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Thank you to everyone who organised, collaborated and participated with us throughout 2019! It has been a fruitful year!
We wish you a peaceful holiday and are looking forward to new projects and cooperating in the new year.… Continue reading » “Season’s Greetings”
Continue readingOn 1-3 October 2019, RWI officially launched our Regional Africa Programme (RAP). The three-day event emphasised the importance of ongoing cooperation in the region.
Celebrating the beginning of the Implementation Phase of the Programme, Senior Programme Officer, Chris Muthuri… Continue reading » “RWI’s Regional Programme in Africa – Launched!”
Continue readingMs. Ilze Brands Kehris of Latvia, a senior research fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute from 2016-2019, will become the next Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and Head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR… Continue reading » “The New Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights”
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Applications to receive research support are now open to researchers based in Senegal.
The object of the proposals must be migration and international law. Both ‘migration’ and ‘international law’ are interpreted broadly. The discipline used to approach … Continue reading » “Call for Proposals from Senegal: Migration and International Law in West Africa”
Continue readingRecently, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute held a workshop that brought together law and gender course teachers from around the world. The workshop aimed to develop new future initiatives and innovation in curriculum and improve the quality of current courses.
University … Continue reading » “Sharing Knowledge on How to Teach Gender and Law”
Continue readingOn November 6, RWI convened a very timely and important full-day discussion in Stockholm on Engaging with China: Challenges and the Way Forward in Higher Education, Human Rights and Public Diplomacy.
This year marks 70 years since the founding of … Continue reading » “Engaging with China: Challenges and the Way Forward”
Continue readingOn 3-4 October, 2019, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute hosted an international workshop in Lund* focused on the intersection between international humanitarian law (IHL), human rights law as it applies to the protection of persons with disabilities during armed conflicts.
Continue readingWithin the context of its planned Programme in Cambodia 2020-2022, and subject to confirmed funding from Swedish Development Cooperation, … Continue reading » “From Cambodia to Lund – Apply for our Scholarship”
Continue readingIn an ever-changing world, it is vital that academia’s commitment to support and advance human rights continues to evolve. With that in mind, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute recently organised a partnership study visit, along with Belarusian academics, in Latvia, Estonia … Continue reading » “Furthering Human Rights in the 21st Century”
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