Human Rights are Part of the Solution to Terrorism
Jonas Grimheden talked about the European Union’s counter-terrorism policies and their implications for human rights recently at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute.
As Senior Policy Manager at the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), a decentralised center of fundamental rights expertise for the … Continue reading » “Human Rights are Part of the Solution to Terrorism”
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Preventing Intimate Partner Violence: A Human Rights Approach
In our latest episode of On Human Rights, we interview Leyla-Denisa Obreja, a visiting scholar at RWI and a PhD candidate at Bond University in Australia. Her area of research is intimate partner violence. Listen to her talk about her … Continue reading » “Preventing Intimate Partner Violence: A Human Rights Approach”
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Khan Says Rule of Law Vital For Sustainable Development
Irene Khan, the Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), said weak institutions, competition for aid, and recurring conflict and violence are signs of the troubling times we are facing.
“What kind of future do we want to … Continue reading » “Khan Says Rule of Law Vital For Sustainable Development”
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Open lecture: Rule of Law Key in the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
Irene Khan, Director-General of the International Development Law Organisation (IDLO), will discuss how the rule of law is crucial and relevant to the economic, social and environmental dimensions of development laid out in the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals on … Continue reading » “Open lecture: Rule of Law Key in the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals”
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Lecture on the 1951 Convention on Refugees
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is hosting a lecture on February 16 titled “Refugee Flight and Mobility: Lessons from the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees Then and Now.”
The lecture will be given by Cathryn Costello, Andrew … Continue reading » “Lecture on the 1951 Convention on Refugees”
Continue readingNew Professional Training Programme on Human Rights in Zimbabwe
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute and the Centre for Applied Legal Research (CALR) from Zimbabwe launched a professional training programme in human rights recently.
“The programme aims to increase the participants’ ability to identify human rights issues and to … Continue reading » “New Professional Training Programme on Human Rights in Zimbabwe”
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Moving Towards Clinical Legal Education Clinics in Zimbabwe
The Institute recently organised an introductory workshop to clinical legal education in Zimbabwe in cooperation with the Herbert Chitepo School of Law and the International Commission of Jurist’s Zimbabwe programme
The objective of the workshop was to contribute to knowledge … Continue reading » “Moving Towards Clinical Legal Education Clinics in Zimbabwe”
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“You Shouldn’t Be Threatened By Other People’s Sexuality”
In our latest episode of “On Human Rights”, Alice Wadström sat down with Jude Dibia, a novelist from Nigeria, during the Swedish Human Rights Forum in Malmö, Sweden in November.
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Continue readingTowards a Textbook on Human Rights and the 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) organised a seminar recently with the Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) to begin to put together a plan to write a new textbook on human rights and the 2013 Zimbabwean constitution.
The seminar … Continue reading » “Towards a Textbook on Human Rights and the 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution”
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Open Lecture: “Anti-terrorism in the EU – a Human Rights Perspective”
Join a discussion with Jonas Grimheden on 27 January about the human rights implications of the European Union’s new instruments aimed at countering terrorism.
Jonas Grimheden is a Senior Policy Manager at the European Union’s human rights advisory body, the … Continue reading » “Open Lecture: “Anti-terrorism in the EU – a Human Rights Perspective””
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