The RWI Turkey Program annually awards grants for research projects related to human rights issues in Turkey. Each year a maximum of five researchers receive grants of up to 48,000 Swedish kronor from RWI for a six-month research period.
This … Continue reading » “The Winners of Our Human Rights Research Grant in Turkey…”
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”
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”
– I am happy our good relations with Sida have been maintained during my years at the chair, and that we have made some important decisions regarding the future of the Institute.
Long before Hans Corell became the chairperson at … Continue reading » “Exit Corell”
Seven academic research proposals among 71 applications, which will be granted in the frame of Turkey Human Rights Capacity Development Program in 2012 have been announced.
1. Research Topic: “Identification of affirmative action regulations for women in Turkish Law and … Continue reading » “Winners of the Human Rights Research Grant in Turkey”
Since its establishment in 1984, the Institute has been working actively with human rights in Europe. For more than 25 years, we have together with the Faculty of Law at Lund University offered the Master’s Programme in International Human Rights … Continue reading » “Europe”
