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.

Human Rights Africa

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.

The 2015 class from the International Human Rights Law Master Programme at Lund University and Raoul Wallenberg Institute

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.

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.

Human Rights Africa

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.

The 2015 class from the International Human Rights Law Master Programme at Lund University and Raoul Wallenberg Institute

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

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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