The Raoul Wallenberg Institute was established in 1984 at the Faculty of Law at Lund University, Sweden. In legal terms the Institute is a charitable trust under Swedish private law and is governed by a board of trustees. The Institute moved to its current, modern premises in the central part of Lund in 1996. More than 40 staff work at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute Head Office in Lund where the Institute through inter alia its strong library provides researchers, staff and students with a conducive study and work environment, and where the Raoul Wallenberg Institute has been host to many international seminars, conferences and workshops in the fields of human rights and humanitarian law for a wide group of audiences.
