To culminate the end of a four-year program cycle, I had the opportunity to visit and assess each of our five university partner libraries in Zimbabwe. The primary focus of this assessment was to identify the unique needs and challenges … Continue reading » “Visiting our Partner Libraries in Zimbabwe”
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VII Kharkiv International Legal Forum
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Takes Part in the Panel Discussion “Education in the 21stCentury: New Challenges and Solutions” at the VII Kharkiv International Legal Forum
Morten Kjaerum, Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian … Continue reading » “VII Kharkiv International Legal Forum”
Continue readingExploring Transformative Equality in African Human Rights Systems
Exploring Transformative Equality in African Human Rights Systems: Join Us at the RWI Regional Africa Academic Human Rights Conference
The RWI Nairobi Office is excited to inform you of the upcoming RWI Regional Africa Academic Human Rights Conference, organized by … Continue reading » “Exploring Transformative Equality in African Human Rights Systems”
Continue readingSecond Roundtable on Documenting violations in Afghanistan
On 26-27th July 2023, RWI, the US Institute of Peace and the Afghanistan Human Rights Coordination Mechanism at Freedom House co-organised a roundtable at the USIP premises in Washington DC for US- and Canada-based organisations that in different ways engage … Continue reading » “Second Roundtable on Documenting violations in Afghanistan”
Continue readingMs. Nay Sokmeng – From the Garment Factory to Becoming a Lawyer.
We met with Ms. Nay Sokmeng. She is an RWI scholarship recipient dreaming of becoming a teacher, who eventually with the help of Cambodia Legal Education for Women and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute received scholarships resulting in her becoming a … Continue reading » “Ms. Nay Sokmeng – From the Garment Factory to Becoming a Lawyer.”
Continue readingDevelop Human Rights Research-Related Capacities
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute-Harare Office, in collaboration with its academic partners, will be facilitating a Winter School on Human Rights. The Winter School takes place from 3-14 July 2023 at the Midlands State University in Gweru and the University of … Continue reading » “Develop Human Rights Research-Related Capacities”
Continue readingMeet Courage Zinyoni – Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Scholarship Recipient
Courage Zinyoni (28) is currently working as a district coordinator at the Zimbabwe National Network of People Living with HIV. Previously he also worked at Plan International, which is a development organisation that strives to advance the rights of … Continue reading » “Meet Courage Zinyoni – Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Scholarship Recipient”
Continue readingMeet Shamiso Zvingowanisei – A Participant in the Summer School on Human Rights 2022
Shamiso is a 22 year old law student from Zimbabwe, currently in her fifth year of studies at the Ezekiel Guti University. Towards the end of last year, she took part in the Summer School on Human Rights organised by … Continue reading » “Meet Shamiso Zvingowanisei – A Participant in the Summer School on Human Rights 2022”
Continue readingInternational community engagement in Afghanistan, and its implications for the current situation, and for human rights, in the country
On 1st March, RWI Research Fellow Ehsan Qaane participated as one of two speakers in a lecture organised by the Association of Foreign Affairs and supported by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at Café Athens … Continue reading » “International community engagement in Afghanistan, and its implications for the current situation, and for human rights, in the country”
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