MA Human Rights and Multi-level Governance - University of Padova

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🌎

On 5 June 2026, the international community celebrated World Environment Day, an observance established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972. The Day represents one of the leading global initiatives dedicated to raising awareness of environmental issues and encouraging concrete action to protect the planet.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐫𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⚖

On 29 May 2026, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) notified the Italian government of the filing of two applications lodged against Italy, concerning the failure to arrest, in January 2025, Libyan General Osama Almasri (or Elmasri) Njeem.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝

The call for applications for admission to the PhD program of national interest in Peace Studies (academic year 2026/2027) has been published. The program was established on the initiative of the Network of Italian Universities for Peace (RUniPace). This innovative program, involving 34 Italian universities—including the University of Padua—and coordinated by Sapienza University of Rome, aims to develop interdisciplinary higher education on the themes of peace, human rights, and conflict and peace studies.

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𝐄𝐁𝐂𝐎 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 📕

Each year, the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO) produces its Annual Report on Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Europe, drawing on contributions from governments, national human rights institutions, NGOs, and solidarity groups. The 2025 Report was released on May 16.

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𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐗𝐗𝐈𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 "𝐓𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐮𝐬𝐨" 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝
The contribution analyses the Antigone’s 2026 report which describes a prison increasingly oriented toward control and segregation, where overcrowding and isolation undermine fundamental rights and the re-educational purpose of detention.

🔎 Read the article by Lisa Cerchi : https://lnkd.in/eCP2cbaf

𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞(𝐬) 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 #𝟑: 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐚, 𝟏𝟖 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

As part of the FUTURE(s) Club initiative organized by students of the Human Rights, Society and Multi-level Governance PhD Programme at the , the movie “Winter on Fire” will be screened on Thursday, 18 June 2026 at 16:30. The movie will be screened in the original language with English subtitles.

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𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬: 𝐊𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐨 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 – 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐊𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐨 🇽🇰 👥

From 11 to 17 May 2026, the city of Padova hosted the first edition of Young Europeans: Kosovo Week, a cultural initiative organized by an international group of students with the support of the University of Padova and the Human Rights Centre “Antonio Papisca”.

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𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈

🤖 Increasingly realistic or plausible creations are all part of a vast body of human-generated content that feeds large language models (LLMs).

Read the article by Celia Guimaraes: https://unipd-centrodirittiumani.it/en/topics/hungry-algorithms-the-hidden-side-of-ai

𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 "𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞": 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐈𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝟐𝟕 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 🎓

On May 27, 2026, doctoral candidate Erika Iacona, enrolled in the doctoral programme "Human Rights, Society, and Multi-level Governance" successfully defended her doctoral thesis at the headquarters of the Human Rights Centre "Antonio Papisca," located at the Polo Beato Pellegrino of the University of Padova.

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𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐇.𝐃. 𝐯. 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲, 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝟑, 𝟓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟑 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬
The unlawfulness of the administrative detention of minors in facilities for adults, in breach of Articles 3, 5 and 13 of the ECHR

This article analyses the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights finding Italy in breach of the ECHR for the unlawful detention of H.D., which constituted inhuman and degrading treatment (Article 3), violating the right to liberty and security (Article 5) and the right to an effective remedy (Article 13).

➡️ Read the article by Teresa Cucca: https://lnkd.in/diCUz-8Z