The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is holding a last meeting in Bangkok next week 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 … Continue reading » ““People and stories that really stick with you””
Continue readingThe Raoul Wallenberg Institute recently hosted a research methodology and human rights workshop in Bangkok. Seventeen academics from Cambodia, Laos, Myanamar and Vietnam participated in the 5-day event.
Boualaphiane Sisouk, a PhD Candidate at Nagoya University and Lecturer at … Continue reading » “RWI brings together 17 academics in Southeast Asia for human rights workshop”
Continue readingThe Raoul Wallenberg Institute has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its main partner in Indonesia, the Directorate General of Corrections (DGC).
“This reflects both parties commitment to strengthen the implementation of human rights in prisons,” says Christian Ranheim… Continue reading » “RWI strengthens collaboration with Indonesian correctional services”
Continue readingA recently completed four-year programme in Indonesia between the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute supported increased compliance of international human rights standards in Indonesian prisons.
In an article on Sida’s website, the agency … Continue reading » “Conditions improve in Indonesian prisons”
Continue readingThe Institute currently implements a training course in Thalat, Laos, for approximately 20 human rights researchers from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. This is the first workshop in a series of events in 2014 that aims at increasing the capacities of … Continue reading » “Human rights research workshop in Laos”
Continue readingThe Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) together with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs will organise the ‘13th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights: Human Rights and the Environment’ on 21-23 … Continue reading » “ASEM Seminar on Human Rights: Linking Human Rights Concerns to the Environment”
Continue readingIn cooperation with its partner, the Vietnamese Institute for Human Rights, the Institute has organized two training workshops on International Human Rights Law and the Role and Functions of National Human Rights Institutions. The workshops was held in Hanoi, Vietnam, … Continue reading » “Training workshops in Vietnam”
Continue readingAs part of the Regional Programme in Asia the Insitute organised a Blended learning Course on the Equal Status and Human Rights of Women in South East Asia for Academia and NHRIs in Southeast Asia. The course was held for … Continue reading » “Knowledge and skills put into practice: Blended learning course on Human Rights of Women”
Continue readingThis manual is a joint publication developed by the Institute and the Asia Pacific Forum (APF), and it serves as a complement to the training courses on national inquiries that the Institute and APF are organising for NHRIs in Asia.… Continue reading » “New Manual on Conducting a National Inquiry into Systematic Patterns of Human Rights Violation”
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