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Diritti Umani

Press Releases
3 December 2021
FOC 10th Anniversary Helsinki Declaration – Towards a Rules-based, Democratic and Digitally Inclusive World

Preamble  We, the Foreign Ministers of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member States, strongly reaffirm our commitment to protect and promote human rights for all, both online and offline, as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights instruments. Today, the FOC’s mission to promote Internet freedom and protect human […]

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Press Releases
25 November 2021
Libya: new flight for Italy brings hope to asylum seekers

Ninety-three asylum seekers from Libya landed today at Fiumicino Airport. After their arrival, they will be able to apply for refugee status, which will give them the right to protection. The asylum seekers traveled on a charter fIight of the UNHCR, the United Nations Agency for Refugees. It is the first arrival implementing a protocol […]

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Press Releases
25 November 2021
Press release on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

On the occasion of the 2021 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and its foreign network join the awareness-raising campaign “Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!” launched by UN Women. This year, the campaign aims at preventing all forms of violence, […]

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Press Releases
23 November 2021
Sereni opens the Assembly of the Parties of IDLO

“The rule of law is essential now more than ever before, because the effectiveness of the measures passed by the governments in order to ‘build back better’ after the pandemic derive from the ability of the institutions to be transparent, effective and responsible.” These words were spoken by Vice Minister Marina Sereni in her address […]

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Press Releases
17 November 2021
Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

After more than twenty years, Italy once again takes its turn for a semester at the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the most important international organization on the European continent to work for the defense of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, thereby contributing to promote security […]

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Press Releases
9 November 2021
Il Ministro Di Maio istituisce la figura dell’Inviato Speciale per i Diritti Umani delle persone LGBTIQ+

Il Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Luigi Di Maio, ha istituito la figura dell’Inviato Speciale del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale per i Diritti Umani delle persone LGBTIQ+. A svolgere questo importante ruolo, che pone l’Italia all’avanguardia a livello internazionale per la tutela dei diritti delle persone LGBTIQ+, sarà […]

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Press Releases
9 November 2021
Incontro del Ministro Di Maio con la Segretaria Generale del Consiglio d’Europa Burić

Il nostro Paese assumerà il prossimo 17 novembre la Presidenza di turno del Comitato dei Ministri del Consiglio d’Europa, l’organizzazione intergovernativa che si propone di promuovere democrazia, stato di diritto e diritti umani in Europa e di realizzare una graduale armonizzazione dei relativi standard. In vista di tale appuntamento, il Ministro degli Affari Esteri e […]

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Press Releases
9 November 2021
FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – THE FOREIGN MINISTRY EXPRESSES ITS SATISFACTION FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS RATIFYING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

The Foreign Ministry has welcomed the completion of the parliamentary process to authorise the ratification and implementation of important amendments to the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court, broadening its scope of application. These amendments include three new cases added to the war crimes list, relating to the use of certain types of […]

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Press Releases
22 October 2021
CIDU Human Rights Award – 2021

The Foreign Ministry announces the second edition of the ‘CIDU Human Rights Award’, destined every year to individuals and organisations that have particularly distinguished themselves in promoting human rights in Italy. As has often been stressed by Foreign Minister Di Maio, this initiative reaffirms the centrality of the protection and promotion of Human Rights as […]

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