Discussion Brief No.1, written by Robert Kibugi, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi.
Thoughts from the Nairobi Conference: Environmental Law from Below: Grassroot and Human Rights Perspectives on the Human Environment Agenda (Stockholm+50)
1. Introduction
On 27 September … Continue reading » “Unbundling the human right to a clean and healthy environment and its role in enhancing grassroots voice and activism.”
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With Sida’s support in the coming three years, we will be able to expand our engagement with various stakeholders in Armenia – to make their commitment to human rights more systemic and strategic while based on both human rights theory … Continue reading » “Expanding Our Engagement in Armenia”
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In Harare, RWI collaborated with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to host the National International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition. This is a recurring competition which aims to give students the opportunity to not only study … Continue reading » “Moot Competitions: “I have done them all!””
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The Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Harare and five academic partner universities run the 2022 Summer School on Human Rights together.
During two weeks, students get together at the College of Business, Peace, Leadership, and Governance at Africa University in Mutare, … Continue reading » “Zimbabwe: Summer School on Human Rights”
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Within the broader framework of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Capacity Development Programme, and more specifically under the EU-funded Support to the “Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Project” the RWI, in cooperation with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, just ran a capacity … Continue reading » “Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission: Strengthening the Public Protector Function”
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Since 1981, November 25th has been a day for advocacy and raising awareness against gender-based violence. The days was officially designated as The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by the United Nation General Assembly Resolution 54/134 … Continue reading » “New ‘On Human Rights’ Podcast – Discussing Conflict Related Sexual Violence with Julia Dalman and Tyson Nicholas”
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Thérèse Murphy, the Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Chair on the Future of Human Rights, is a member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE). The Group has just published its latest Statement: Values … Continue reading » “Values in times of crisis: Strategic crisis management in the EU.”
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What did the Asia Pacific representation of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute do during the final week of COP27?
“Putting human rights at the heart of climate action through action through empowering youth on climate change.”
During the second week of … Continue reading » “Activity summary for the second week of COP27”
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