Call for Papers for the Human Rights Paper Session I: Human Rights, Environment and Climate Change – Developing Human Rights-Based Solutions for Sustainable, Inclusive, and Climate-Resilient Cities
Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), BK21 FOUR The … Continue reading » “World Human Rights Cities Forum 2022: Call for Papers On Human Rights, Environment and Climate Change”
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The Fulbright Distinguished Scholar is co-hosted by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) and the Law Faculty at Lund University (LU). The aim is to promote collaboration between human rights scholars in the United States … Continue reading » “Award Activity: ‘Becoming a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar is a Unique Possibility’”
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Empowering youth and working on issues relating to women’s rights are the passions Ms. Phearong Sdeung, the Executive Director of the Banteay Srei NGO, holds onto.
It was the RWI’s scholarship for the studies of International Human Rights Law at … Continue reading » “Meet Ms Phearong Sdeung – Working on Issues Related to Women’s Rights”
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Last week, RWI’s Regional Africa Programme hosted the first Tripartite Judicial Dialogue in Africa!
The dialogue which occurred from 27-29 June 2022 aimed at enhancing cooperation between regional and sub-regional courts in Africa and strengthening the development of human rights … Continue reading » “End of the first Tripartite Judicial Dialogue in Africa”
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The workshop to review the Human Rights Election Strategy for the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) was held from 15 to 17 June 2022. This EU-funded effort aimed at strengthening the Commission’s ability to discharge its mandate through the promotion, … Continue reading » “ZHRC reviews its human rights elections strategy”
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Today is the last day of a judicial dialogue between three judges from three African Courts: the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the ECOWAS Court of Justice, and the East Africa Court of Justice. Other participants in the … Continue reading » “Three African Courts Meeting to Exchange Knowledge”
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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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Lena Olsson, Senior Adviser and Librarian:
Ten librarians were invited to attend a workshop in Harare during the spring. These came from five partner university libraries in Zimbabwe, from the East African Court of Justice (EACJ), and from the African … Continue reading » “Reflections: Workshop for Librarians in Harare”
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