Photo: Signing Ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding between the Constitutional Court of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI).
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s MENA Regional office in Amman entered … Continue reading » “Cooperation Agreement Signed with Highest Court in Jordan”
Continue readingLast week, experts from a number of countries gathered at the institute in Lund to discuss challenges ahead and lessons learned at a seminar on good prison practice.
We sat down with two of the participants to talk about what … Continue reading » ““Human Rights is the Mantra — What Everything is Weaved Into””
Continue readingRWI has initiated a unique cooperation – the “Assessment and Classification Project” with the Kenya Prison Service (KPS), the Kenya Probation and Aftercare Services (KPAS) and Swedish Prisons and Probation Services (SPPS). We asked a few questions to Damaris Seina, … Continue reading » “Pilot project launched in Nairobi prisons and probation offices”
Continue readingPhoto caption: Ayalnesh Alayu Belete from Ethiopia and Tolulope Ayanbanke Tilley-Gyado from Nigeria are looking at a case study discussed during the session on complaints handling.
Participants from across Africa are meeting this week to learn, discuss and explore the … Continue reading » “12 African National Human Rights Institutions Gather for Training”
Continue readingOne of the biggest tests for a society committed to human rights lies in the way it treats persons in conflict with the law and in particular persons deprived of their liberty. In most countries in the world, it is … Continue reading » “Good Prison Practice Seminar Organised in Lund”
Continue readingThe Raoul Wallenberg Institute recently led a moot court competition at the Tunis Al Manar University in Tunisia with a long-term aim of advancing human rights legal education in the MENA region.
“The competition is established to increase the support … Continue reading » “Advancing Human Rights Legal Education in MENA region”
Continue readingThe Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, with the help of two authors and in close cooperation with seven judicial institutes in the region, is issuing two new books titled “Arab Jurisprudence in the Application of International … Continue reading » ““Demanding Basic Human Rights””
Continue readingThe Raoul Wallenberg Institute arranged a seminar on Monday on human rights in correctional services to kick off a week-long study visit by the Kenya Prison Service (KPS).
“Kenya Prisons Service has decided that the future lies in a human … Continue reading » “Kenya and Sweden Working Together for Human Rights in Prisons”
Continue readingLaw students, fresh law graduates, and junior lawyers from the MENA region recently participated in a regional human rights summer course in Lebanon.
The 12-day course stems from a cooperation between RWI, Beirut Arab University’s Human Rights Centre (BAU-HRC), the … Continue reading » “In-depth Human Rights Summer Course Held in Lebanon”
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