In this episode of the “On Human Rights” podcast, Alice Wadström from the RWI met with Anders Kompass from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Swedish Forum for Human Rights in Malmö. Kompass worked for the United Nations… Continue reading » ““You Have Impunity Because You Don’t Have Accountability””
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A Century of Labour Law From the ILO
In our latest episode of the “On Human Rights” podcast, RWI’s senior researcher Radu Mares recently interviewed Kari Tapiola, Special Adviser to the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO). … Continue reading » “A Century of Labour Law From the ILO”
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Wanhong Zhang is a visiting professor at RWI, and is a Professor of Jurisprudence at Wuhan University School of Law, in China. He is also the Director of the Wuhan University Public Interest and Development Law Institute. Zhang focuses on … Continue reading » “Working with Business and Human Rights in China”
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Lee Swepston was appointed as the ILO’s Director of the Department of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and Senior Adviser on Human Rights in 2004. He has worked in many areas including children’s rights, indigenous and tribal peoples, non-discrimination, … Continue reading » ““Human Rights Work is Not Fast””
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Brian Burdekin is an International Adviser to numerous National Human Rights Institutions. He was Special Adviser on National Institutions to the first three United Nations High Commissioners for Human Rights. Burdekin was also Federal Human Rights Commissioner of Australia, and … Continue reading » ““Most People… Don’t Know Exactly What Their Human Rights Are””
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Gay McDougall is a Human rights activist and lawyer. She is a Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Leitner Center on International Law and Justice at Fordham University Law School, and is a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination … Continue reading » “Will We Ever Eradicate Racism?”
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In our latest episode of On Human Rights, we sit down with Barbara Oomen, the Dean of University College, Roosevelt and Professor of Law at Utrecht University. She is the co-editor of a new book, “Global Urban … Continue reading » ““The Rise of Human Rights Cities is a Promising Development””
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Suzanne Dovi, an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Arizona, will speak at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute about the kind of voice victims are given in the International Criminal Court (ICC).… Continue reading » ““Often 3,000 Victims Are Being Represented by Two Lawyers””
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Dr. Mart Susi is an Associate Professor of Human Rights Law at Tallinn University in Estonia. He has held senior positions in several academic institutions. At the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, he delivered a presentation … Continue reading » “What Legal Issues Arise with the Advance of New Media?”
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