Research and Education Archives - The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Meher Bano

Meher Bano is a Library Assistant at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Library in Lund. She has lived in Pakistan, Dubai, Malaysia and Ireland, and holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Trinity College Dublin, in Ireland. She is currently a

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Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan in April 2022 and had his mandate extended a year this October.

Mr. Bennett has served in Afghanistan on several occasions, playing an important role … Continue reading » “Richard Bennett”

Anna Bruce

Anna Bruce is a senior researcher who focuses on the human right to equality and in particular disability equality. After being part of the negotiations of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) her work is dedicated … Continue reading » “Anna Bruce”

Alejandro Fuentes

Alejandro Fuentes is a Senior Researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), an affiliated lecturer at the Faculty of Law at Lund University (Sweden) and –since 2022, a Professor of International Human Rights Law … Continue reading » “Alejandro Fuentes”

Manuel Galvis Martinez

Manuel Galvis Martinez is a Colombian Lawyer (J.D. Universidad del Rosario), specialized in International Criminal Law (LL.M. UNICRI/University of Turin) and International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (LL.M. Geneva Academy). He holds an interdisciplinary PhD from the School of International … Continue reading » “Manuel Galvis Martinez”

Victoria Heisler

Victoria Heisler is an experienced librarian, archivist, educator, and non-profit administrator. She received her Master of Library and Information Science with a concentration in archive management from Simmons College. She also holds a dual Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education … Continue reading » “Victoria Heisler”

Claudia Ituarte-Lima

Dr. Claudia Ituarte-Lima is Leader of the Human Rights and the Environment thematic area and senior researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.

Dr. Claudia Ituarte-Lima an international public lawyer and scholar with over … Continue reading » “Claudia Ituarte-Lima”

Sinem Kavak

Sinem Kavak is a postdoctoral researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and a research affiliate in Center for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) at Lund University. She holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations … Continue reading » “Sinem Kavak”

Morten Koch Andersen

Morten Koch Andersen holds a PhD in International Development Studies from Roskilde University. His research interests are in the fields of human rights documentation, rule of law practices, public authority, corruption, torture and violence, impunity and discretion, and unequal citizenship.… Continue reading » “Morten Koch Andersen”

Radu Mares

Radu has a background in human rights law, specializing in the business and human rights area, with a focus on regulatory and compliance issues raised by multinational enterprises in developing countries. His main research interest is the protection of human … Continue reading » “Radu Mares”

Maria Andrea Nardi

Andrea’s research interests focus on environmental change and territorial transformations in rural areas of the Global South. Her fields of studies in environmental and development geography brought her attention to the conflictive dynamics between economic globalization, internal armed conflicts, unequal … Continue reading » “Maria Andrea Nardi”

Malin Oud

Malin Oud has over 20 years’ professional experience in the field of human rights, rule of law and sustainable development with her work focusing primarily on China. She has worked for international organisations, government agencies and multinational corporations, covering diverse … Continue reading » “Malin Oud”

Josh Ounsted

Josh is Head of the Thematic Area ‘Access to Justice’.

He previously served as the Director of the RWI Regional Office in Nairobi and before that as Director of the Institute’s Office in Jakarta. Prior to working for RWI, … Continue reading » “Josh Ounsted”

Matthew Scott

Matthew Scott is senior researcher and leader of the Human Rights and the Environment thematic area at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. He is also associate professor and adjunct senior lecturer at the Faculty of

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Sue Anne Teo

Sue Anne Teo (she/her) is a researcher under the Future of Human Rights project focusing on artificial intelligence, digital technologies and human rights. Sue Anne was most recently a PhD Fellow at the University of Copenhagen where she researched on … Continue reading » “Sue Anne Teo”

Sandra Valencia

Sandra Valencia has joined RWI to carry out research as part of the FORMAS financed (Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development) project titled ‘Environmental Human Rights Defenders – Change Agents at the Crossroads of Climate change, Biodiversity and … Continue reading » “Sandra Valencia”

Frida Wall

Frida Wall joined the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in 2021. Frida has an LL.M in international human rights law from the Faculty of Law at Lund University with a particular focus on disability human rights, child rights, migration law and labour … Continue reading » “Frida Wall”