Our friend and former visiting professor Vojin Dimitrijević (81), passed away in Belgrade on Friday 5th October
Vojin Dimitrijević managed the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights since he established it in 1995. He also held a number of international assignments, serving i.e. for many years as a member of the UN Human Rights Committee and published extensively.… Continue reading » “Our friend and former visiting professor Vojin Dimitrijević (81), passed away in Belgrade on Friday 5th October”
Continue readingMore TagNew Manual on Conducting a National Inquiry into Systematic Patterns of Human Rights Violation
This manual is a joint publication developed by the Institute and the Asia Pacific Forum (APF), and it serves as a complement to the training courses on national inquiries that the Institute and APF are organising for NHRIs in Asia.… Continue reading » “New Manual on Conducting a National Inquiry into Systematic Patterns of Human Rights Violation”
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As part of a Regional Capacity Development Programme in Asia, RWI offers a human rights training fellowship to Commissioners and staff of National Human Rights Institutions in South and Southeast Asia (please refer to the advertisment, previously posted on … Continue reading » “Myanmar National Human Rights Commissioner visits Lund”
Continue readingMore TagThe Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Essay Prize, Turkey
(Deadline: 30 November 2012)
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) is pleased to announce its second annual Human Rights Essay Prize in Turkey.
The prize will be awarded in recognition of outstanding academic scholarship in … Continue reading » “The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Essay Prize, Turkey”
Continue readingMore TagVery high quality! The Master’s Programme in International Human Rights Law has been evaluated
The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (Högskoleverket) has deemed the Master’s Programme in International Human Rights Law at the Faculty of Law, Lund University, to be of the highest quality. The Agency regularly evaluates all higher education course programmes … Continue reading » “Very high quality! The Master’s Programme in International Human Rights Law has been evaluated”
Continue readingMore TagBelarusian researchers visit the Institute
As part of the ongoing academic cooperation between the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and three partner universities in Belarus, the institute is offering researchers from Belarus the possibility to conduct research on human rights at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Lund, … Continue reading » “Belarusian researchers visit the Institute”
Continue readingMore Tag12th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights in Seoul
Human Rights and Information and Communication Technology, 27 – 29 June 2012, Seoul, Korea
With the recent media coverage of the vulnerability of an increasing number of countries to cyber-attacks, cyber-security has fast become one of the top priorities for … Continue reading » “12th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights in Seoul”
Continue readingMore TagThe Raoul Wallenberg Institute launches a one-of-a-kind NHRI Database
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute, in cooperation with the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF) and the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI), has launched a very unique database of NHRI materials (www.nhridb.org). The … Continue reading » “The Raoul Wallenberg Institute launches a one-of-a-kind NHRI Database”
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Course on International Protection of Human Rights for university students from Belarus
In partnership with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute the Poznań Human Rights Centre arranges a Course on International Protection of Human Rights for university students from Belarus from 27 till 31 August 2012.
The main purpose of the Course is to … Continue reading » “Course on International Protection of Human Rights for university students from Belarus”
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