RWI signs new agreement with the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions
The Institute signed a new agreement today for continued cooperation with the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI). We took the opportunity to ask two questions to Mr. Gilbert Sebihogo, NANHRI’s Executive Director, while he … Continue reading » “RWI signs new agreement with the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions”
Continue reading“People and stories that really stick with you”
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is holding a last meeting in Bangkok next week to gather participants from courses it held from 2011 to 2014 on the equal status and human rights of women in Southeast Asia.
The Institute organised the … Continue reading » ““People and stories that really stick with you””
Continue readingWho is taking cultural ownership of Yiddish in Sweden?
Doreen El-Roeiy came to the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in the fall of 2014 as a Fulbright Scholar. She is conducting qualitative research on the impact of Yiddish as a national minority language of Sweden. She has a B.A. from Brandeis … Continue reading » “Who is taking cultural ownership of Yiddish in Sweden?”
Continue readingCorrections Expert Roster
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute 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 … Continue reading » “Corrections Expert Roster”
Continue readingRWI brings together 17 academics in Southeast Asia for human rights workshop
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute recently hosted a research methodology and human rights workshop in Bangkok. Seventeen academics from Cambodia, Laos, Myanamar and Vietnam participated in the 5-day event.
Boualaphiane Sisouk, a PhD Candidate at Nagoya University and Lecturer at … Continue reading » “RWI brings together 17 academics in Southeast Asia for human rights workshop”
Continue readingRWI to continue supporting human rights education in Belarus
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute has signed a new cooperation agreement with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) that will include cooperation with a number of Belarusian universities to develop their capacities and resources in human rights, humanitarian law and … Continue reading » “RWI to continue supporting human rights education in Belarus”
Continue readingRWI strengthens collaboration with Indonesian correctional services
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its main partner in Indonesia, the Directorate General of Corrections (DGC).
“This reflects both parties commitment to strengthen the implementation of human rights in prisons,” says Christian Ranheim… Continue reading » “RWI strengthens collaboration with Indonesian correctional services”
Continue readingNew batch of human rights students graduate in Beijing
RWI and Peking University Law School’s Research Centre for Human Rights held its annual graduation ceremony on 3 March 2015 for 29 students who have finished the yearlong human rights master programme.
“The programme is the most comprehensive taught human … Continue reading » “New batch of human rights students graduate in Beijing”
Continue readingAt the intersection of commercial activities and human rights
Senior Researcher Radu Mares believes there is a great need for academic scholarship to theorise and make sense of the changing relationship between commercial activities and human rights. Radu Mares says his academic interest has always been at the intersection … Continue reading » “At the intersection of commercial activities and human rights”
Continue reading“A Librarian Can Promote Human Rights”
This interview is an excerpt from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s recently published “Developing a Human Rights Library” resource.
Amani Hamarsheh has worked as a librarian at the University of Jordan Library in Amman for ten years. She has … Continue reading » ““A Librarian Can Promote Human Rights””
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