The Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Regional Office in Amman and the Regional Office of the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner in Lebanon (OHCHR) recently signed a letter of cooperation to produce a joint training manual to be … Continue reading » “RWI and UN OHCHR Regional Office in Beirut to Produce Joint Training Manual”
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Training Human Rights Officers: Aidah Mnyolmo’s experience in Kenya
RWI and the Kenya Prisons Service (KPS) recently provided a basic training in the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, targeted at KPS staff members proposed for the position of Human Rights Officer (HRO).
Previously, this … Continue reading » “Training Human Rights Officers: Aidah Mnyolmo’s experience in Kenya”
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Human Rights are Part of the Solution to Terrorism
Jonas Grimheden talked about the European Union’s counter-terrorism policies and their implications for human rights recently at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute.
As Senior Policy Manager at the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), a decentralised center of fundamental rights expertise for the … Continue reading » “Human Rights are Part of the Solution to Terrorism”
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Khan Says Rule of Law Vital For Sustainable Development
Irene Khan, the Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), said weak institutions, competition for aid, and recurring conflict and violence are signs of the troubling times we are facing.
“What kind of future do we want to … Continue reading » “Khan Says Rule of Law Vital For Sustainable Development”
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Open lecture: Rule of Law Key in the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
Irene Khan, Director-General of the International Development Law Organisation (IDLO), will discuss how the rule of law is crucial and relevant to the economic, social and environmental dimensions of development laid out in the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals on … Continue reading » “Open lecture: Rule of Law Key in the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals”
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Moving Towards Clinical Legal Education Clinics in Zimbabwe
The Institute recently organised an introductory workshop to clinical legal education in Zimbabwe in cooperation with the Herbert Chitepo School of Law and the International Commission of Jurist’s Zimbabwe programme
The objective of the workshop was to contribute to knowledge … Continue reading » “Moving Towards Clinical Legal Education Clinics in Zimbabwe”
Continue readingTowards a Textbook on Human Rights and the 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) organised a seminar recently with the Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) to begin to put together a plan to write a new textbook on human rights and the 2013 Zimbabwean constitution.
The seminar … Continue reading » “Towards a Textbook on Human Rights and the 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution”
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Open Lecture: “Anti-terrorism in the EU – a Human Rights Perspective”
Join a discussion with Jonas Grimheden on 27 January about the human rights implications of the European Union’s new instruments aimed at countering terrorism.
Jonas Grimheden is a Senior Policy Manager at the European Union’s human rights advisory body, the … Continue reading » “Open Lecture: “Anti-terrorism in the EU – a Human Rights Perspective””
Continue reading“Many Don’t Know The Law Is There to Back Them Up”
Luisa Teresa Hedler Ferreira is one of roughly 40 students to have entered the competitive Master’s programme in International Human Rights Law in Lund. The programme which combines the resources of both the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and … Continue reading » ““Many Don’t Know The Law Is There to Back Them Up””
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