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 and Finland. Together, over 20 representatives of Belarusian universities tackled a number of topics concerning…
You are invited to a brown-bag lunch event to discuss the current human rights challenges in Lund and beyond together with staff from the Institute. Join the discussion led by our director, Morten Kjaerum and Olga Bezbozhna, a Programme Officer at RWI. Let us know you’re going on facebook. Date: August 27, 2019 Time: Brown-bag…
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 ASEAN. The programme “Regional Asia Programme on Human Rights and Sustainable Development (2017-2021)”, with collaboration with…
Nominations for the Raoul Wallenberg Prize for extraordinary humanitarian achievements are now open with an extended deadline until 30th November. The award is the initiative of the Swedish Government and the Hungarian Parliament, the Council of Europe and began in 2014. The Council of Europe Raoul Wallenberg Prize is awarded every two years to reward extraordinary…
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is co-organising the Raoul Wallenberg Address 2019, an annual lecture focusing on civil courage, on June 5. The theme of this year’s event is courage in defence of media freedoms. Martin Schibbye, Editor in Chief of Blankspot, will deliver the keynote address. He will be joined by renowned Australian journalist Peter Greste. Schibbye is…
