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Elen Grigoryan SAYP Alumni

Elen Grigoryan, who participated in the The Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) programme in 2022, is a public servant working at the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, as an assistant to a member of parliament. As … Continue reading » “Elen Grigoryan SAYP Alumni”

Tornike Bubashvili SAYP Alumni

Tornike Bubashvili is a SAYP alumni and works as a policy officer and project manager for SABUKO society for nature conservation in Georgia, which is partnering with BirdLife International. His main focus is planning advocacy campaigns, empowering local communities … Continue reading » “Tornike Bubashvili SAYP Alumni”

Armenian and Georgian youth links human rights to environmental advocacy

This summer, another Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) was held in Lund by Lund University (LUCE, LUSEM) and RWI- to encourage perspectives on multi-level governance, decentralization and Human Rights among young participants from Eastern Partnership … Continue reading » “Armenian and Georgian youth links human rights to environmental advocacy”

Apply for the Martin Alexanderson Human Rights Study Scholarship

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is accepting applications to the annual “Martin Alexandersson Research Scholarship for Human Rights Studies.”

The scholarship is awarded to a researcher who is planning to carry out, or who is carrying out, a study in the … Continue reading » “Apply for the Martin Alexanderson Human Rights Study Scholarship”

“Sea of Knowledge! Sea of Emotions!”

“Sea! Sea of Knowledge! Sea of Emotions!” – a quote from one of the participants of the Summer School on Business and Human Rights, that RWI organised in Lund, 7-14 July.

Last week, 24 highly motivated students from seven different … Continue reading » ““Sea of Knowledge! Sea of Emotions!””

Lund Becomes Sweden’s First Human Rights City

Lund’s municipal council voted last week to work systematically with human rights. The decision makes Lund the first “human rights city” in Sweden.

Lund municipality has collaborated with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute to develop a systematical work procedure regarding human … Continue reading » “Lund Becomes Sweden’s First Human Rights City”