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Webinar: New EU directive on Due Diligence
Did you miss the first webinar on the new EU directive [Where does it come from? What may it lead to? What are the limits of due diligence as a tool to protect human rights in global supply chain?] on Human Rights Due Diligence? Don't despair - check out the recording here. And do check out and sign up for the next webinar in May!
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May 21 - On The Importance of Cultural- & Biodiversity
by The Swedish Human Rights Film Festival
Welcome to join an interesting discussion following the viewing of the beautiful and thought provoking documentary Honeyland. The film portrays humanity's balance with the ecosystem through Hatidže, one of the world's last wild beekeepers following an ancient tradition keeping bees.
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May 18 Webinar: Poverty, Human Rights and Inequality
Join us on May 18 for the second out of three webinars on How to Address the Post-Pandemic Poverty Crisis.
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Call for Abstracts and think pieces : Climate Change Related Displacement and Mobility in the Nordic Region
The Nordic Network on Climate Displacement & Mobility welcomes think pieces for its upcoming workshop on the 16th of September 2021.
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'Learn with Lena - Your Human Rights Librarian!'
Every month, your specialised Human Rights Librarian Lena searches the shelves for highly relevant books on current burning human rights issues. This month, she shares a few book tips on Poverty.
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Podcast: Discussing the 1325 United Nations Resolution on Women, Peace & Security
Listen to our latest On Human Rights Podcast with Petra Tötterman Andorff, Secretary General of the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation.
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New Report: The Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons in a Pandemic
Together with two teams of two teams of Chinese disability-rights scholars and activsts, RWI presents a new report
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The latest news and articles from The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
What we do
Human Rights Research & Analysis
We provide cutting edge and policy-oriented research and analysis to see and understand core human rights issues.
Direct Engagement
We engage directly in the implementation of human rights together with our partners around the world to improve the practical application of human rights.
Human Rights Education
We educate and equip decision-makers with the tools they need to address the major human rights challenges of today and tomorrow.
Human Rights Forums
We bring together policy-makers, experts and civil society to engage in solution-oriented dialogue to advance human rights. Together we bring about change.
Who we are
We combine evidence-based human rights research with direct engagement in close collaboration with our partners to bring about human rights change for all.
We are a research and academic institution with offices, programmes, and convening power covering 40 countries.
Through these combined aspects RWI has a status comparable to relatively few other institutions globally.
The institute is named after Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Jews and other people at risk in Hungary at the end of World War II.
The latest news and articles from The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
What we do
Human Rights Research & Analysis
We provide cutting edge and policy-oriented research and analysis to see and understand core human rights issues.
Direct Engagement
We engage directly in the implementation of human rights together with our partners around the world to improve the practical application of human rights.
Human Rights Education
We educate and equip decision-makers with the tools they need to address the major human rights challenges of today and tomorrow.
Human Rights Forums
We bring together policy-makers, experts and civil society to engage in solution-oriented dialogue to advance human rights. Together we bring about change.
Our focus areas
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People on the Move
Since the founding of the Institute, refugee law has been an area in focus in research and education.
We work to enhance the rights and protection of the millions of refugees and migrants at risk.
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Inclusive Societies
We work to ensure that societies are open and inclusive to all.
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Fair and Efficient Justice
This is an important ongoing process, in which partner countries, partner institutions and methods will be assessed regularly.
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Economic Globalisation and Human Rights
There is a need for integrated solutions and collective action that create synergies between human rights and environmental sustainability.
Our results
35
Years
...that we've advanced the field of human rights and humanitarian law with innovative and policy-oriented research.
14k
Individuals
...who've improved their capacity to promote, protect, and fulfill human rights in our master programs and training....
70
Institutions
...in the justice sector with whom we've worked to strengthen the delivery of and access to justice.
60
Countries
...in which we've convened actors since 1984 to contribute to developing unique solutions to human rights challenges.
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