Human rights

Welcoming remarks by Hon. Patricia Lalonde, Member of the European Parliament, at the European Leadership Conference in Strasbourg, France.

Intervention of Dr. Adrian Holderegger, Professor Emeritus of theological ethics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, at the European Leadership Conference in Strasbourg, France.

Intervention of Dr. jur. Farida Valiullina, Lawyer, Germany, at the European Leadership Conference in Strasbourg, France.

Intervention of Dr. Antonio Stango, President, Italian Federation for Human Rights, at the European Leadership Conference in Strasbourg, France.

Intervention of Hon. Tomáš Zdechovský, Member of the European Parliament, Czech Republic, at the European Leadership Conference in Strasbourg, France.

Intervention of Dr. Aaron Rhodes, former executive director of the International Helsinki Federation, Germany, at the European Leadership Conference in Strasbourg, France.

Intervention of Mrs Diana Constantinide, Barrister, United Kingdom at the European Leadership Conference in Strasbourg, France.

Bratislava, Slovakia—Honoring the 70^th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UPF organized a program titled “Are Human Rights in Europe in Peril?”

Monza, Italy—The local chapter of UPF held its annual commemoration of the day when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights came into existence.

Lisbon, Portugal—The president of the Religious Freedom Commission attended a UPF-organized multifaith event.

Intervention of Dr. Jan Figel, the European Union special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, at the international leadership conference in Vienna, Austria.

 Intervention of Dr. Raffaela Di Marzio, Founder and Director, LIREC (Center for Studies on Freedom of Religion, Belief and Conscience), Italy, at the international leadership conference in Vienna, Austria.

10 December 2017 – The United Nations on Sunday kicked off in Paris, France, a year-long campaign to honor the foundational human rights document, which next year marks its 70th anniversary.

Vienna, Austria—About 100 guests attended a panel discussion on human rights in the Horn of Africa in relation to the recent phenomenon of migration.

Prague, Czech Republic—The International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace had its national inauguration at a conference held in the Czech Parliament.

This article highlights the messages of two panelists at the 35^th Session of the Human Rights Council, focusing special attention on tackling issues regarding women’s rights and their empowerment, and closes with a short commentary.

The 11th President of the Human Rights Council, Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli, welcomed the largest gathering of dignitaries in the Council's history to the 34th Human Rights Council in Geneva. The HRC’s annual session debuted on February 27 and ended March 24.

In the context of the 34th Human Rights Council, Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Angelina Jolie, delivered the annual Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation Lecture.

We, convened at the round-table “Family Values, Family Policies, European Culture: Challenges and Opportunities in Central Europe Today” in Vienna on July 8, 2016, are a group of concerned citizens, educators, experts, opinion-makers and politicians from the “Visegrad Four” and other Central European countries.

Prague, Czech Republic—More than 50 participants attended a conference held in the Czech Parliament on “Challenges and Opportunities of Our Time.”