Irregular working hours is part of working at RWI. It is simply impossible to implement a programme of this size and complexity between 8 am and 5 pm Monday-Friday. This is partly due to the workload, but also related to … Continue reading » ““Our Goal is to Make Ourselves Unemployed””
Continue reading“Peace should be built on education, respect and tolerance”
Miriam Estrada-Castillo, a visiting professor at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, has been featured in the second edition of the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs’ “Women as Forces of Change” publication.
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Continue readingTurkish Law Students Make History in Human Rights Moot Court
Law students in Turkey just made history by participating in the first ever moot court competition for human rights.
The students were stressed, says Serkan Köybaşi, who works in the Law Faculty at Bahcesehir University in Istanbul and was one … Continue reading » “Turkish Law Students Make History in Human Rights Moot Court”
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Work with Academic Institutions is a Long-term Commitment
I cleaned my desk today. Partly because it was very messy and partly because we have a new paper shredder in the office that I really enjoy using. The satisfying sound when the machine is shredding the papers, combined with … Continue reading » “Work with Academic Institutions is a Long-term Commitment”
Continue readingAnother Step Forward for the Dissemination of Human Rights in Myanmar
Assistant librarian Saw Harrison (left) and IT-administrator Yet Htet Ko (right) from the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) received their new library catalogue at the ongoing RWI conference for human rights librarians in Bangkok.
“This catalogue will allow the … Continue reading » “Another Step Forward for the Dissemination of Human Rights in Myanmar”
Continue readingCultural Diversity is an Essential Feature of Human Societies
What Do Paper Airplanes and Human Rights Have in Common?
I have to learn Khmer. Today, I did not understand the instructions at the training course for court clerks and missed a golden opportunity to impress the participants.
When I came home from work yesterday, my 5-year-old son was exited … Continue reading » “What Do Paper Airplanes and Human Rights Have in Common?”
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Shaping Societies Based on Human Rights and the Rule of Law
Speaking at a workshop of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network of Institutes (PNI) this week, Mikael Johansson, adviser on strategic planning and quality assurance at RWI, said that a recent Doha Declaration is the … Continue reading » “Shaping Societies Based on Human Rights and the Rule of Law”
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