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by Sara Gorelli* After a two-year forced hiatus due to the global pandemic, consultations on the text of the International Political Declaration on Explosive Weapons resumed last month. From 6 to 8 April, the Palais des Nations in Geneva...
by Riccardo Noury, spokesperson for Amnesty International Italy. Amnesty International - Italy has been our projects’ partner for over a decade, supporting and participating in each of the yearly publications, with data and analyses. Find more about this key...
By Sara Gorelli -  L’Osservatorio – Centro di Ricerca sulle Vittime Civili dei Conflitti (Research Centre on Civilian Victims of Conflicts)     As news breaks that Russian troops have begun military operations in Ukraine, it is worth remembering that for civilians...
By Antonio Donini Afghanistan is regularly portrayed as “the graveyard of empires”. The British, Soviets and now the US-led coalition have tried and failed to impose their rule and their ill-thought models of governance and development. On 15 August 2022...
By Antonio Donini Afghanistan is regularly portrayed as “the graveyard of empires”. The British, Soviets and now the US-led coalition have tried and failed to impose their rule and their ill-thought models of governance and development. On 15 August 2022...
A new photographic contest for Tuscanian residents to reflect on development, future generations and integration. A project by Associazione 46° Paralelo and Primavera d'Impresa "The future in a click: ideas for the development of the country". This is the title...
June is the international Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. To start this yearly appointment, we have decided to narrate one of the activities of our partner, the humanitarian NGO INTERSOS. In Jordan, mission chief Barbara Foresti explains her team's...
by Sara Gorelli, for the Italian “Associazione Nazionale Vittime Civili di Guerra” (ANVCG). Find out more about our partner organization at the bottom of this article.   The humanitarian approach to disarmament, also known as Humanitarian Disarmament, is an advocacy movement aimed...
By Alice Pistolesi One million people have crossed the Ukrainian border in one week. An enormous, overwhelming and extremely rapid exodus, as emphasised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, who said yesterday: "I have worked...
By Nino Sergi* What is stopping the Presidents of the EU Council and Commission, together with the leaders of the three main Member States, from scheduling a meeting with Putin in Moscow and with Zelensky in Kyiv in order to...

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