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WHO: Surgeons operate on a patient at Al-Quds hospital in Gaza
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UNOCHA: Aid mission denials are latest threat to Gaza’s hospitals

The repeated refusals by Israeli authorities to permit UN aid teams to deliver needed humanitarian relief inside Gaza have had severe consequences, isolating five hospitals in the northern region ...

Last update 19 Jan 2024
The International Court of Justice begins hearing the case of South Africa v. Israel in The Hague.
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International Court of Justice: South Africa institutes proceeding against Israel claiming a violation of the Genocide Convention in Gaza

South Africa presented its case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ),  the highest judicial organ of the United Nations, to end the mass killing of civilians in Gaza, accusing Israel of ...

Last update 12 Jan 2024
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Applications for the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) are now open

The call for applications for the academic year 2024/2025 is now open. Applications are accepted and processed on a rolling basis. Deadline for non-EU and all scholarship applicants: 12 ...

Last update 12 Jan 2024
memorial for the victims of the Orlando massacre in front of the historic Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street
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Council of Europe: new report on on hate crimes based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC)

The Council of Europe has released a new report on discrimination and attacks based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC). The report provides ...

Last update 31 Dec 2023
Universal Civilian Service at the Human Rights Center: call for applications open for the project "SCU and sustainability: human rights, environment and digital technologies"
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Universal Civil Service at the Human Rights Center: call for applications open for the project "UCS and sustainability: human rights, environment and digital technologies"

Italian version The Human Rights Center "Antonio Papisca" launches the new Universal Civil Service 2024 project "UCS and sustainability: human rights, environment and digital technologies" ("SCU e ...

Last update 1 Feb 2024
Voting of the Security Council in occasion of the approval of the 1820 resolution that condemns rape and defines it as a true weapon of war.
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UN Security Council decides to end it mandate of the mission in Sudan

Starting from December 4, 2023, the Security Council  ended its UN Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), despite the continuing war between two rival militaries. ...

Last update 31 Dec 2023
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European Parliament: 2023 Sakharov Prize to Jina Mahsa Amini and Iranian women protest movement

The 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, the annual prize by the European Parliament, was awarded to Jina Mahsa Amini and the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement in Iran, announced by ...

Last update 19 Jan 2024
A UN Security Council session. The participants are seated around a circular table, in the center of which is positioned another, rectangular table.
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United Nations: The UN Security Council needs a reform to end its “paralysis”

In this moment of continuous war and violence worldwide, the UN Security Council is unable to take decisions and act accordingly. “The UN seems paralyzed” as Dennis Francis, the ...

Last update 18 Jan 2024
Mariana Katzarova began work as the first UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation on 1 May 2023, following her appointment by the Human Rights Council.
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United Nations: new Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation

Mariana Katzarova, appointed by the Human Rights Council as the first UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, delivered important declarations on the human ...

Last update 18 Jan 2024
An unidentified Coast Guard crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma provides medical aid to an evacuated Haitian
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FRA: Published new report reviewing the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation (EU)

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) report delves into the significance of fundamental rights in European border management, emphasizing their impact on various activities such as ...

Last update 31 Dec 2023
Giornata Internazionale dei Diritti Umani 2023 "Riprendiamo in mano la bussola dei diritti umani", nel 75° ANNIVERSARIO DELLA DICHIARAZIONE UNIVERSALE DEI DIRITTI UMANI (1948 – 2023), Università degli Studi di Padova, Palazzo Bo | Aula Magna “Galileo Gali
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International Human Rights Day 2023 "Let's take back the compass of human rights”

75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (1948 - 2023) Human Rights Day 2023 Let's take back THE COMPASS OF HUMAN RIGHTS  National Conference University of Padova ...

Last update 1 Dec 2023
The ABL and borderization at Khurvaleti village between Georgia and South Ossetia
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Between Conflict and Silence: A Human Rights Analysis of Freedom of Expression in South Ossetia

Deri Ronan is a student of the Master's Degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance who took part in the project "Transforming the future: young people, women and students in dialogue for ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Padova Model UPR23 Group photo
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The 6th edition of the Padova Model UPR has ended

The 6th edition of the Padova Model UPR, held from 20 to 24 November 2022, came to its conclusion. The event was organised by an international team of students and former delegates, with the support ...

Last update 29 Nov 2023
protester hold sign saying "end systemic racism"
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FRA: new report “Being Black in the EU - Experiences of People of African Descent”

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights published a new report, entitled “Being Black in the EU - Experiences of People of African Descent”. The report, whose main aim is to ...

Last update 29 Nov 2023
World's children day
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Global Campus of Human Rights: World Children's Day 2023, in memoriam of Gino Strada

On the occasion of World Children's Day, celebrated on November 20, 2023, the Global Campus of Human Rights is promoting a campaign in memoriam of Gino Strada. Gino Strada, co-founder of Emrgency, ...

Last update 24 Nov 2023