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By: Peacewell Makhurane, Junior Programme Officer, Harare Office
This week from 7 to 10 October 2025, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS), is conducting a training focusing on international prison standards … Continue reading » “Training on international prison standards for Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service”
Continue readingBy: Jennifer Jun, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communication
RWI’s Board of Trustees gathered in Lund this week for its autumn meeting, at a time when the principles of human rights, rule of law, and democracy are under pressure … Continue reading » “New Board Composition as RWI Confronts a Defining Moment for Human Rights”
Continue readingBy: Isis Sartori Reis, Tom Baxter, Björn Jerdén
A workshop in Stockholm, Sweden has explored the trade-offs of working with China on just transitions towards clean energy. “Global China and Just Transitions” was the fourth and final workshop … Continue reading » “Trade-offs: Working with China on the Energy Transition”
Continue readingBy: Pasca Chesach
On September 16th-18th, the Government of Kenya through the State Department for Correctional Services and Kenya Prisons Service, the Special Rapporteur on Prisons, Conditions of Detention and Policing in Africa of the African Commission on Human … Continue reading » “Advancing the Implementation of ACHPR Resolutions on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa”
Continue readingBy: Jennifer Jun, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communication
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) participated in the fifth edition of EU Days Lund, held 23–24 September. The event has become Sweden’s leading national arena for dialogue on Europe’s … Continue reading » “RWI at EU Days Lund 2025: Human Rights at the Heart of Europe’s Future”
Continue readingLund, 25 September 2025 – The Government of Sweden, represented by the Swedish Embassy in Ankara, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), signed a new cooperation agreement this week to launch a pilot programme … Continue reading » “Press Release: Sweden and RWI Launch Pilot Programme to Strengthen Türkiye’s Green and Just Transition”
Continue readingBy: Christian Ranheim, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) welcomed the Ambassador of Thailand to Sweden, H.E. Mrs. Arunrung Phothong Humphreys, for a bilateral meeting at … Continue reading » “RWI Welcomes Thai Ambassador and Explores Future Cooperation on Business and Human Rights”
Continue readingJoin us on a journey with environmental … Continue reading » “Upcoming event: A Journey with Environmental Defenders – From Personal to Planetary Scales”
Continue readingPlease see the Ukrainian version below / Українська версія нижче
Lund/Kyiv – 12 September 2025
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) is taking a major step forward in its engagement with Ukraine through the establishment … Continue reading » “Press release: Raoul Wallenberg Institute Establishes New Country Team in Ukraine to Strengthen Human Rights Infrastructure”
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