A week after the annual CSO Forum, Dalia Al Mokdad, one of the four youth panellists at the forum, meets with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute on Zoom. We have decided to discuss youth and democracy in Lebanon.
Al … Continue reading » “A voice of the young generation in Lebanon”
Continue readingHuman Rights Cities are cities where local government, local parliament, civil society, private sector and other stakeholders are committed to ensuring the use and application of international human rights standards. The concept has existed for decades, and generally means that … Continue reading » “What is a Human Rights City?”
Continue readingFrom Monday the 14th till Wednesday the 16th of September The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sida, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and a number of other Swedish civil society organisations co-organised this year’s Civil Society Forum. The … Continue reading » “Shrinking Civic Space? The Role of Civil Society Organisations”
Continue readingA national human rights institution (NHRI) is an independent and specialised institution promoting, protecting and monitoring human rights. Such institutions exist in a number* of countries. To become an NHRI, an institute must be compliant with the so-called UN Paris … Continue reading » “National Human Rights Institutes: Protect and Promote Human Rights Globally”
Continue readingSida has decided to freeze the remaining aid in Belarus due to the recent political development, which has led to actors leaving the country. It is still significant to continue the work in countries with shrinking democratic space. The democracy … Continue reading » ““The Work That We Do Is Often in Countries With Shrinking Democratic Space””
Continue readingGerard Quinn has read Are You With Me – Kevin Boyle and the Rise of the Human Rights Movement by Mike Chinoy (Lilliput Press, 339 pp. 2020). In this blog post Quinn portrays Boyle’s fight for human rights for all.… Continue reading » “Nationalism, Human Rights & Democracy – a life”
Continue readingThis year, the world is in a different state which is why Almedalen in Sweden was cancelled. Almedalen, Sweden, was the first ever ‘People’s meeting ‘ in Europe. The Almedal week is Sweden’s most important political forum. Today, such meetings … Continue reading » “Racism: Is Europe Any Better?”
Continue readingWith the rest of the world, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute has been horrified by the death of George Floyd and the deep-seated social injustices that it represents.
The institute is hopeful of the conversations that now unfold and the worldwide … Continue reading » “Structural Racism is a Reality”
Continue readingMichael McEachrane is a Visiting Researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights. He has a PhD in Philosophy and his current research focus is on postcolonial/decolonial perspectives on human rights, … Continue reading » ““It Used to Burn Inside When I Thought of It and It Still Does””
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