Unesco Chair at Human Rights Conference in Padova

UNESCO Chair (Gerd Oberleitner and Lisa Heschl) participates in International Conference "From the Right to Self-determination to the Right to Peace: Human and Peoples’ Rights in the Collapsing Multilateral Order", University of Padova, 10-11 November 2025. The conference examined how the fundamental right to self-determination and other people’s rights, such as those to a healthy environment and to development, intersect with the individual and collective aspiration for peace and justice in light of the current status of international politics and international law.

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