Around 120 people attended a panel debate in Lund on Monday on how to stop the drownings in the Mediterranean.
A few highlighted statements from the debate
Morten Kjaerum, director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and … Continue reading » ““Current Situation in the Mediterranean is Absolutely Extraordinary””
Continue readingMore than 1,700 migrants have died in the Mediterranean so far in 2015, according to the International Organisation for Migration. That is 30 times higher than for the same period in 2014.
On Monday, four leading figures in the field … Continue reading » “Can the Drownings in the Mediterranean be Stopped?”
Continue readingTatiana Taranova, head of the department of civil law disciplines in the Faculty of Law at the Belarusian State Economic University, was one of the organisers of a recent conference on the problems of modern public and private law held … Continue reading » “Conference on the Problems of Public and Private Law Held in Belarus”
Continue readingMorten Kjaerum, the new director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, took over the reins of the Institute on 1 April 2015.
Kjaerum most recently was director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) … Continue reading » “Morten Kjaerum begins as director at RWI”
Continue readingThe Raoul Wallenberg Institute recently hosted a research methodology and human rights workshop in Bangkok. Seventeen academics from Cambodia, Laos, Myanamar and Vietnam participated in the 5-day event.
Boualaphiane Sisouk, a PhD Candidate at Nagoya University and Lecturer at … Continue reading » “RWI brings together 17 academics in Southeast Asia for human rights workshop”
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As co-organizer of the Swedish Forum for Human Rights, MR-dagarna, the Institute contributes two seminars to the event and also presents its activities at the exhibition booth. The seminar “Organizational culture and human rights: The impact of human rights … Continue reading » “The Institute at Swedish Forum for Human Rights in Umeå”
Continue readingThe Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) together with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs will organise the ‘13th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights: Human Rights and the Environment’ on 21-23 … Continue reading » “ASEM Seminar on Human Rights: Linking Human Rights Concerns to the Environment”
Continue readingDuring three days, 21 – 23 November, Officials from Key Government Ministries and civil society organizations implementing UNSCR 1325 in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda meet to discuss the creation of a regional network. The meeting is taking place
