Women’s rights and women’s access to justice are among the topics of the research carried out in Lund by Aishath Fasoha, she says and explains that to target the judiciary is the challenge for the newly established Human Rights Commission.… Continue reading » “Three reasons to come to Lund”
The main objective of this course was to enhance the capacities of human rights librarians and resource centre personnel working at Academic Institutions and NHRIs in Southeast Asia in providing effective and efficient information services to their users using modern … Continue reading » “Blended Learning Course in Library and Information Resource Management”
The main objective of this course was to enhance the capacities of human rights librarians and resource centre personnel working at Academic Institutions and NHRIs in Southeast Asia in providing effective and efficient information services to their users using modern … Continue reading » “Blended Learning Course in Library and Information Resource Management”
The second phase of the Institute´s Blended Learning Course on Equal Status and Human Rights of Women in Southeast Asia takes place in Bangkok, 19-24 August, gathering participants from NHRIs (National Human Rights Institutions) and academic institutions from around the … Continue reading » “Blended Learning in Bangkok”
During three hot summer days Lund was recently visited by high level international judges from all over the world. Sessions like “Expanding Human Rights on International Courts and Tribunals” were succeeded by sessions with titles as “International Justice; In whose … Continue reading » “High level meeting in Lund”
Lena Olsson´s red hair and energetic spirit have for many years been part of the Institute. Not only in Lund, where she has been running the Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Library on the top floor of Stora Gråbrödersgatan. The … Continue reading » “Many Libraries Later”
The students at the International Human Rights Law program graduated this week after two years studies in Human Rights Law in Lund. Half of the students come from Sweden, but the other half are from countries like China, Bangladesh, Mexico, … Continue reading » “The world at their feet”
Participants from all over the Nordic countries came to Lund to take part in a seminar that will discuss if the Nordic countries are fulfilling their requirements of the Paris Principles through their National Human Rights Institutions. Among the invited … Continue reading » “Search for common ground”
The overall objective of this unique volume is to understand what effects globalisation has had on the traditional views of sovereignty, seen from a Chinese and European, primarily Swedish, perspective. Does the cultural-historical approach have any value in China today … Continue reading » “Aspects of Sovereignty”
