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half-length portrait of Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
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"This is what true leaders look like”, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein's parting message

On 31st August 2018 the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, finished his four-year mandate, passing the handover to his successor Michelle Bachelet. ...

Last update 5 Sep 2018
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, letter to world leaders entitled "They should have known better"
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A letter from the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples to world leaders

The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, is raising the alarm regarding the fact that governments and corporations around the world are making it ...

Last update 29 Aug 2018
Michelle Bachelet, appointed as seventh United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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United Nations: Michelle Bachelet is the next High Commissioner for Human Rights

The United Nations General Assembly has officially approved Michelle Bachelet as new High Commissioner for Human Rights. Michelle Bachelet will start her mandate on 1 September 2018, she was ...

Last update 13 Aug 2018
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
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United Nations: the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples published the report on her visit to Mexico

The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, published the report which examines the situation of indigenous peoples in Mexico. The report is based on ...

Last update 10 Aug 2018
Business and Human Rights
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United Nations: the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights has released the first draft of the legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises

At its 26th session, on 26 June 2014, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution A/HRC/RES/26/9 by which it decided to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational ...

Last update 3 Aug 2018
 International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, logo
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International Conference “Defending the Defenders - New Alliances for Protecting Indigenous Peoples’ Rights”

Copenhagen, Denmark 5 - 6 September 2018 The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) with the financial support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark is organising the ...

Last update 3 Aug 2018
20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders
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Human rights defenders (HRDs): the Special Rapporteur on the situation of HRDs has prepared a concept note on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on human rights defenders

In view of the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and ...

Last update 3 Aug 2018
The actor Luca Bastianello reads an excerpt of the Magna Charta Libertatum Ecclesiae et Regni Angliae
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National and International Conferences

Since its establishment in 1999, the University of Padova UNESCO Chair has been involved both as a promoter and as a partner in the organisation of many of the conferences, seminars and trainings ...

Last update 25 Mar 2019
Cover of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2014,  Brussels, Peter Lang, 2014
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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2014

The Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2014, the fourth in the series, provides a dynamic and up-to-date overview of the measures Italy has taken to adapt its legislation and policies to international ...

Last update 2 Mar 2021
Cover of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2011, Brussels, Peter Lang 2012
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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2011

The Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2011 provides a dynamic picture of laws, institutions, policies and case law that have implemented international human rights norms in Italy over the past few ...

Last update 2 Mar 2021
Cover of the  Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2012, Brussels, Peter Lang, 2013
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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2012

The Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2012 confirms and consolidates the structure and aims already set forth in the 2011 edition. Year by year, this series examines the steps that Italy has made to ...

Last update 2 Mar 2021
Cover of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2015
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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2015

The Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2015 provides a dynamic and up-to-date overview of the measures Italy has taken to adapt its legislation and policies to international human rights law ...

Last update 2 Mar 2021
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Previous editions of the Yearbook (2011-2020)

In this page are available all the previous editions of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights. 

Last update 7 Nov 2022
Cover dello Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2016
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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2016

The Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2016 provides a dynamic and up-to-date overview of the measures Italy has taken to adapt its legislation and policies to international human rights law ...

Last update 2 Mar 2021
Annuario italiano dei diritti umani 2020
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Italian Agenda of Human Rights

Starting from the 2012 edition of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Padua has proposed an Italian Agenda of Human Rights, built on the basis of ...

Last update 25 Feb 2021