FIDU joined an appeal led by Human Rights First calling on the governments of Canada and the United Kingdom to join the United States in sanctioning senior Chinese leaders and entities responsible for egregious human rights violations against Uyghurs and […]
The Italian Federation for Human Rights – FIDU, the Open Dialogue Foundation and the Kyiv-based Centre for Civil Liberties released a joint report on selected cases of persecution of civil society activists in Ukraine since 2014. This report includes, among […]
The Italian Federation for Human Rights (FIDU) and the Open Dialogue Foundation published the joint report The Toll of COVID-19 on Human Rights: Selected Countries and Territories Worldwide. The report provides an overview of human rights and freedom concerns posed […]
In this report, we examine whether the Turkish State complies with its negative and positive obligations in regard to torture, enforced disappearance, extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary execution, and arbitrary detention, or if there is a practice of impunity with regard […]
On May 8, 2020, the Italian Federation for Human Rights sent an open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressing deep concern about the arrest of two prominent students from Sharif University of Technology: Ali Younesi (who […]
DI ELEONORA MONGELLI, VICEPRESIDENTE DELLA FIDU Egregio Direttore, Le scrivo a nome della FIDU, Federazione Italiana Diritti Umani, di cui sono vicepresidente, per esprimerle sorpresa e forte preoccupazione nel leggere il servizio di copertina pubblicato oggi su Il Venerdì a […]
Fact-finding missions and dialogue for the effective compliance with the international agreements on the matter FIDU is committed, together with partners who share its methods and objectives, to verify the conditions of the rule of law and civil liberties in […]
01 April 2020 In June 2018, the Italian Federation for Human Rights launched a human rights monitoring mission to Kazakhstan. The mission’s goal was to monitor Kazakhstan’s compliance with its obligations under international human rights treaties. The permanent mission was […]
FIDU claims the importance of defending the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary. For this reason, FIDU contributes to the study, knowledge and dissemination of facts to counter the risks of misleading and propagandist information. The Wrong […]
Eleonora Mongelli, 28 February 2020 We are now used to hearing about disinformation, fake news and propaganda. What we are less used is to be aware of their effects on our lives. We have had evidence of electoral infiltration, and […]