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Fellowship on Human Rights in the Digital Space TECH4RIGHTS
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Organization of American States: Fellowship on Human Rights in the Digital Space TECH4RIGHTS

The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS) has issued a call for ...

Last update 21 Feb 2021
Arqus winter school 2021 immagine
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Arqus Winter School 2021: Rethinking climate risk

The Arqus Winter School is a unique educational opportunity that engages students in thinking about what it means to be a European Citizen, and how this citizenship is being galvanised around ...

Last update 21 Feb 2021
Women Wage Peace: Israeli and Palestinian women march for peace, 2017
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The Resistance from Within: Rethinking the Role of Women in the Contest of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Giulia Martini holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. This in Focus article is an excerpt from her master thesis discussed, in ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
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UN experts: EU must close the legal gap to protect children from sexual abuse online

The UN experts urge swift action by the European Union to reach agreement on temporary legislation to allow for the continued use of technological tools to tackle online child sexual abuse. Mama ...

Last update 16 Feb 2021
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A toast for the 30th anniversary of Antigone, 18 February 2021 at 18.30

On 18 February, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary, Antigone, the Italian NGO for rights and guarantees in the criminal system will hold a collective toast on the Zoom platform. Antigone is a ...

Last update 16 Feb 2021
Navalny
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Protests in Russia erupt after the detention of Alexey Navalny

On January 17, Alexey Navalny, the key opposition figure in Russia, was arrested at the Sheremetyevo airport of Moscow when re-entering his country after having received medical treatments in ...

Last update 16 Feb 2021
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European Disability Forum: Human Rights 2020 Report EDF. The impact of Covid-19 on people with disabilities

The European Disability Forum (EDF) published the Human Rights 2020 Report on the impact of Covid-19 on people with disabilities.  Before Covid-19, over 28% of the more than 100 million ...

Last update 15 Feb 2021
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report on trafficking in persons
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United Nations: the 2020 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has published its fifth global report on trafficking in persons. It covers 148 countries and provides an overview of patterns and flows of ...

Last update 10 Feb 2021
John P. Pace The United Nations Commission on Human Rights 'A Very Great Enterprise'
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John P. Pace: The United Nations Commission on Human Rights 'A Very Great Enterprise' (Oxford University Press)

John P. Pace, former Secretary to the Commission on Human Rights and Coordinator of the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights, published a book providing a comprehensive account of the United ...

Last update 30 Mar 2021
Prospects for children: a global outlook through 2025
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Prospects for children: a global outlook through 2025

The UNICEF Office of Global Insight and Policy published the report “Prospects for children: a global outlook through 2025”, which assesses the prospects for the world’s children ...

Last update 5 Feb 2021
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The disproportionate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the LGBTI population

Viviana Pes holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. This article is an excerpt from her master’s thesis discussed in November ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
2nd Online Global Campus of Human Rights Conversations
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Online Global Campus of Human Rights Conversations: Possible Futures for Venice

The Global Campus of Human Rights (GCHR) will hold the "Global Campus of Human Rights Conversations: Possible futures for Venice” with the purpose to create a space for the exchange of ...

Last update 2 Feb 2021
Refugees ship
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UN Human Rights Committee: in 2013 Italy failed to rescue more than 200 migrants

According to the UN Human Rights Committee, in 2013 Italy failed to respond promptly to various distress calls from the sinking boat and protect the right to life of more than 200 migrants who were ...

Last update 2 Feb 2021
UN Global Compact strategy
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New UN Global Compact strategy 2021-2023

The UN Global Compact Board has approved the UN Global Compact Strategy 2021–2023. The three-year strategic plan is directed at accelerating and scaling the global collective impact of ...

Last update 29 Jan 2021
Seminar Decolonising education
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UNESCO new webinar series: Decolonising Education for Sustainable Futures

The UNESCO Chair on Inclusive and Quality Education for All and the Centre for Comparative and International Research in Education (CIRE) of the University of Bristol convene a new webinar series: ...

Last update 29 Jan 2021