“It is Time to Think About Human Rights Issues”
The institute has supported a core group of Cambodian justice sector lecturers with the aim of further strengthening their teaching skills since 2016. This group, which consist of both practitioners (judges, prosecutors and lawyers) and academics, will teach human rights … Continue reading » ““It is Time to Think About Human Rights Issues””
Continue readingTowards Local Democracy – a New Partnership is Signed
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Swedish International Center for Local Democracy (ICLD).
… Continue reading » “Towards Local Democracy – a New Partnership is Signed” Continue reading“The purpose of the MoU is to strengthen our cooperation,” says Gabriella Fredriksson, Team
Human Rights as a Way of Life in the City of Gwangju
Text by: Sofie Viborg, Academic Assistant
The 7th World Human Rights City Forum 2017 recently took place in South Korea, and I was one of the three delegates from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute to take part in the forum. This … Continue reading » “Human Rights as a Way of Life in the City of Gwangju”
Continue readingThe Five Danish Myths on the European Court of Human Rights
In our latest episode of “On Human Rights,” we hear from Jacques Hartmann, a senior lecturer at the School of Law at the University of Dundee in Scotland, who argues that the debate around the European Court of Human … Continue reading » “The Five Danish Myths on the European Court of Human Rights”
Continue reading“Prisons Are Unique Because They Have Many Vulnerable Groups”
Patricia Mavhembu is a Legal Officer with the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS). She recently participated in a professional training on the protection of vulnerable and marginalized people in Zimbabwe. The five-day workshop was a joint initiative from the … Continue reading » ““Prisons Are Unique Because They Have Many Vulnerable Groups””
Continue readingNew Working Paper Explores Still-In-Process Global Agreement on Migration
In September of 2016, in response to the large movements of refugees and migrants around the world, the UN General Assembly held its first ever summit dedicated to this topic.
The outcome was the New York Declaration for Refugees and … Continue reading » “New Working Paper Explores Still-In-Process Global Agreement on Migration”
Continue readingThe EU as a Force for Good in Human Rights
Humanitarian groups report that children as young as nine are risking their lives in desperate attempts to reach Europe.
Solving the increased influx of refugees is getting even more challenging since the coup in Turkey 2016 and the Turkish President … Continue reading » “The EU as a Force for Good in Human Rights”
Continue readingWhat Do Toxics Have To Do With Your Human Rights?
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes, Baskut Tuncak, joins us for our latest episode of “On Human Rights.”
“Toxic pollution is quite possibly, very likely, the leading cause of premature preventive death in … Continue reading » “What Do Toxics Have To Do With Your Human Rights?”
Continue readingSubmit an Abstract: Gender in Focus Conference in Minsk
RWI, together with the Belarusian National Technical University, is organizing an international conference “Gender in Focus”, which will be held at the faculty of Management Technologies and Humanitarisation on 22-23 November in Minsk.
We are announcing an open call for … Continue reading » “Submit an Abstract: Gender in Focus Conference in Minsk”
Continue readingBook Launch: The Child in International Refugee Law
Children are the victims of some of the most devastating examples of state-sanctioned and private human rights abuses.
In increasing numbers, they are trying to find international protection and are forced to navigate complex administrative and legal processes that fail … Continue reading » “Book Launch: The Child in International Refugee Law”
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