Ms. 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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Call for Proposals from Senegal: Migration and International Law in West Africa
In French below:
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”
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Sharing Knowledge on How to Teach Gender and Law
Recently, 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”
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Engaging with China: Challenges and the Way Forward
On 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”
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The Way Forward on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities During Armed Conflict
On 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.
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From Cambodia to Lund – Apply for our Scholarship
Apply for our scholarship* for a Master of Law in International Human Rights Law 2020-2022 at Lund University, Sweden.
Within 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”
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Furthering Human Rights in the 21st Century
In 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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Apply for the Martin Alexanderson Human Rights Study Scholarship
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is accepting applications to the annual “Martin Alexandersson Research Scholarship for Human Rights Studies.”
The scholarship is awarded to a researcher who is planning to carry out, or who is carrying out, a study in the … Continue reading » “Apply for the Martin Alexanderson Human Rights Study Scholarship”
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Call for Applications: National Researchers and a Editor for Regional Asia
Regional Asia Programme on Human Rights and Sustainable Development (2017-2021)
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is looking to procure a handful of national researchers and an editor for the Thematic Study on the right to safe, clean and sustainable environment in … Continue reading » “Call for Applications: National Researchers and a Editor for Regional Asia”
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