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Raoul Wallenberg Talks: What are War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity? A Brief Overview
The June 14 Raoul Wallenberg Talk focused on war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Ukrainian context. The talk was delivered by Mark Klamberg and Sally Longworth. Please read on for a brief summary of the talk and a link to the recording.
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PODCAST – AI Ethics and Human Rights Challenges
Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days. Most of us do not reflect much about what it does. Nevertheless, it is a part of our lives. Please tune in to our latest podcast to learn more about the field of AI, its ubiquity, and its relationship with ethics and human rights.
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Sweden Could Be Better at Including Roma
In 2020, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) released a report “Roma and Travelers in six countries” dealing with Roma people and their experiences with discrimination in six countries (Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom). The report has now been published in Swedish.
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Join our team! We are looking for interns.
The objective of the Internship Programme of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) is to give university students and recent graduates with a special interest in human rights issues the opportunity to familiarise themselves with practical human rights work in order to complement academic studies in the field and to gain work experience.
Advancing Human Rights Through Knowledge
We are a research and academic institution with international presence that works to promote and advance human rights. We carry out multi-disciplinary human rights research and provide human rights education. We combine research with direct engagement.
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: International Programmes
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.
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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Human Rights and the Environment
Climate change is a threat to human rights. We are engaged in a number of initiatives on human rights and environment.
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Inclusion and Non-Discrimination
We work to ensure that societies are open and inclusive to all.
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Access to Justice
This is an important ongoing process, in which partner countries, partner institutions and methods will be assessed regularly.
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Human Rights and Business
There is a need for integrated solutions and collective action that create synergies between human rights and environmental sustainability.
Our results
38
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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