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The workshop on Strengthening Police Oversight and Accountability in Southern Africa, 4-6 December in Johannesburg, has gathered participants from civil society, academia and members of parliament of the SADC to draft recommendations and strategies on how policing and police oversight … Continue reading » “Strengthening Police Oversight and Accountability in Southern Africa”

Women’s rights and women’s access to justice are among the topics of the research carried out in Lund by Aishath Fasoha, she says and explains that to target the judiciary is the challenge for the newly established Human Rights Commission.… Continue reading » “Three reasons to come to Lund”

The initial workshop within the Expert Accreditation Programme, implemented by RWI and the African Secretariat for National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) is being organised in Nairobi, Kenya, 11-13 November 2013. The workshop is focusing on training and capacity development techniques … Continue reading » “Expert Accreditation Programme for trainers within African National Human Rights Institution”

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute in cooperation with the Kenyan National Council on the Administration of Justice is organising a Working Retreat for members of the Council’s Technical Committee Policy Special Working Group and other justice sector stakeholders from 12-14 November … Continue reading » “Working Retreat on Bail and Pre-Trial Detention Policy”

7-8 November 2013 in Naivasha, Kenya, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in cooperation with Africa Youth Trust (AYT) is convening a regional forum for the East African Community (EAC) Women, Peace and Security Network, comprising representatives of government ministries and CSOs … Continue reading » “Annual Regional Networking Forum convening the EAC Women, Peace and Security Network”

4-6 November 2013 in Naivasha, Kenya, a regional capacity building forum is organised with the objective of enhancing capacity of the East African Women, Peace and Security Network established under a cooperation project between the Institute and the Kenyan CSO … Continue reading » “Regional Capacity Building Forum for East African Women, Peace and Security Network”

Indah, a political scientist with a master degree in human rights from the University of Oslo, has been with the institute since the establishment of the Institute’s office in Jakarta in 2005. She was part of establishing the office from … Continue reading » “Looking back, looking ahead”

21-25 October, the Institute conducted a review and planning meeting in Lund together with staff from academic partner institutions of the Institute in Sub-Saharan Africa. The planning and review meeting formed part of the mid-term review that is currently being … Continue reading » “Review and planning meeting”

On Monday 21 October the Institute, in cooperation with the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (www.mnhrc.org.mm), began a two-day training course on Human Rights and the Role of the Media. The course targets commissioners and staff of MNHRC … Continue reading » “Training course on Human Rights and the Role of the Media”