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 […]
Sixteen human rigths organisations urged Turkish Government not to discriminate against political prisoners in its forthcoming early parole bill. The Arrested Lawyers Initiative, European Federation of Journalists, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, Foundation of Day of the Endangered Lawyers, Freemuse Association, International […]
FIDU, a member of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, participated in the third organizing meeting of the Teaching Abolition International Network, held in Tunis on 18 December, 2019. With the coordination of ECPM (Ensemble contre la peine de […]