In 2016, we opened up a new office in Stockholm to build our presence in Sweden’s capital city.
Through our office in Stockholm, we aim to establish RWI as a go-to organisation in Sweden for knowledge and policy input within … Continue reading » “Stockholm office”
In January 2015, the Human Rights Council of the UN recommended that Sweden established an independent national human rights institution. The Swedish government accepted this recommendation and announced that it would initiate the work of establishing such an institution. … Continue reading » “Exploring Models For a Swedish NHRI”
Three librarians from Zimbabwe made a study visit recently to the Raoul Wallenberg Institute as part of the Institute’s Zimbabwe Human Rights Capacity Development Programme 2016-2018.
“The overall aim of the study visit and training was to show and … Continue reading » “Expanding the Role of Libraries in Zimbabwe”
A recent special edition of the Suffolk Transnational Law Review, featuring a number of articles written by scholars and researchers working or affiliated with RWI, aims to contribute to an increased understanding of the current refugee situation as it … Continue reading » “Suffolk Transnational Law Review Addresses Europe’s Refugee Situation”
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute and the Centre for Applied Legal Research (CALR) from Zimbabwe launched a professional training programme in human rights recently.
“The programme aims to increase the participants’ ability to identify human rights issues and to … Continue reading » “New Professional Training Programme on Human Rights in Zimbabwe”
In our latest episode of “On Human Rights”, Alice Wadström sat down with Jude Dibia, a novelist from Nigeria, during the Swedish Human Rights Forum in Malmö, Sweden in November.
… Continue reading » ““You Shouldn’t Be Threatened By Other People’s Sexuality””
Tobias Hübinette is a lecturer in intercultural studies at Karlstad University and the main author of the report on afrophobia requested by the Swedish Government in 2013. One of his research areas is critical race theories and Hübinette is a … Continue reading » ““Equality Data Vital to Assess and Combat Discrimination””
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law has new initiative aimed to help community-based organizations increase political participation of refugees and marginalized groups in Norway, Finland, and Sweden.
“This RWI Inclusion Academy, an initiative in partnership with … Continue reading » “Inclusion Academy”
In this episode of the “On Human Rights” podcast, Alice Wadström from the RWI met with Anders Kompass from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Swedish Forum for Human Rights in Malmö. Kompass worked for the United Nations… Continue reading » ““You Have Impunity Because You Don’t Have Accountability””
