Research and Education
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a visiting professor to RWI. Mr. Bennet 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 … Continue reading » “Richard Bennett”
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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”
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Teresa Cappiali
Teresa Cappiali is a researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) in Lund and a Lecturer in international migration at the Graduate School of Social Science at Lund University. She holds a PhD in … Continue reading » “Teresa Cappiali”
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Mahmouda Sonia Eqbal
Christine Evans
A human rights practitioner, Christine Evans has worked twenty years with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
She has extensive experience of undertaking human rights and IHL monitoring, legal analysis and report drafting. She … Continue reading » “Christine Evans”
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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”
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Hanifa Girowal
Hanifa Girowal was a young female politician, and human rights advocate who served as Kabul’s deputy governor on socio-economic and development affairs, managing development and funding projects, mitigating conflicts, and providing essential services to Kabul residents.
Previously, she worked with … Continue reading » “Hanifa Girowal”
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Neshan Gunasekera
Neshan’s professional experience includes engagements with Government, non-government, bilateral and multilateral sectors and was a former member of the international civil service. Neshan Gunasekera has a background in international law, human rights, international relations, programme and project management and has … Continue reading » “Neshan Gunasekera”
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Mo Hamza
Mo Hamza is Professor of Risk Management and Societal Safety at Lund University, Sweden. In his career spanning 36 years so far, he has worked with international development organisations including: World Bank, ADB, UNDP, UNISDR, USAID, DfID, IFRC, IUCN, Swedish … Continue reading » “Mo Hamza”
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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”
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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.
She is an international public lawyer and scholar with direct experience in … Continue reading » “Claudia Ituarte-Lima”
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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”
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David Kaye
David Kaye is a professor of law at the University of California, Irvine, School of Law and is at RWI Research and Education Department as the 2023-2024 Fulbright Distinguished Scholar in Public International Law. From 2014 to 2020 he served … Continue reading » “David Kaye”
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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”
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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”
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Göran Melander
Kasiva Mulli
Kasiva has a decade’s experience working in the fields of Human Rights, Transitional Justice, Gender Justice and Institutional reform. She holds an LLM from the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame. She joined … Continue reading » “Kasiva Mulli”
Continue readingMore TagKasiva has a decade’s experience working in the fields of Human Rights, Transitional Justice, Gender Justice and Institutional reform. She holds an LLM from the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame. She joined … Continue reading » “Kasiva Mulli”