What Do Paper Airplanes and Human Rights Have in Common?
I have to learn Khmer. Today, I did not understand the instructions at the training course for court clerks and missed a golden opportunity to impress the participants.
When I came home from work yesterday, my 5-year-old son was exited … Continue reading » “What Do Paper Airplanes and Human Rights Have in Common?”
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Shaping Societies Based on Human Rights and the Rule of Law
Speaking at a workshop of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network of Institutes (PNI) this week, Mikael Johansson, adviser on strategic planning and quality assurance at RWI, said that a recent Doha Declaration is the … Continue reading » “Shaping Societies Based on Human Rights and the Rule of Law”
Continue readingSwedish Coffee and Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia
Moving Human Rights Books Up Stairs
Apply for these one-of-a-kind human rights fellowships today
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is offering four fellowships for academic scholars and representatives of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in South East Asia. The fellowship takes place at RWI’s head office in Lund, Sweden. … Continue reading » “Apply for these one-of-a-kind human rights fellowships today”
Continue readingNew Action Plan for Business and Human Rights in Malaysia
The deputy secretary of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia says she hopes a new national action plan on business and human rights in the country will influence businesses to have more respect for human rights in relation to working … Continue reading » “New Action Plan for Business and Human Rights in Malaysia”
Continue readingApply for human rights internship today
RWI is seeking an intern to assist in the development and promotion of its unique National Human Rights Institutions Database Project.
Under the supervision of both the head of the NHRI Unit at the Department of International Programmes and the … Continue reading » “Apply for human rights internship today”
Continue readingHelping Children Get Back on the Right Track
The Asia-Pacific Council for Juvenile Justice organized its second training event in Thailand this week. The council is a network of institutions and experts within the field of juvenile justice that is coordinated by the International Juvenile Justice Observatory.
The … Continue reading » “Helping Children Get Back on the Right Track”
Continue readingHuman Rights and Migration at the Cambodia Office
Kristin Dadey from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), recently visited the Institute’s office in Cambodia for a “Human Rights Lunch” with eight female scholarship holders.
During the informal session, Dadey discussed the link between human rights and migration. A … Continue reading » “Human Rights and Migration at the Cambodia Office”
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“Current Situation in the Mediterranean is Absolutely Extraordinary”
Around 120 people attended a panel debate in Lund on Monday on how to stop the drownings in the Mediterranean.
A few highlighted statements from the debate
Morten Kjaerum, director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and … Continue reading » ““Current Situation in the Mediterranean is Absolutely Extraordinary””
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