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EPLO announces the GLOBAL RULE OF LAW COMMISSION at the United Nations

Tuesday, 15 November 2022

 

The EPLO, having among its aims the promotion of public law and governance worldwide, in cooperation with the United Nations system, established a Global Rule of Law Commission, in the frame of its Global Rule of Law Initiative, which was launched in 2019 at the UN Headquarters. The objective is to develop a comprehensive Global concept of the Rule of Law with respect to Universal Values and diversity, in a dialogue of civilizations. The Commission shall be available to all the nations to provide, if asked, advice and expertise on issues of Rule of Law.

Women's History Month 2022: Interview with Photini Pazartzis, Chair of the UN Human Rights Committee

Thursday, 31 March 2022


To mark International Women’s Day 2022 and Women’s History Month 2022, attention has been paid to the pressing issues of human rights, climate change, gender equality, and the role played by women lawyers. Ambassador Barbara Faedda interviewed Photini Pazartzis, professor of international law and director of the Athens Public International Law Center at the Faculty of Law of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. Professor Pazartzis is currently the chair of the UN Human Rights Committee (ICCPR).

 

 

International Women’s Day 2022

Wednesday, 09 March 2022

To mark International Women's Day 2022, Ambassador Barbara Faedda interviewed Claudia Tebaldi, climate scientist and statistician at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and coauthor of the report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR6 WG1), which has been called "a code red for humanity."

 

 

 

 

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How the Carabinieri Corps Protects Cultural Heritage and Finds Looted Art: An interview with Brigadier General Roberto Riccardi

Saturday, 17 April 2021

Brigadier General Roberto Riccardi of the Cultural Heritage Protection Command, an Italian Carabinieri unit that is now a global leader in the field, talked with Ambassador Barbara Faedda about cultural diplomacy, illegal excavations of archaeological sites, trafficking of  tolen art pieces, international collaborations, a unique database of stolen works of art, the Blue Helmets for Culture, and more.

International Women’s Day 2021: On Violence against Women - Professor Marina Calloni (Director of the ADV–Against Domestic Violence Research Center of the Università di Milano – Bicocca)

Wednesday, 10 March 2021

On the occasion of the International Women's Day 2021, Ambassador Barbara Faedda interviewed both Senator Valeria Valente, President of the Italian Parliamentary Investigation Committee on Femicide and Gender Violence, and Professor Marina Calloni, Director of the ADV–Against Domestic Violence Research Center of the Università di Milano – Bicocca, to reflect on femicide and gender-based violence, anti-femicide measures, gender inequality, the role of education, women in leadership, the impact of COVID-19, and more

International Women’s Day 2021: On Violence against Women Senator Valeria Valente

Wednesday, 10 March 2021

On the occasion of the International Women's Day 2021, Ambassador Barbara Faedda interviewed both Senator Valeria Valente, President of the Italian Parliamentary Investigation Committee on Femicide and Gender Violence, and Professor Marina Calloni, Director of the ADV–Against Domestic Violence Research Center of the Università di Milano – Bicocca, to reflect on femicide and gender-based violence, anti-femicide measures, gender inequality, the role of education, women in leadership, the impact of COVID-19, and more

 

Barbara Faedda interviews Liliana Segre

Sunday, 24 January 2021

On the occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021, EPLO Ambassador Ms Barbara Faedda interviewed Liliana Segre, a survivor of Auschwitz who was named a lifetime member of Italy’s Senate in 2018. Read the whole interview here, for Senator Segre’s reflections on the Holocaust, hate speech, racism, the January 6 assault in Washington, DC, and more.

Copyright: Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University

Reproduced from https://italianacademy.columbia.edu/event/liliana-segre-pure-barbarism-exclusive-interview-with-barbara-faedda