From 12-14 October Prof. Mo Hamza and Dr Matthew Scott led an inception workshop at Lake Naivasha in Kenya with public sector professionals working on local and county government issues in Uganda, Kenya and Sierra Leone. The purpose of the … Continue reading » “Kickstarting work on addressing climate-related displacement at the local government level ”
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Highlights from RWI engagement at the World Human Rights Cities Forum 2022: Climate Change and Human Rights
Highlights from RWI engagement at the World Human Rights Cities Forum 2022: Climate Change and Human Rights
The World Human Rights Cities Forum 2022 was hosted by the city of Gwangju, from 10th to 13th October. The thematic focus this … Continue reading » “Highlights from RWI engagement at the World Human Rights Cities Forum 2022: Climate Change and Human Rights”
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Meet the Editor: Dr.Admark Moyo – ‘Selected Aspects of the 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution and the Declaration of Rights’
The 2013 Zimbabwe constitution has been the subject of interesting research (see for example our interview with James Tsabora), including the recently published anthology on ‘Selected Aspects of the 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution and the Declaration of Rights’ … Continue reading » “Meet the Editor: Dr.Admark Moyo – ‘Selected Aspects of the 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution and the Declaration of Rights’”
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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 reading“Environmental law offers us a glimmer of hope going forward, especially for the world’s most vulnerable. The adoption of
Gain New Human Rights Knowledge: Join the first MOOC on Science and Human rights
The enabling and practice of scientific freedom and responsibility benefits not only scientists and policymakers but also benefits us all. However, unless the status of scientific freedom and responsibility are acknowledged as a human right, it won’t be possible to … Continue reading » “Gain New Human Rights Knowledge: Join the first MOOC on Science and Human rights”
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Visiting Professor: Welcoming Richard Bennett, Special Rapporteur
We are happy to welcome Richard Bennett as a visiting professor to RWI. Mr. Bennet was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan in April 2022 and had his mandate extended a year this October.
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Wallenberg Chair: Welcoming Thérèse Murphy
We are happy to welcome and to introduce our Wallenberg Chair Thérèse Murphy who will be with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute until August 2024.
Murphy is a professor of law and director of the Health & Human Rights Unit at … Continue reading » “Wallenberg Chair: Welcoming Thérèse Murphy”
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Meet the Editor: James Tabora on The Judiciary and the Zimbabwean Constitution
On the occasion of the release of ‘The Judiciary and the Zimbabwean Constitution’ we met with its editor, Dr. James Tsabora, to discuss the process that led to the writing of this interesting publication.
Dr. Tsabora is a qualified lawyer … Continue reading » “Meet the Editor: James Tabora on The Judiciary and the Zimbabwean Constitution”
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Zimbabwe: Improving Legal Drafting and Argumentative Skills
RWI in Harare collaborated with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to host the National International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court competition which took place at the end of September.
The recurring competition provides an opportunity for students … Continue reading » “Zimbabwe: Improving Legal Drafting and Argumentative Skills”
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