Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has been named the 13th annual Anna Lindh speaker. His speech, on November 27, is titled “Global Challenges to Human Rights Today”.
The lecture will be held on … Continue reading » “UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Deliver Anna Lindh Lecture”
Continue readingThe Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Research Director Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen‘s research contributed to a recently published report from the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.
The UN report calls on states to address … Continue reading » “RWI Researcher Cited in UN Report “Unlawful Death of Refugees and Migrants””
Continue readingThe Raoul Wallenberg Institute will hold a number of seminars and discussions at the Swedish Forum for Human Rights (MR Dagarna) in Jönköping next week, from anti-corruption work to what it means to be a human rights city. The institute … Continue reading » “Anti-Corruption, Climate Migration & Human Rights Cities at MR Dagarna”
Continue readingRWI’s regional office in Amman held a high-level ceremony recently to launch a new Algerian comparative research study that aims at analyzing challenges of national laws and bringing forward applicable judicial recommendations and solutions related to the best interest of … Continue reading » “New Algerian Study on the Rights of the Child Initiated”
Continue readingStudents at the RWI supported Human Rights Master Programme at Peking University recently took part in a lecture held by Emma Melander Borg, head of Gender Equality at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute.
Under the headline “Gender Equality in … Continue reading » “Chinese Students Participated in Gender Equality Seminar”
Continue reading“Whatever [the detainees] might have done, they truly deserve a world without torture and with humane conditions of detention”. Manfred Nowak
After six years as UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak decided to summarize his impressions into a book: … Continue reading » “Lecture: Torture – An Expert’s Confrontation with an Everyday Evil””
Continue readingIn this podcast, Professor Michelle Pace takes a look at the EU Turkey deal signed in march 2016 and its impact for especially refugee children.
Professor Pace highlights how some have argued that the deal is responsible for a rapid … Continue reading » “Is the EU Losing its Legitimacy and Role as a Promoter of Human Rights?”
Continue readingIn this podcast, Dr Jason Pobjoy presents his book “The Child in international refugee law” where he summarize his work and conclusions regarding his research.
Children are the victims of some of the most devastating examples of state-sanctioned and private … Continue reading » “The Child in International Refugee law”
Continue readingThe institute has supported a core group of Cambodian justice sector lecturers with the aim of further strengthening their teaching skills since 2016. This group, which consist of both practitioners (judges, prosecutors and lawyers) and academics, will teach human rights … Continue reading » ““It is Time to Think About Human Rights Issues””
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