This week RWI sat down with Zuzana Zalanova, to talk about how she came to work with human rights, conditionality for democratization and how she stays motivated when working with them. Zalanova is a Programme Officer at the Raoul … Continue reading » “Zuzana Zalanova: A Generation that Respects Human Rights”
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Participants in Zimbabwe Present Projects on Human Rights
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute recently carried out two training workshops under its Zimbabwe Human Rights Capacity Development Programme (2016-2018), financed by Swedish Development Cooperation.
The first training workshop took place on 25-26 September 2018 in Harare and targeted a group … Continue reading » “Participants in Zimbabwe Present Projects on Human Rights”
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Finding Accountability Through Human Rights
Yvonne Oyieke joined RWI as a Programme Officer in May this year at the Nairobi office. We sat down with her to discover more about this new member of the RWI team.
Travel and academics have been ongoing passions … Continue reading » “Finding Accountability Through Human Rights”
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WHRCF Key Takeaways
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law participated recently in the World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) in South Korea.
Representing the Institute was RWI’s Director Morten Kjaerum, Sabastian Saragih a Programme Officer for RWI’s Regional … Continue reading » “WHRCF Key Takeaways”
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Elaine Ryan: Combining Anti-Corruption and Human Rights
Ahead of the 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference held in Copenhagen on the 22-24th of October, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute sat down with Elaine Ryan, our Senior Analyst on Anti-Corruption and Human Rights, to discuss a human rights approach to … Continue reading » “Elaine Ryan: Combining Anti-Corruption and Human Rights”
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Four Takeaways from World’s Biggest Anti-Corruption Gathering
Corruption often violates our human rights, like the right to equality before the law or the right not to be subject to torture. That’s why the Raoul Wallenberg Institute attended the 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference this week with a clear … Continue reading » “Four Takeaways from World’s Biggest Anti-Corruption Gathering”
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Meet Amelie Sällfors
Originally from Sweden, Amelie Sällfors lived abroad in the US at various points growing up due to her father’s job. She credits him for encouraging her desire to travel and interact with different people and cultures across the globe. … Continue reading » “Meet Amelie Sällfors”
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Why Cities Are Taking the Lead Role in Human Rights Work
The World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) is taking place this week in Gwangju, South Korea. The Raoul Wallenberg Institute has been working with the human rights cities concept for a number of years.
… Continue reading » “Why Cities Are Taking the Lead Role in Human Rights Work” Continue readingWHRCF writes that “A Human Rights
Workshop Puts Gender Rights on the Curriculum
Nineteen teachers from various universities across China met recently in Shanghai for a workshop on how to teach about gender and human rights in their courses back home.
Whereas the first workshop in Beijing focused on the theoretical aspects of … Continue reading » “Workshop Puts Gender Rights on the Curriculum”
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