Human Rights Consortium co-hosted a conference with the Centre for Human Rights ‘Antonio Papisca’, University of Padua

Wednesday 30 November 2022 

Dr Corinne Lennox and Professor Damien Short co-hosted with partners a conference with the Centre for Human Rights ‘Antonio Papisca’, University of Padua.  SAS has a long-standing Erasmus cooperation with the Centre for Human Rights, soon to become a partnership under the new Turing mobility scheme.

On the theme, ‘The Consequences of War and their Interdependence. Bringing Human Security Back to the Global Political Agenda’, the hybrid conference was held at the University of Padova, 14-15 November 2022. The conference brought together scholars and doctoral students from different disciplinary perspectives, experts and practitioners at all levels of governance to exchange their perspectives and critical views on two main issues. First, how the consequences of the war in Ukraine and of the other ongoing armed conflicts are affecting the enjoyment of human security worldwide. Second, how human security is being conceived and pursued in current international affairs, also in consideration of the ambitious goals set forth in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in the 2021 ‘Our Common Agenda’ presented by the UN Secretary-general. Professor Short convened a panel on the Environmental Consequences of War and Dr Lennox convened a panel on the Consequence of War on the Rights of Minorities. Both panels featured current and former students and fellows of the Institute of Commonwealth Studiesand Human Rights Consortium.