On the 21 February, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute helped organise a panel discussion following the expected military invasion of Ukraine from Russian troops. The initiative came from Giorgi Janjalashvili, a student of the LLM Human Rights programme that RWI brings … Continue reading » “On Ukraine: Insights from a Discussion Event”
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Women in Science: Towards an Inclusive Future?
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which advocates against the discrimination women undergo in their professional scientific fields. The recognition of women in science, as actors of change and engaged professionals, has always faced issues. … Continue reading » “Women in Science: Towards an Inclusive Future?”
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The Raoul Wallenberg Talks: AI and Human Rights
On January 20th, Per Axbom inaugurated the Raoul Wallenberg Talks lecture series by discussing AI and its connection with human rights. The talks will be given by renowned guests, covering timely human rights issues such as climate refugees, … Continue reading » “The Raoul Wallenberg Talks: AI and Human Rights”
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Call for Applications of Researchers in Southern Africa
Consultancy: Experienced researchers for study on human rights and local governance in Southern Africa and Sweden
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (“RWI”), Lund, Sweden, in partnership with the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (hereinafter … Continue reading » “Call for Applications of Researchers in Southern Africa”
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Renewed Memorandum with the ICLD Brings about Greater Cooperation
We are happy to announce that we, in December 2021, renewed our memorandum of understanding with the International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD) and expanded our cooperation with a number of concrete projects.
“The ICLD has contracted us to support … Continue reading » “Renewed Memorandum with the ICLD Brings about Greater Cooperation”
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Teaching Uzbek Prosecutors and Legal Professionals about the Right to a Fair Trial
This autumn, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) is delivering a series of training sessions on the ‘Right to a Fair Trial’ course held at Uzbekistan’s Academy of the General Prosecutor’s Office.
The Academy … Continue reading » “Teaching Uzbek Prosecutors and Legal Professionals about the Right to a Fair Trial”
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Human Rights Clinic Autumn 2021 – “Working with life changing cases”
On the 29th of October, the Lund Disability Human Rights Clinic concluded its latest course for students at the Faculty of law at Lund University. Led by Anna Bruce, Senior Researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, the Human Rights
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International Human Rights Day: For Greater Equality
Today, December 10, is the International Human Rights Day. On this day we celebrate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that was adopted 73 years ago, on the 10th of December 1948.
As a response to World War II and … Continue reading » “International Human Rights Day: For Greater Equality ”
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How Human Rights Can Contribute to Building Forward Fairer
On November 22, we hosted the last and fourth webinar in our series on Covid-19 and Human RIghts, based on the book edited by Morten Kjaerum, Amanda Lyons and Martha. Davis.
We focused on what the building blocks will be … Continue reading » “How Human Rights Can Contribute to Building Forward Fairer”
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