desirée Campagna, ...

Last update 16 Mar 2022
AHRI 2022 Conference: Call for papers
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AHRI 2022 Conference Call for papers: deadline 31 March 2022

The 2022 Conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) is dedicated to Technology and the future of human rights. The event will take place on 2-3 September 2022 on the Future ...

Last update 15 Mar 2022
Summer School in Cinema, Human Rights and Advocacy, 16th edition
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Global Campus of Human Rights: Cinema Human Rights and Advocacy Summer School (17th edition), deadlines 30 April and 30 May

The Global Campus of Human Rights and Picture People organize the 17th edition of the Summer School in Cinema Human Rights and Advocacy that will take place from 29 August to 7 ...

Last update 15 Mar 2022
Girl hugs a doll in front of a window
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FRA: Effective guardianship is key to better protect unaccompanied children

The latest report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), ‘Guardianship systems for unaccompanied children in the EU’, shows that both, the EU and its Member States, still face ...

Last update 15 Mar 2022
UN General Assembly resolution against Ukraine invasion
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UN Bodies Resolutions on Situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression

Following all the voices condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine also UN Bodies do not remain silent. Even though the Security Council failed to adopt a draft resolution on ending the Ukraine ...

Last update 15 Mar 2022
United Nation's poster for the International Women's Day of 2022. The image shows a group of women hugging each other and forming a circle on a green background; on the right side there is the phrase "Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow"
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8th March 2022 - International Women’s Day

In light of the 8th March, the day designated by the United Nations as International Women’s Day, several events have been organised by the Comune di Padova (municipality of Padua) to raise ...

Last update 8 Mar 2022
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Global Campus of Human Rights: High-level Lecture on Human Rights in Afghanistan, Friday 11th March

The Global Campus of Human Rights cordially invites you to a High-level Lecture on Human Rights in Afghanistan organized jointly with the Human Rights Centre at the University of Padova and ...

Last update 8 Mar 2022
Growing inequalities of private education and role of non-state actors
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UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report 2021/22: A call for reducing inequalities of private education

The Global Education Monitoring Report published its fifth annual report with the support of UNESCO. The theme of the 2021/22 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) report is “Non-state actors in ...

Last update 2 Mar 2022
Cover photo: A protester released from prison after three weeks of detention is reunited with her mother in Yangon, Myanmar, March 24, 2021. The three-finger salute, adapted from “The Hunger Games,” is a widely used sign of civil disobedience.
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World report 2022: Annual Review of global Human Rights

The Human Rights Watch has issued its 32nd annual review of global human rights trends - World Report 2022, which covered human rights developments and concerns in over 100 countries. In his ...

Last update 2 Mar 2022