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10 years of the Istanbul Convention
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Council of Europe: 10 years of the Istanbul Convention

On 11 May 2011, the Council of Europe celebrates the 10th anniversary of The Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, also known as the Istanbul ...

Last update 10 May 2021
Human rights and the environment
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Human rights and the environment: New online course for legal professionals

The Council of Europe’s HELP programme (Human rights Education for Legal Professionals) has launched a new online course on the environment and human rights. The six-hour course, which is ...

Last update 10 May 2021
Città in Difesa Di, evento finale, venerdì 14 maggio dalle 15 alle 18
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Città in Difesa Di, final event, Friday 14th May, from 3 pm to 6 pm

The Italian Network In Difesa Di is pleased to invite you to the final event of Città in Difesa Di, that will be held on Friday 14th May, from 3 PM until 6 PM CEST. Since 2016, the network ...

Last update 11 May 2021
Coronavirus State of Emergency
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Human rights and democracy during COVID-19 in the Republic of Moldova

Sorina Pinzaru hold’s a master degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padua. This In Focus article is an excerpt from her master thesis discussed in ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
World Press Freedom Day 2021
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World Press Freedom Day, 3 May

World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on May 3, was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO's General Conference. 3 May acts as a reminder to ...

Last update 3 May 2021
What's new in Human Rights Doctoral Research Vol.IV. Image
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Volume IV, 2021

Edited by Pietro de Perini and Paolo De Stefani This book collects six state-of-the-art analyses prepared by students enrolled in two human rights doctoral programmes. In most of the domains ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Climate Justice Peace
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OHCHR: Fact Sheet on Human Rights and Climate Change

The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) has published a Fact Sheet on Human Rights and Climate Change, which sets out in comprehensive terms, the links between ...

Last update 28 Apr 2021
European Committee of Social Rights
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Covid-19 and social rights: statement by European Committee of Social Rights

On 22 April, the European Committee of Social Rights(ECSR) issued a statement on COVID-19 and social rights. In the statement, the ECSR aims to highlight those rights of the European Social ...

Last update 28 Apr 2021
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Lecture on "UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty", Children's Rights course (Save the Children Chair)

Link Zoom: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/83690206446?pwd=NWVRMmdJWEFzbTJSRDZoaGVjc0pNdz09 Programme Welcome addresses Paolo De Stefani, Academic Coordinator, MA Human Rights and Multi-level ...

Last update 30 Oct 2023
GREVIO Annual Report 2020
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GREVIO: report on trends in combating violence against women

GREVIO, the Council of Europe’s independent expert group responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women ...

Last update 23 Apr 2021
Presumption of innocence - FRA
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European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA): published a report on "Presumption of innocence and related rights – Professional perspectives"

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has published a report entitled “Presumption of innocence and related rights – Professional perspectives”.  The research ...

Last update 23 Apr 2021
International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace 24 April
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International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, 24 April

On April 24 the United Nations will celebrate the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, which was established on 12 December 2018 through resolution 73/127 and was first ...

Last update 28 Apr 2021
Prison cell
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SPACE Report: Europe’s imprisonment rate continues to fall

The Council of Europe has published the Annual Penal Statistics on Prison Populations for 2020, also known as the SPACE statistics report. The report gives an overview of the 2020 criminal ...

Last update 19 Apr 2021
Open Democracy
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The Scandinavian countries and the populist radical right: protecting liberal democracy by limiting individual rights?

Francesca Corcella hold’s a master degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padua. This In Focus article is an excerpt from her master thesis ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Cortile Antico, Palazzo Bo, Università di Padova
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University of Padua: inauguration of the 799th academic year with the keynote speech of the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights, Democracy and Peace

The inauguration of the 799th academic year of the University of Padua will take place in the Aula Magna "Galileo Galilei" at Palazzo Bo on Friday, April 16 at 3pm. Program Greeting by the ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024