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Press Releases
17 May 2021
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) – 17 May

On the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT), Italy reaffirms its strong commitment to respect, protect and promote the full and equal enjoyment of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, to guarantee, always and everywhere, the right of everyone to be themselves and to […]

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Press Releases
28 April 2021
Della Vedova: Istanbul Convention, Italy’s reference point for combating gender violence

Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova took part today in the resettlement meeting, within the framework of the Government formed by Mario Draghi, of the Steering Committee provided for by the National Strategic Plan on male violence against women.The Steering Committee, chaired by the Minister for Equal Opportunities and the Family, Elena Bonetti, has the function […]

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Events
22 April 2021
Della Vedova at the UN: urban security and safety requires the guarantee of human rights

Deputy Minister Della Vedova has participated today, with a video message, in the High-level Debate on Urban Safety, at the UN General Assembly. The event, held in a hybrid format, has been organized to implement Resolution No. 75/196 on strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, for which Italy was one of the sponsoring countries. The debate, introduced by […]

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Press Releases
22 April 2021
Della Vedova at the UN: urban security and safety requires the guarantee of human rights

Deputy Minister Della Vedova has participated today, with a video message, in the High-level Debate on Urban Safety, at the UN General Assembly. The event, held in a hybrid format, has been organized to implement Resolution No. 75/196 on strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, for which Italy was one of the sponsoring countries. The debate, introduced by […]

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Press Releases
21 April 2021
Della Vedova at OSCE: human rights and fundamental freedoms are crucial to society’s resilience

Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova participated today in the closing session of the annual OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference, organised by the Swedish OSCE Chairmanship in cooperation with the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department. The Conference focused on the root causes of violent extremism and radicalisation, the tools available to States to prevent and counter the phenomenon […]

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In detail
19 April 2021
Statement of the Equal Rights Coalition on the serious Human Rights Violations and Abuses against LGBTI Individuals in the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation

In December 2018, OSCE Moscow Mechanism rapporteur’s independent report on the situation in Chechnya found ‘clear evidence of the successive purges against LGBTI persons’ in Chechnya as well as of numerous other grave Human Rights violations. The report documented that LGBTI persons in Chechnya had been subjected to systematic harassment, persecution, arbitrary arrests and detentions, […]

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Press Releases
15 April 2021
Minister Di Maio meets the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has been received today at the Foreign Ministry by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio. The talks have focused on the new initiatives to further strengthen the already excellent cooperation between Italy and the UNHCR. While expressing his appreciation for the renewal […]

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Press Releases
15 April 2021
Della Vedova: italian action to defend human rights in Myanmar

Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova participated in the online event “Myanmar. National and international actions for a new democratic and federal country”, organized by East-West European Institute, Italia-Birmania Insieme Association and Torino World Affairs Institute. “Italy strongly supports a united front in all international fora to demand the immediate release of all those arbitrarily detained, […]

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In detail
15 April 2021
Segnalazione di una consultazione pubblica del Consiglio D’Europa – Comitato Ad Hoc sull’Intelligenza Artificiale (CAHAI)

Nel 2020, il Comitato ad hoc sull’intelligenza artificiale (CAHAI) del Consiglio d’Europa (CoE) ha condotto uno studio di fattibilità relativo a un quadro giuridico per tutelare i diritti umani, la democrazia e lo Stato di diritto alla luce delle nuove sfide poste dai sistemi di intelligenza artificiale (AI) e, nel 2021, ha avviato una riflessione […]

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Press Releases
14 April 2021
Sereni: FAO, the Food Coalition’s contribution to the G20

“Exactly one year ago, Italy launched the Food Coalition, with the idea of not only proposing a new way to respond to the pandemic, to prevent the health crisis from turning into a food crisis, but especially of building a global coalition to reach the Zero Hunger goal and build a resilient and sustainable post-pandemic […]

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Press Releases
7 April 2021
Deputy Minister Della Vedova participated at the Steering Committee’s first meeting on policies against sexual orientation and gender discrimination

Benedetto Della Vedova, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation participated in the Steering Committee’s first meeting on policies to prevent and combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Steering Committee, established by the Minister for Equal Opportunities Elena Bonetti, aims to contribute to the multiannual National Strategy’s definition to combat […]

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Press Releases
30 March 2021
Della Vedova: respect of human rights is central to combating organised crime

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, opened the event organised by ISPI in partnership with PMI IMPACT, on “Rethinking international cooperation against trafficking”. The event is the first in a series of “regional meetings” in the run up to the seventh edition of the MED Dialogues. The event, held […]

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