15-07-2022 10:00
Second Annual Conference on the Global State of Human Rights
Venice, Italy and European Parliament, Brussels
The European Parliament and the Global Campus of Human Rights will organise the second Annual Conference on the Global State of Human Rights on 15-16 July 2022 in Venice, Italy. This unique event will include keynote speakers, pannelists and moderators from diverse backgrounds, including Members of the European Parliament, academics from the Global Campus network, high officials from EU and other international organisations, national human rights bodies, civil society, human rights defenders
Over the past year, world developments have challenged efforts made to protect and promote human rights. Ongoing conflicts including on the European continent, social and economic crises due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to environmental impacts of climate change, have severely affected countries and societies all over the world, hitting children the hardest. School closures and unprecedented social and humanitarian crises have increasingly exposed children to violence, abuse, exploitation, forced labour, family loss, displacement, and forced and early marriage. The conference will address three key thematic issues, all of which focus on current global human rights challenges through the lens of children and youth. The first panel will focus on "Children Behind Bars". The second panel will be dedicated to the situation of children exposed to armed conflict and violence. Finally, the concluding panel will shed light on children and youth as change-makers.