Su Yin Htun, assistant lecturer at Taunggyi University, has come from Myanmar to spend three months in Lund to participate in the RWI fellowship programme. During this time, she will finish her research on legal protection of internally displaced persons … Continue reading » ““Research is the Soul of the University””
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When They Dig For Gold in Tampakan
Joy Sanchez-Bravo will spend the next three months at RWI in Lund to research the human rights impact a new mine in the Philippines will have on the local population.
For over 16 years, Joy has been working for … Continue reading » “When They Dig For Gold in Tampakan”
Continue readingRWI Visiting Professor Mark Gibney Releases New Book
Dr. Mark Gibney, the Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at RWI just released a second edition of his book “International Human Rights Law: Returning to Universal Principles”.
In the book, Gibney critiques a … Continue reading » “RWI Visiting Professor Mark Gibney Releases New Book”
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Over 300 Meet in Turkey for Justice Education
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”
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Belarusian Students in Lund to Study Human Rights
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Twenty-five Belarusian students are at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Lund over the next two weeks for a summer course introduction to International human rights law.
“We are one of the few actors that have … Continue reading » “Belarusian Students in Lund to Study Human Rights”
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From a Cambodian Village to Lund to Study Human Rights
Rathana Ken is about to leave her farming village in the eastern part of Cambodia to travel to Lund, Sweden to study in the Master’s Programme in International Human Rights Law.
Rathana has received a scholarship from the Camodian programme … Continue reading » “From a Cambodian Village to Lund to Study Human Rights”
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Students From Around the World Go to Human Rights Summer Course
Nearly 60 students from universities all around the world gathered in Turkey recently for the third annual summer school course on human rights.
The school is a joint initiative among the Istanbul University Faculty of Law, Leiden University Law School, … Continue reading » “Students From Around the World Go to Human Rights Summer Course”
Continue readingIntensive Training Programme in Human Rights
RWI will offer an Intensive Training Programme on Human Rights. The course is primarily targeted at professionals who work with human rights in practice but who are in need of additional human rights education and training. The participants will be … Continue reading » “Intensive Training Programme in Human Rights”
Continue readingLearning About What it Means to Have a Career in International Human Rights Law
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s two summer interns from Suffolk University Law School have been getting an opportunity to learn more about what it means to have a career in international human rights law. They are about to wrap up … Continue reading » “Learning About What it Means to Have a Career in International Human Rights Law”
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