The RWI library holds one of Europe’s largest and most current collections of international law with a focus on human rights, which consists of 30,000 titles, mainly in English and Swedish, and a vast number of electronic resources.
The library … Continue reading » “About RWI’s Library”
In August 2017, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) commissioned an external evaluation (originally referred to as “review”) of programme work methods of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI).
The purpose of the evaluation … Continue reading » “Evaluation of Programme Work Methods”
Eleni is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Lund University and a Researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. She is a qualified lawyer (Athens Bar Association) and a tutor at … Continue reading » “Dr. Eleni Karageorgiou”
Ms. Zalanova has been promoting human rights, good governance, and civic engagement in various capacities in Europe and Central Asia.
Since joining RWI in 2018, she has led RWI programme in Belarus (until 2020), initiated and expanded RWI programme in … Continue reading » “Zuzana Zalanova”
The Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet recently published an article in its opinion section about Swedish disability law and policy on the right to personal assistance. The authors are Anna Bruce, an RWI researcher who is advising the Swedish governmenatal … Continue reading » “Here’s What You Need to Know About LSS and Human Rights”
It has been 50 years since Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme first held a summer-speech in Almedalen, Sweden in 1968, thereby establishing Sweden’s — and one of the world’s — most important democratic meeting places. This year, the Raoul Wallenberg … Continue reading » “Reasons to Fixate on Human Rights at Almedalen”
A capacity building workshop on gender and human rights teaching for university teachers was recently held in Beijing. A clear majority, namely 100 % of the 22 participants, agreed that the workshop has broadened their understanding on gender and human … Continue reading » “Gender Teaching for Teachers in China”
The two-day conference “The Nature of Peace: Exploring links between the natural environment and peacebuilding in post-conflict societies” recently took place in Lund.
“This conference was organized as a final event in which the interdisciplinary research group ‘The Nature of … Continue reading » “Deep Exploration on Peace and Conflict”
This week I wrapped up my four-month long internship in the Communications Department at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund, Sweden.
I started the internship with an open mind, excited for my first experience … Continue reading » “What a Human Rights Internship is All About”
