On World Human Rights Day, which this year is celebrated on 10 December, the University of Padua Human Rights Centre also celebrates the approach of an extraordinary milestone: 40 years of activity.

The Human Rights Centre is the structure of the University of Padua that deals with research, training and dissemination on the issues of human rights, democracy and peace. It was created in 1982 on the initiative of the then dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Antonio Papisca, with the name of “Center for studies and training on fundamental rights and freedoms”.

The event is also part of the celebrations for the 800th anniversary of the University of Padua.