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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“Sea of Knowledge! Sea of Emotions!”
“Sea! Sea of Knowledge! Sea of Emotions!” – a quote from one of the participants of the Summer School on Business and Human Rights, that RWI organised in Lund, 7-14 July.
Last week, 24 highly motivated students from seven different … Continue reading » ““Sea of Knowledge! Sea of Emotions!””
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Call for Papers: The 9th World Human Right Cities Forum
Local Governments, Human Rights and Sustainable Development: Reimagining Human Rights Cities
The City of Gwangju is hosting the 9th World Human Rights Cities Forum, 30th September – 3rd October 2019. Since it was first held in 2011, World Human Rights … Continue reading » “Call for Papers: The 9th World Human Right Cities Forum”
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Recognising Displacement and Human Rights at the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction
Last month, over 4,000 people assembled in Geneva for a meeting that showcased state-of-the-art approaches to addressing the growing challenges associated with climate change, urbanisation, inequality and disaster.
This is a blog post from Matthew Scott, RWI’s Team Leader for … Continue reading » “Recognising Displacement and Human Rights at the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction”
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RWI Continues Cooperation in the Middle East
Since 2011, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute has worked with judicial institutes and high judicial councils in the Middle East and North Africa. The aim of RWI’s regional programme is to further the application of international human rights standards in the … Continue reading » “RWI Continues Cooperation in the Middle East”
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EU in Historic Move to Protect People of African Descent
The European Parliament passed a historic resolution last week that for the first time calls EU member states to protect and promote the equal enjoyment of rights for people of African descent.
Michael McEachrane, visiting researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg … Continue reading » “EU in Historic Move to Protect People of African Descent”
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Cambodia Gets First National Research Initiative
RWI’s Cambodia programme is now launching its the first national human rights research initiative.
The initiative aims to strengthen the capacities of researchers and lecturers at academic institutions to effectively conduct standardized human rights research and to increase the number … Continue reading » “Cambodia Gets First National Research Initiative”
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