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30 June Jun 2021 1709 30 June 2021 EU Commission proposes coordinated measures for the safe reopening of the cultural sector
The Commission has just published EU guidelines to ensure the safe resumption of activities in the cultural and creative sectors across the EU. These guidelines are expected to guide the design and implementation of measures and protocols in EU countries to cover both the safe reopening as well as the sustainable recovery in the cultural and creative sectors
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7 December Dec 2019 0800 07 December 2019 Human rights Film Festival 2019: "What are we leaving for our children?"
The students of the European Master’s in Human Rights at the Global Campus Europe - Global Campus of Human Rights announce the 11th edition of the Human Rights Film Festival on Saturday, 7 December, in Venice. On the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the festival theme is "Future generations: what are we leaving for our children?”We have met Kosta Karakashyan, who is the director of the festival
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11 October Oct 2019 1725 11 October 2019 Venice the centre of the most prestigious European human rights master’s programme
As of tradition the graduation ceremony of the European Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) has taken place in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. EMA is the first master’s programme funded by the EU. 41 universities located in all EU member States are part of the programme. EMA is promoted by Global Campus of Human Rights, a network of more than 100 universities worldwide which offers training in the fields of human rights and democratisation
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29 August Aug 2019 1121 29 August 2019 Syria, the deadliest place in the world to be an aid worker
This emerges from an analysis done by CARE International, a major international humanitarian agency, founded in 1945 in the USA, delivering emergency relief and long-term international development projects. Syria has been holding the sad record for the third year running
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27 August Aug 2019 1631 27 August 2019 Venice Film Festival: director Askold Kurov presents documentary about the case of Oleg Sentsov
In the framework of the Festival, Askold Kurov presented the documentary: “The Trial: The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov” and spoke in a live panel organised by Global Campus of Human Rights at their headquarters in Venice Lido. Dissident Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for terrorism and arms trafficking after a trial denounced as “Stalinist”. In 2018 he was awarded the Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament
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30 July Jul 2019 1710 30 July 2019 Europe: mobility is higher than ever before
Figures published in “People on the move”- statistics on mobility in Europe”, the new digital publication issued by Eurostat, show that people in the EU are on the move more than ever, be it for migration, education, work or tourism
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3 May May 2019 1422 03 May 2019 Belgian artist launches worldwide Human Rights project
In the context of the 58th Venice Biennale, internationally renowned Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen launches a project called the Human Rights Pavilion, whose purpose is to explore the possibility of a universal concept of human rights and the role of art in its development, with the collaboration of the Global Campus of Human Rights, Fondazione Berengo and the MOUTH Foundation. The launch of the project will take place at the Fondazione Berengo ART SPACE in Murano, Venice, on 8 May. Vita International is media partner of the project
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3 April Apr 2019 0900 03 April 2019 Civil rights in Venezuela: Sakharov Prize laureate Lorent Saleh speaks in Venice
The Venezuelan activist for human rights has been invited on the 6th of April by the Global Campus of Human Rights, a network of more than 100 universities worldwide offering postgraduate education in the field of human rights and democracy. He will participate at a round table on “How to defend the democratic change in Venezuela”
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4 March Mar 2019 1622 04 March 2019 The EESC votes in favour of decent minimum income for all EU citizens in need
The consultative body of the EU representing civil society has adopted an opinion to guarantee a minimum income for all European Union citizens who need it. It is a tool to address the serious and persistent problem of poverty in Europe, which affects 112.9 million people
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12 December Dec 2018 1634 12 December 2018 Berlin, the foundation contributing to the development of the city
Born in Pfefferberg, an area that has become an important cultural and social centre, the Pfefferwerk Foundation has contributed to the regeneration of the site. It carries out and supports projects to help disadvantaged people enter the job market, in all areas of Berlin. Its experience has been selected by the European Economic and Social Committee as a story of innovative and successful social enterprise at European level