RWI’s Zimbabwe human rights capacity development programme recently concluded a series of three thematic workshops with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC). Over the course of 2018, RWI has worked closely with the ZHRC to strengthen the commission’s capacity in … Continue reading » “Successful Workshop with Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission”
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Swedish Police Learning About Human Rights
Hate crimes are on the rise in Sweden so the Swedish government has decided to invest more money to reverse the trend. The investment includes improving how the police investigate hate crimes as well as how the police create trust … Continue reading » “Swedish Police Learning About Human Rights”
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Report Release: QuizRR Impact Assessment for Axfoundation
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law recently carried out an impact assessment of QuizRR Rights and Responsibilities, a digital educational tool which aims to strengthen knowledge of and respect for labour rights in factories in … Continue reading » “Report Release: QuizRR Impact Assessment for Axfoundation”
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Lovejoy Mtongwiza: Human Rights in Zimbabwe
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute recently interviewed Lovejoy Mtongwiza to talk to him about is work as a journalist and endeavours in human rights activism.
Lovejoy Mtongwiza is a 25 year old journalist from Zimbabwe. He grew up wanting to do … Continue reading » “Lovejoy Mtongwiza: Human Rights in Zimbabwe”
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Food, Sexual Violence and Climate Change
Three doctoral candidates from the Centre for Human Rights at the Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia recently presented the outcomes of their doctoral thesis with the local academic community at Lund University, as a part of RWI’s Ethiopia Programme funded … Continue reading » “Food, Sexual Violence and Climate Change”
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Zuzana Zalanova: A Generation that Respects Human Rights
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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