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Diritti Umani

Diplomatic Network
27 September 2024
New York, event to remember the heroes of the holocaust

The Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Mariangela Zappia, hosted today at the Italian Consulate General in New York the event “Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust,” to honor 60 diplomats – including 6 Italians – for their aid to Jews persecuted by the Nazis during the Second World War. “The extraordinary example of these […]

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Diplomatic Network
30 August 2024
Mali: Ambassador Dejak and the Minister of Malians Abroad launch the second phase of the Migrant Assistance Centre project in Gao

The Italian Ambassador to Mali, Stefano A. Dejak, met with the Minister of Malians Abroad, Moussa ag Attaher, to jointly launch the second phase of a project aimed at protecting and assisting migrants, centred around the operationalisation of the Migrant Centre built in Gao, in northern Mali. Building on the one million euros invested by […]

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Press Releases
26 August 2024
Afghanistan: Statement of the High Representative on behalf of the EU on latest restrictions imposed by the Taliban on the people

The European Union is appalled by the decree recently issued by the Taliban, the so-called Law on Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The decree confirms and extends severe restrictions on the life of Afghans imposed by the Taliban, including imposed dress codes, notably ordering women to cover their bodies and faces in public. […]

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Diplomatic Network
31 July 2024
Gruppo GRETA del Consiglio d’Europa, avviso per l’acquisizione di manifestazioni di interesse a presentare candidature

Il Consiglio d’Europa ha invitato 40 Stati Parte della Convenzione di Varsavia a presentare le proprie candidature in numero massimo di tre per il GRETA. Il GRETA è il gruppo composto da 15 esperti indipendenti e imparziali dei paesi firmatari della Convenzione del Consiglio d’Europa contro la tratta di esseri umani (c.d. Convenzione di Varsavia, […]

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Diplomatic Network
25 June 2024
UN, Global Principles for Information Integrity

The United Nations has launched for the first time the “Global Principles for Information Integrity” with the aim of promoting good practices in the field of public information and combating hate speech, misinformation and disinformation. The document, drafted – inter alia – in cooperation with UNESCO and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 June 2024
Paris – “Red Bench” at the Embassy to say “enough” to violence and discrimination against women

While attending the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani stopped in the garden of the Italian Embassy’s historic headquarters in front of the red bench installed there as a symbol of the fight on violence against women. The […]

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Diplomatic Network
31 May 2024
Mali – Ambassador Dejak meets Minister Maiga

The Italian Ambassador to Mali, Stefano A. Dejak, met with the Minister for the Promotion of Women, Children and the Family of the Government of Mali, Coulibaly Mariam Maiga, following the donation of EUR 350,000 worth of emergency food aid to a large orphanage in Bamako and the launch of the second two-year refinancing phase […]

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Press Releases
24 May 2024
Joint Statement on Myanmar

We, Australia, Canada, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, are deeply concerned by the escalating conflict in Myanmar and in particular the increasing harm to civilians, which are driving a worsening and devastating human rights and humanitarian crisis across the country. Since […]

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Press Releases
17 May 2024
Tajani – Italy is committed to protecting and promoting human rights on International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

On International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), the theme of which this year was “No one left behind: equality, freedom and justice for all”, the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, met with representatives of the “Globe MAE” Association – a network of LGBTI employees […]

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Diplomatic Network
24 April 2024
‘Red Bench’ against gender violence in the Italian Embassy in Berlin

A symbol of the fight against gender-based violence: the Italian Embassy in Berlin has installed a Red Bench, designed by architect Martin Jasper and artist Vanessa Alessi, in its premises to serve as a symbol of the void left in society when a woman falls victim to femicide. “We wished to send out a silent […]

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Press Releases
15 April 2024
Undersecretary Silli’s participation in the International Humanitarian Conference for Sudan and Neighbouring Countries

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Giorgio Silli, spoke today in Paris at the International Humanitarian Conference for Sudan and Neighbouring Countries, organised by France, Germany and the European Union in Paris on 15 April, exactly one year after the outbreak of the conflict in Sudan. Undersecretary Silli expressed Italy’s deep […]

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