RWI Director Morten Kjaerum spoke at the Council of Europe Conference in Helsinki, Finland. “We have built an excellent human rights landscape the last 25 years with important institutions, now we have to ask ourselves how they all added up … Continue reading » ““A World Torn Apart by Us and Them Dichotomies””
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Improving Cooperation Between Vietnam and the EU in the Field of Human Rights
Mr. 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”
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Refugees in Europe: A Crisis of Numbers, Solidarity or Borders?
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Just in the past several months, hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing from war have risked everything for a chance to take refuge in the EU. The humanitarian crisis unfolding here has caught EU leaders unprepared … Continue reading » “Refugees in Europe: A Crisis of Numbers, Solidarity or Borders?”
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More Focus Needed on the Victims of Trafficking
The EU Anti-trafficking Coordinator says the EU has laws and policy to tackle human trafficking and severe labour exploitation, but no implementation yet.
Myria Vassiliadou, the EU Anti-trafficking Coordinator, was one of four experts on Tuesday night who participated in … Continue reading » “More Focus Needed on the Victims of Trafficking”
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“Current Situation in the Mediterranean is Absolutely Extraordinary”
Around 120 people attended a panel debate in Lund on Monday on how to stop the drownings in the Mediterranean.
A few highlighted statements from the debate
Morten Kjaerum, director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and … Continue reading » ““Current Situation in the Mediterranean is Absolutely Extraordinary””
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