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Rights in Russia

Welcome to our blog, the Human Righter. We shed light on contemporary human rights issues and comment on human rights developments. We dig deep into our focus areas within human rights, discuss SDGs and human rights. You will also find … Continue reading » “Rights in Russia”

Judges under Pressure

Bye Bye Democracy – RWI Talk – Martin Lundstedt

International Day of Democracy

Should Machines Be Allowed To Do Everything They Can?

Democracy: A World in Transition

15th of September is the International Day of Democracy, a day to review the state of democracy everywhere. The past ten years there has been a shift in democracy. The freedom and democratic rights of the average person … Continue reading » “Democracy: A World in Transition”

“Women’s rights are Human rights” – Interview with Göran Melander

Every year on March 8th, we celebrate the International Women’s Day to recall the necessity to fight for the respect of women’s rights across the world, at all times and circumstances. Although gender equality is still an objective to reach, … Continue reading » ““Women’s rights are Human rights” – Interview with Göran Melander”

A voice of the young generation in Lebanon

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”

Nationalism, Human Rights & Democracy – a life

Gerard 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”