The interdisciplinary Nordic Network on Climate Displacement and Mobility welcomes abstracts for its second workshop “Climate Related Mobility in the Nordic Region: Internal and International Dimensions”. The workshop is to be held 8-9 December 2022 at … Continue reading » “Call for Abstracts: Climate Change Related Mobility in the Nordic Region”
Continue readingThis year Gerard Quinn, our affiliated Professor and the previous Raoul Wallenberg Chair of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of … Continue reading » “Year in Review 2020: Meet our People”
Continue readingEconomic globalisation has to be a fair globalisation. This means enabling the realisation of human rights and the protection of the environment. For more than a decade, we have focused on business and human rights.
Responsible and sustainable value chains are moving up the EU policy agenda. With its Green Deal adopted in 2019 the EU aims at a more sustainable growth model and in early 2021 the EU put … Continue reading » “Webinar (III/III) recording: On the new EU Directive on Human Rights Due Diligence”
Continue readingClinical Legal Education (CLE) is a legal teaching method that uses practical-oriented, studentcentred and problem-based interactive learning methods. This includes, but is not limited to, the practical work of students on real cases and social issues supervised by academics and … Continue reading » “RWI’s Take on Clinical Legal Education”
Continue readingDuring two days in September 2020, in relation to the United Nation’s International Day of Democracy, The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sida, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law as well as a number of other … Continue reading » “Shrinking Civic Space: The Role of Civil Society Organisations”
Continue readingIn the early days of digital learning, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) started developing digital learning, e-learning, and blended learning courses. Around ten years ago, the Regional Asia Pacific Programme (RAPP) began to develop and use using blended learning methodologies … Continue reading » “Full Speed on Blended Learning Courses in Regional Asia Pacific”
Continue readingIn 2017, RWI, together with academic partners in China, identified a need for a new teaching resource in ‘Business and Human Rights’ area.
Radu Mares, Senior Researcher and thematic lead for the Business and Human Rights area, says:
“Despite a … Continue reading » “Business and Human Rights: A Tool for Lecturers”
Continue readingThe human rights to a healthy environment
In 2020 RAPP, the Regional Asia Pacific Programme, presented a thematic study on the Right to a Safe, Clean, and Sustainable Environment called Prosperous and green in the Anthropocene: The human right to … Continue reading » “Prosperous and Green in the Anthropocene”
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