Together with the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights and Global Compact Thailand, RWI organised a workshop on climate and human rights for business practitioners. It was held as a side event at the United Nations Responsible Business and Human
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A look back at 2022
As we are heading towards 2023, we would like to look back at the year 2022, and highlight a range of topics.
Inflation Surge
In 2022, the world was hit with a wave of inflation which significantly impacted the global … Continue reading » “A look back at 2022”
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Environmental law from below
A conference in Nairobi explored grassroots perspectives on environmental rights, just transitions and cooperation between developing countries
Written by: Tom Baxter
… Continue reading » “Environmental law from below” Continue readingMore Tag“Environmental law offers us a glimmer of hope going forward, especially for the world’s most vulnerable. The adoption of
Stockholm +50: “Grassroots activism has to work again.”
The 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment was a turning point for environmental protection and international law. It saw the emergence of global environmental cooperation as a concept and the creation of new alliances and divisions, particularly between the … Continue reading » “Stockholm +50: “Grassroots activism has to work again.””
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Connecting the Dots Between Climate Change and Human Rights
The climate crisis has become one of the greatest human rights challenges of our time. It threatens lives and livelihoods. It worsens inequalities and deepens precarity. Adapting to climate change is no longer a choice. It is a necessity. States, … Continue reading » “Connecting the Dots Between Climate Change and Human Rights”
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What is COP26?
COP26: RWI Went to Glasgow
Book Launch: Climate Change, Disasters and Internal Displacement in Asia and the Pacific: A Human Rights-Based Approach
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute are happy to present Head of our Thematic area People on the Move Dr. Matthew Scott‘s newly published book: Climate Change, Disasters and Internal Displacement in Asia and the Pacific: A Human Rights-Based Approach.
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Submission to UN High Level Panel on Internal Displacement
Submission of the Asia Pacific Academic Network on Disaster Displacement to the UN High Level Panel on Internal Displacement
In 2017, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law initiated a regional thematic study on internal displacement in … Continue reading » “Submission to UN High Level Panel on Internal Displacement”
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