The 8th Worldwide Global Alliance for Justice Education Conference (GAJE) recently took place on the Anadolu University campus in Turkey in cooperation with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute.
This year’s general conference theme was “Justice Education for a Just Society.”
The … Continue reading » “Over 300 Meet in Turkey for Justice Education”
Continue readingThe Palestinian Judicial Institute recently hosted a meeting in Ramallah, Palestine on how to integrate international human rights standards into its education and training curricula.
The meeting brought together various groups in the justice sector, including civil society groups, to … Continue reading » “How We Work With the Palestinian Judicial Institute”
Continue readingJoy Bravo, who works on the Commission of Human Rights in the Philippines (CHRP), says the the issues of business, human rights and the environment is so important because it has a big impact on the most vulnerable sectors in … Continue reading » ““I Have a Duty to Go Back to My Region and Help My People””
Continue readingA group of judges in training from the Turkish Justice Academy recently went on a study visit to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
The study visit participants will work as judges at the administrative courts in Turkey … Continue reading » “Turkish Judges in Training Visit European Court of Human Rights”
Continue readingRWI recently held a two-day meeting in Jordan with eight members of judicial institutes in Iraq, Jordan and Palestine as part of the Institute’s programme to enhance the application of human rights standards in Arab courts.
To learn more, we … Continue reading » “Dangerous Conditions Make it Difficult to Judge, Says Iraqi Lawyer”
Continue readingRWI recently sent a delegation, led by its Director Morten Kjaerum, to Brussels to attend the flagship event of the European Year for Development 2015, the European Development Days and its joint event on the role that National Human Rights … Continue reading » “NHRIs Strengthening Role Around the World”
Continue readingRWI recently held a two-day meeting in Jordan with eight members of judicial institutes in Iraq, Jordan and Palestine as part of the Institute’s programme to enhance the application of human rights standards in Arab courts.
The current three-year programme, … Continue reading » ““The Judiciary is the Foremost Guardian of Human Rights””
Continue readingSpeaking at the European Development Days conference in Brussels last week, RWI’s director Morten Kjaerum said National Human Rights Institutions have a considerable impact in ensuring that human rights are built into legislation, polices and strategies.
But he said there … Continue reading » “National Human Rights Institutions Need to Ask Questions”
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