“The Situation in the Rural Areas Needs to Improve”
A semester ago we interviewed Rathana Ken, the Master’s Programme student from Cambodia who was awarded a scholarship from the Cambodian Programme of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. Now, already established in Lund for quite … Continue reading » ““The Situation in the Rural Areas Needs to Improve””
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“The Real Challenge is to Have a Long-term Solution for Integration”
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute hosted a panel debate last week on how to promote a rights based inclusion and integration.
The director of the Institute, Morten Kjaerum, opened the discussion pointing to the relevance of integration and inclusion in Europe … Continue reading » ““The Real Challenge is to Have a Long-term Solution for Integration””
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Yijun Zhen: “Like Opening a Window to a New Reality”
Yijun Zhen is a student at the Master’s Programme in International Human Rights Law in Lund. She comes from China, driven by her ambition to learn about a subject she didn’t have the chance to study in her home country.… Continue reading » “Yijun Zhen: “Like Opening a Window to a New Reality””
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New Publication on Human Rights and Gender Equality in Quality Human Rights Teaching
RWI has prepared a publication that consists of a compilation of abstracts on inclusion of human rights and gender equality aspects in the teaching of various legal disciplines in Belarus, Serbia, and the United States.
The publication is available in … Continue reading » “New Publication on Human Rights and Gender Equality in Quality Human Rights Teaching”
Continue readingGammeltoft-Hansen Named Research Director at RWI
Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen has been named Research Director at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.
Gammeltoft-Hansen, 36, who currently heads the Research Department for the Danish Institute for Human Rights, brings years of experience in the fields … Continue reading » “Gammeltoft-Hansen Named Research Director at RWI”
Continue readingPanel Debate: How to Promote Rights Based Inclusion and Integration?
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law will hold an open panel debate on 18 February to kick-off its new project for promoting human rights based inclusion in the Nordic and Baltic States.
Panel members will present … Continue reading » “Panel Debate: How to Promote Rights Based Inclusion and Integration?”
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Cooperation Agreement Signed with Highest Court in Jordan
Photo: Signing Ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding between the Constitutional Court of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI).
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s MENA Regional office in Amman entered … Continue reading » “Cooperation Agreement Signed with Highest Court in Jordan”
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Lund to Get its First-Ever Human Rights Film Festival
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is hosting the Lund Human Rights Film Festival from March 4, 2016 to March 7, 2016.
During the four-day festival, nine human rights films will be screened and a number … Continue reading » “Lund to Get its First-Ever Human Rights Film Festival”
Continue readingClimate Change is Not Just an Environmental Issue
Sumudu Atapattu is the director of research centers at the University of Wisconsin Law School in the United States. She talks to us about the connection between climate change and human rights and why it matters.… Continue reading » “Climate Change is Not Just an Environmental Issue”
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Back to the Post 9/11 Dynamics?
Three experts who do research on counter-terrorism and human rights met at the Institute on Friday to discuss the counter-terrorism landscape in Europe after the Paris attacks.
The panel consisted of Martin Scheinin, Professor of International Law and Human … Continue reading » “Back to the Post 9/11 Dynamics?”
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