The Italian Human Rights Yearbook 2015 will be presented at the Farnesina at 10.00 on Thursday 10 December 2015. The presentation, organised by the Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (Italian initials CIDU) in collaboration with the University of Padua, coincides with Human Rights Day.
The event will be opened by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni. It is dedicated to the international laws governing human rights, the action programmes of the Council of Europe and the United Nations, and the role that education can play in this sector, for general awareness raising and for young people in schools and universities.
Other speakers are Prof. Antonio Papisca, editor of the Italian Human Rights Yearbook; Antonio Marchesi, President of Amnesty International Italia; and Gianni Magazzeni, from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Also on Human Rights Day, an event entitled “The Fundamental Rights in Europe: Challenges and Results in 2014” will be held at 15.00 to present the annual report of the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA).
The FRA event will be opened by Gianludovico de Martin, chair of the CIDU, and Annamaria Simonazzi, chair of the Scientific Committee of the Giacomo Brodolini Foundation (FGB). The speakers include Michail Beis, of FRANET, who will present the Annual Report; Filippo di Robilant and Laura Guercio, members of the Italian board of the FRA; and Silvia Sansonetti of the FGB.
Online accreditation system.
Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the event should:
– complete the interactive form available at http://mae.accreditationsystem.info/ITA/Indice.asp” href=”http://mae.accreditationsystem.info/ITA/Indice.asp”>http://mae.accreditationsystem.info/ITA/Indice.asp
– attach all required documentation (if not already submitted) to the form, in digital format
Required digital documentation:
– a letter from your media organisation
– for foreign journalists in Italy: a note verbale issued by the Embassy in Rome of your media organisation’s country.
If you are unable to complete the online accreditation procedure, please send your application by email to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s Press and Institutional Communication Service, address accreditamentostampa@esteri.it” href=”mailto:accreditamentostampa@esteri.it”>accreditamentostampa@esteri.it (tel. 06/3691.3432-8573-8210).
Accredited media representatives should enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
- For the morning event, by the main entrance, left-hand side, from 9.15
- For the afternoon event, by the main entrance, right-hand side (Visitors’ Reception area), from 14.30.