Between 12 and 16 September, the RWI team of six colleagues and three international experts travelled to Yerevan, Armenia, to support RWI activities in the country.
If the visit was made challenging due to the context of escalating violence in … Continue reading » “RWI in Armenia: A Productive Visit”
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We work with universities in Armenia to support educational human rights programmes. Together with the American University of Armenia (AUA) and Yerevan State University (YSU), we have been exploring different ways to support universities, lecturers and professors with their human … Continue reading » “Armenia: Exchanging Ideas on Human Rights Education ”
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Our work in Cambodia focuses on the young generation; future leaders and decision-makers in companies, politics, and in administration. To reach this group, we collaborate closely with universities, research centres, and judicial training academies.
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In 2020, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) released a report on Roma’s social situation and experiences of discrimination in six countries (Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and United Kingdom) – “Roma and Travelers in six countries”. … Continue reading » “Sweden Could Be Better at Including Roma”
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On the 20th of September 2022, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) organised, alongside the University of Stirling (UK) and the Global network for Human Rights and Environment, a symposium on ‘Recognising the Right to a Healthy Environment’ (R2HE).
This event … Continue reading » “Symposium: ‘Recognising the Right to a Healthy Environment’”
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This month we have been focusing on Business and Human Rights as one of our four thematic areas. To highlight this we have selected webinars organised last year focusing on due diligence.
To The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Business and … Continue reading » “Spreading Knowledge on Due Diligence”
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Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Isis Satori Reis, Programme Officer for the Zimbabwe Programme, witnessed harsh inequalities throughout her youth. ‘I never got used to it. The environment in which I grew up shaped my will to contribute to … Continue reading » “Meet Our Colleagues : Isis Santori Reis”
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The Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Harare office is proud to have facilitated the launch of the newest book on constitutional and human rights law – ‘The Judiciary and the Zimbabwean Constitution’ – in collaboration with the University of Zimbabwe’s Falculty of … Continue reading » “Zimbabwe: Launching ‘The Judiciary and the Zimbabwean Constitution’ – a book on constitutional and human rights law”
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