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Just in the past several months, hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing from war have risked everything for a chance to take refuge in the EU. The humanitarian crisis unfolding here has caught EU leaders unprepared … Continue reading » “Refugees in Europe: A Crisis of Numbers, Solidarity or Borders?”
Continue readingHundreds gathered in the center of Lund on Monday to stand up for refugees. They were calling for a more humane refugee policy.
“People on the move are dying in the Mediterranean, and there are many who want to show … Continue reading » “Lund Collectively Stands Up For Refugees”
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 readingThe EU Anti-trafficking Coordinator says the EU has laws and policy to tackle human trafficking and severe labour exploitation, but no implementation yet.
Myria Vassiliadou, the EU Anti-trafficking Coordinator, was one of four experts on Tuesday night who participated in … Continue reading » “More Focus Needed on the Victims of Trafficking”
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A high level roundtable meeting and an open panel debate to discuss the challenges of human trafficking and severe exploitation on the labour market will take place at Lund University on 1 September 2015. The open … Continue reading » “Lund University Hosting High Level Roundtable Meeting and Public Debate on Human Trafficking”
Continue readingRWI’s director Morten Kjaerum received the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria on Monday at the Austrian embassy in Copenhagen.
Kjaerum received the award for his work while heading the EU … Continue reading » “Morten Kjaerum Receives High Honour from Austria”
Continue readingA group of leading human rights experts recently launched an initiative at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund to radically change the way human rights are monitored.
Under all human rights indices there are … Continue reading » “Changing the Way Human Rights are Monitored”
Continue readingRWI recently visited Maersk Group, a global trade, shipping and energy company with headquarters in Copenhagen, for a talk about business and human rights.
RWI’s director Morten Kjaerum was asked to address the group of legal councillors at the company.… Continue reading » “RWI visits Maersk Group to talk about business and human rights”
Continue readingLaw students in Turkey just made history by participating in the first ever moot court competition for human rights.
The students were stressed, says Serkan Köybaşi, who works in the Law Faculty at Bahcesehir University in Istanbul and was one … Continue reading » “Turkish Law Students Make History in Human Rights Moot Court”
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