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Unclassified report DINA operations and power
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How did the American Administrations (Nixon, Ford, Carter) react to the human rights violations of Pinochet’s dictatorship? An account of the United States’ relation with Chile (1973-1981) through its declassified files

Serena Salviato 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 his master thesis, discussed in March 2020 ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
UNESCO Forum “Imagining the world to come”
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UNESCO online forums “Imagining the world to come”

The COVID-19 crisis has dramatically impacted every aspect of our society. Since the pandemic is ongoing, the sense of uncertainty regarding how it will end and how our life will become is stronger. ...

Last update 28 May 2020
GREVIO's First Report on Italy
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On male violence against women: GREVIO’s First Report on the application of the Istanbul Convention in Italy

On 25 May 2020, the Human Rights Centre held a web seminar on the first GREVIO Baseline Evaluation Report on Italy on legislative and other measures giving effect to the provisions of the Council of ...

Last update 27 May 2020
Coverpage of Handbook How to Use EU Law to Protect Civic Space
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ECNL launches Handbook on “How to Use EU Law to Protect Civic Space”

The European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) has released a Handbook on “How to Use EU Law to Protect Civic Space”, produced in partnership with the European Foundation Centre ...

Last update 20 May 2020
Kenya’s Supreme Court upholds President Uhuru Kenyatta’s election victory following a re-run in 2017.
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Advancing Human Rights and Democracy through Electoral Justice: The Case of Kenya

Giammarco Guzzetti  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 his master thesis, discussed in ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
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Educational Offer

The PhD programme includes PhD courses specifically organised for PhD students and courses from the Master Degree Course in Human Rights and Multi-level governance. The Doctorate organises a ...

Last update 4 Apr 2022
Cortile Antico, Palazzo Bo, Università di Padova
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Programme

The scientific design of the doctoral programme is characterised by its multi- and inter-disciplinarity. Law, politics, economics and sociology are the main disciplines involved. Both theoretical ...

Last update 4 Apr 2022
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EIUC: Summer School in Cinema Human Rights and Advocacy (15th edition) update

Due to the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 15th edition of the Summer School in Cinema Human Rights and Advocacy (CHRA) will take place in a reduced 7-day format, from ...

Last update 7 May 2020
Hrg Students at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Palais Wilson, Geneva
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Geneva Study Trip

A study trip to the main International Human Rights Institutions is arranged for students of the MA degree to familiarise them with major International Organisations, NGOs and international experts ...

Last update 4 Jun 2020
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European Union: open letter from MEPs and civil society on possible threats to the rule of law

On April 15, 2020, in an open letter addressed to the European Commission and the Council of the European Union, eighty members of the European Parliament and representatives of several civil ...

Last update 28 Apr 2020
Berliner Gazette annual conference 2018
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Opportunities for refugees at the University of Padua

The University of Padua encourages and participate in various initiatives for receiving refugees, asylum seekers and persons in a refugee-like situation. The Academic Senate of the University of ...

Last update 27 Apr 2020
The top ten countries for press freedom in 2020 are Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Switzerland, New Zealand, and Portugal. Ten countries with the worst press freedom situation in the ranking are: Cuba, Laos, Iran, Syri
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2020 World Press Freedom Index: COVID-19 likely to affect media freedom

On 21 April, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published its 2020 World Press Freedom Index. According to RSF, the new coronavirus pandemic amplifies existing issues affecting ...

Last update 24 Apr 2020
Nazioni Unite: Giornata mondiale del rifugiato, 20 giugno 2019
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Call for applications for Project University Corridors for Refugees

In cooperation with UNHCR, the University of Padua offers 2 scholarships for the A.Y. 2020/21 to refugee students from Ethiopia. The project University Corridors for Refugees (UNICORE) 2.0 is ...

Last update 23 Apr 2020
Three students of the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies of the University of Padova graduated in International Relations at the University of Wroclaw (Poland), in the framework of the double degree programme established betwee
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International Mobility

Double degrees University of Wrocław In the academic year 2014-15, the University of Wrocław, Poland (https://international.uni.wroc.pl/en) and the University of Padova started ...

Last update 21 May 2020
Rapporto CIVICUS Monitor 2019
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CIVICUS Monitor Report: global civic space restrictions in 2019

According to a new report released by CIVICUS Monitor, in 2019 twice as many people are living in countries where these civic freedoms are being violated compared to a year ago. The CIVICUS ...

Last update 20 Apr 2020