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Our network joins the UN Human Rights Day Campaign – Everyday Essentials with an awards ceremony and a film screening

Like every year our global academic network is glad to join the United Nations campaign for Human Rights Day. On 2025, we will be part specifically of the “Everyday Essentials” edition to bridge the gap between human rights and our everyday experiences. Because human rights aren’t just ideals; they are the essentials we rely on every day.

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The Millennium Alumni Return to Venice To Meet the 2025 Student Cohort

Venice, September 2025 — Twenty-five years after completing their studies, members of the 2000 “Millennium” Alumni Cohort of the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) returned to Venice to meet the current class of 2025 of around 90 students.

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Oleksandra Matviichuk Inspires EMA Graduates in Venice with Call to Place Human Values at the Heart of Human Rights

Oleksandra Matviichuk, Right Livelihood Laureate 2022 and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, a leading Ukrainian human rights lawyer and head of the Centre for Civil Liberties, whose work has been vital in documenting war crimes and defending civic freedoms, on 21 September 2025 made a keynote speech during the EMA Graduation Ceremony at the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista in Venice, honouring the Class of 2024/2025 of the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA).

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Gender leadership in law: GC Africa Alumnae at the forefront

The Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA) has a long tradition of training women human rights legal experts who are having an impact across the continent. A recent conference in Nairobi brought together over 100 women for an intergenerational dialogue, in which two alumnae shared their experiences after graduation.

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Breaking Barriers: GC Afghan Alumnae Open Doors to Education for Afghan Girls

Two recent graduates, Rosita Sekandari (GC Europe – EMA) and Rokhsar Sadat (GC Caucasus – CES), have launched an online educational program for Afghan girls who were either school graduates or university students. Both alumnae, originally from Afghanistan, are deeply aware of the severe restrictions on education and the impact these have had on the lives of young women after the Taliban takeover.

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Shifting Minds Through Visuals: GC Central Asia Students Explore Children’s Rights Through Video Production

The OSCE Academy in Bishkek hosted an immersive and reflective course as part of the Master of Arts in Human Rights and Sustainability. Titled ‘Arts & Human Rights: Pathways to Sustainability’, the course was led by photojournalist and documentary filmmaker Nick Danziger, alongside human rights media trainer Claudia Modonesi of Picture People—a Scottish NGO that provides training on the use of visual media to expose human rights abuses, shift perceptions, and influence behavior, and with which the Global Campus has a long-standing collaboration.

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