Apply for these one-of-a-kind human rights fellowships today
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is offering four fellowships for academic scholars and representatives of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in South East Asia. The fellowship takes place at RWI’s head office in Lund, Sweden. … Continue reading » “Apply for these one-of-a-kind human rights fellowships today”
Continue readingNew Action Plan for Business and Human Rights in Malaysia
The deputy secretary of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia says she hopes a new national action plan on business and human rights in the country will influence businesses to have more respect for human rights in relation to working … Continue reading » “New Action Plan for Business and Human Rights in Malaysia”
Continue readingApply for human rights internship today
RWI is seeking an intern to assist in the development and promotion of its unique National Human Rights Institutions Database Project.
Under the supervision of both the head of the NHRI Unit at the Department of International Programmes and the … Continue reading » “Apply for human rights internship today”
Continue readingHelping Children Get Back on the Right Track
The Asia-Pacific Council for Juvenile Justice organized its second training event in Thailand this week. The council is a network of institutions and experts within the field of juvenile justice that is coordinated by the International Juvenile Justice Observatory.
The … Continue reading » “Helping Children Get Back on the Right Track”
Continue readingHuman Rights and Migration at the Cambodia Office
Kristin Dadey from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), recently visited the Institute’s office in Cambodia for a “Human Rights Lunch” with eight female scholarship holders.
During the informal session, Dadey discussed the link between human rights and migration. A … Continue reading » “Human Rights and Migration at the Cambodia Office”
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“Current Situation in the Mediterranean is Absolutely Extraordinary”
Around 120 people attended a panel debate in Lund on Monday on how to stop the drownings in the Mediterranean.
A few highlighted statements from the debate
Morten Kjaerum, director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and … Continue reading » ““Current Situation in the Mediterranean is Absolutely Extraordinary””
Continue readingCan the Drownings in the Mediterranean be Stopped?
More than 1,700 migrants have died in the Mediterranean so far in 2015, according to the International Organisation for Migration. That is 30 times higher than for the same period in 2014.
On Monday, four leading figures in the field … Continue reading » “Can the Drownings in the Mediterranean be Stopped?”
Continue readingConference on the Problems of Public and Private Law Held in Belarus
Tatiana Taranova, head of the department of civil law disciplines in the Faculty of Law at the Belarusian State Economic University, was one of the organisers of a recent conference on the problems of modern public and private law held … Continue reading » “Conference on the Problems of Public and Private Law Held in Belarus”
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