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The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is organizing a course on Human Rights and the Environment for Southeast Asian academics, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation.
The initiative is carried out in the framework of … Continue reading » “Interested in Human Rights and the Environment? Apply Today.”
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Dr. Benjamin Gregg is a professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of Texas, at Austin. He’s the Fulbright Visiting Professor at Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria. He spoke with us about his work and his recently … Continue reading » ““Human Rights Are Not Possible Without the Rule of Law””
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Humanitarian Visas Key to Improving Europe’s Migration Crisis
Humanitarian visas can be highly effective and useful tools to ensure access to asylum for select groups of asylum-seekers with a need for international protection.
That is what Gregor Noll, Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law … Continue reading » “Humanitarian Visas Key to Improving Europe’s Migration Crisis”
Continue readingConcluding Report from the Round Table on Social Inclusion of Refugees Now Available
During the past year Europe has been seriously challenged by the number of persons seeking asylum within the Union. … Continue reading » “Concluding Report from the Round Table on Social Inclusion of Refugees Now Available”
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Winners of the Inter-Universities Fictional Constitutional Complaint Competition
The Raoul Wallenberg Inter-Universities Fictional Constitutional Complaint Competition 2016 has been completed with success.
The Raoul Wallenberg Inter-Universities Fictional Constitutional Complaint Competition is the only competition on human rights issues among law students in Turkey. This makes it a unique … Continue reading » “Winners of the Inter-Universities Fictional Constitutional Complaint Competition”
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Panel Discussion on EU Citizens of Roma Origin
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute hosted a panel discussion on April 6 about EU citizens of Roma origin that have migrated to Lund, Malmö and Copenhagen.
To understand the social, cultural and legal complexities of this phenomena, scholars from different disciplines, … Continue reading » “Panel Discussion on EU Citizens of Roma Origin”
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Call for Applications: Raoul Wallenberg Institute Corrections Expert Roster
RWI has been carrying out human rights capacity development activities in cooperation with correctional services internationally since the mid-1990s, and has developed a distinct set of methodologies to support measureable improvements in compliance with international standards for human rights in … Continue reading » “Call for Applications: Raoul Wallenberg Institute Corrections Expert Roster”
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Kjaerum Speaks About European Refugee Crisis in the US
RWI’s director Morten Kjaerum is heading to New York City and Boston in the United States, where he will be networking and speaking about the different challenges that the refugee crisis poses to Europe and human rights as a whole.… Continue reading » “Kjaerum Speaks About European Refugee Crisis in the US”
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New Report: Over 80 Initiated Evictions since 2013 of Informal Roma Settlements in Sweden
Swedish municipalities have initiated more than 80 evictions of vulnerable EU citizens, mostly Roma, from informal settlements on the grounds of poor sanitation since 2013, according to a new report from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian … Continue reading » “New Report: Over 80 Initiated Evictions since 2013 of Informal Roma Settlements in Sweden”
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Sida har utvecklat ett Minor Field Study program (MFS), vars syfte är att bredda och fördjupa den internationella kompetensen hos svenska universitet och högskolor. Målsättningen med MFS är att ge svenska högskolestuderande möjligheter att inhämta kunskaper … Continue reading » “Apply for Minor Field Studies Scholarship”
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