Lyal S. Sunga is a visiting Professor at the American University of Rome, Italy, Visiting Professor at Strathmore University Law School in Nairobi, Kenya and RWI’s Visiting Professor at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He is a former Head of the … Continue reading » “Lyal S. Sunga”
RWI’s Director Morten Kjaerum is giving a lecture on Wednesday, April 27 at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul.
The lecture will be at 19.00 and is titled “Human Rights and the European Refugee Situation: What is at … Continue reading » “Morten Kjaerum to Speak About the Refugee Crisis in Istanbul”
The city of Malmö, Sweden is hosting a day-long event today to commemorate the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The event, featuring panel discussions, speeches, and films, is taking place in the city’s new Malmö … Continue reading » “Commemorating the Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination”
Recently we interviewed Ioana Bunescu, last recipient of the Martin Alexanderson Research Scholarship and current researcher at Malmö Institute of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM).
Can you tell us about the project you are currently working on?
I … Continue reading » “Project Explores How Cities Address the Roma Situation”
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is accepting applications to the annual “Martin Alexandersson Research Scholarship for Human Rights Studies.”
The scholarship is awarded to a researcher who is planning to carry out, or who is carrying out, a study in the … Continue reading » “The Martin Alexandersson Research Scholarship”
Nowadays, human rights and freedoms and guarantees of their implementation are becoming basic values in development of society, both at national and international levels. The National Security Concept of the Republic of Belarus, approved by Presidential Decree No. 575 of … Continue reading » “Mainstreaming the Elements of Human Rights and Gender Equality Concepts in the Learning Process of Higher Legal Education System in Belarus: Materials of the International Educational and Methodological Seminar (Minsk, 30-31 October 2015)”
A three-week long human rights course is underway for 102 future court clerks from the Royal Academy of Judicial Professions in Cambodia (RAJP).
The 27-hour course has been integrated into the standard curricula for court clerk students at RAJP and … Continue reading » “102 Cambodian Court Clerk Students Study Human Rights”
Photo: RWI Director Morten Kjaerum signs agreement on support from Swedish Development Cooperation for new Zimbabwe programme
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law has started a new cooperation programme in Zimbabwe that aims to contribute to … Continue reading » “New Cooperation Programme Started in Zimbabwe”
A semester ago we interviewed Rathana Ken, the Master’s Programme student from Cambodia who was awarded a scholarship from the Cambodian Programme of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. Now, already established in Lund for quite … Continue reading » ““The Situation in the Rural Areas Needs to Improve””
