The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) recently facilitated the 2018 National Symposium on Gender Equality and the Human Rights of Women in Zimbabwe. It was held in Harare, Zimbabwe in cooperation with Africa University, Great Zimbabwe University, Midlands State University and the Centre for Applied Legal Research. “The purpose of…
Three doctoral candidates from the Centre for Human Rights at the Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia recently presented the outcomes of their doctoral thesis with the local academic community at Lund University, as a part of RWI’s Ethiopia Programme funded by Sida. Their theses are related to different human rights challenges in Ethiopia, from the right to…
Ahead of the 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference held in Copenhagen on the 22-24th of October, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute sat down with Elaine Ryan, our Senior Analyst on Anti-Corruption and Human Rights, to discuss a human rights approach to anti-corruption and RWI’s recent report on the subject. Find the link to it here. Could you…
Public seminar: Open panel debate with the participation of doctoral candidates from Addis Ababa University On the 1st of November at 14:00, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute is hosting an open panel discussion with the participation of doctoral candidates from Addis Ababa University, as a part of its bilateral Ethiopia Programme. The three doctoral candidates will present…
Corruption often violates our human rights, like the right to equality before the law or the right not to be subject to torture. That’s why the Raoul Wallenberg Institute attended the 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference this week with a clear message: Any work to combat corruption must include human rights approaches. Read our new report…
