The Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok recently organized a regional workshop titled “URGENCY IN ACTION-Understanding Human Behavior and ensuring Human Rights and Gender Equality in the Response to Climate Change.”
The Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok organized the workshop to … Continue reading » “Human Rights and Gender Equality in the Response to Climate Change”
Continue readingMore TagThe Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is organizing a course on Human Rights and the Environment for Southeast Asian academics, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation.
The initiative is carried out in the framework of … Continue reading » “Interested in Human Rights and the Environment? Apply Today.”
Continue readingMore TagRepresentatives from Southeast Asian academic institutions and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) participated last week in a blended learning course on human rights and the environment in Bangkok.
The course was part of the Institute’s regional programme in Asia.
One … Continue reading » “When the Taung Thaman Lake Started to Smell Rotten”
Continue readingMore TagEach year, human rights teachers from across China come together to exchange experiences and discuss recent developments in human rights education. The Raoul Wallenberg Institute was the main organizer of this year’s meeting held in Wuhan, China last weekend, where … Continue reading » “Over 60 Human Rights Teachers Meet in China”
Continue readingMore TagMr. Nguyen Huu Hung and Mr. Nguyen Hoai Nghia from the Permanent Office of Vietnam National Steering Committee on Human Rights are spending seven weeks at RWI in Lund researching the relationship between the European Union (EU) and Vietnam.
“Our … Continue reading » “Improving Cooperation Between Vietnam and the EU in the Field of Human Rights”
Continue readingMore TagRWI, in cooperation with the Vietnamese Institute for Human Rights, recently held a national conference on human rights research and education in Hanoi, Vietnam. We talked to David Eile, Programme Officer at RWI, who was one of the organizers of … Continue reading » “Improving Human Rights Research in Vietnam”
Continue readingMore TagKristin Dadey from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), recently visited the Institute’s office in Cambodia for a “Human Rights Lunch” with eight female scholarship holders.
During the informal session, Dadey discussed the link between human rights and migration. A … Continue reading » “Human Rights and Migration at the Cambodia Office”
Continue readingMore TagSweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Löfven visited the Beijing field office of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law on 27 March. He met with Merethe Borge MacLeod, the head of RWI’s Beijing field office, as well as … Continue reading » “Swedish Prime Minister visits RWI in China”
Continue readingMore TagThe Raoul Wallenberg Institute is holding a last meeting in Bangkok to gather participants from courses it held from 2011 to 2014 on the equal status and human rights of women in Southeast Asia.
The Institute organised the four annual … Continue reading » “Teaching human rights to transcend frontiers and cultural differences”
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