Are you a qualified researcher who is planning to carry out or who is currently carrying out a study in the human rights field? Are you interested in doing research or are you doing research on Roma populations or on … Continue reading » “Apply for the Martin Alexandersson Human Rights Study Scholarship”
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Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas: Director Interview
Joakim Demmer has been working on his new film, “Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas,” for about seven years. Finally, it’s hitting the big screen, first in the Nordics, and then around the world. This weekend, the film will … Continue reading » “Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas: Director Interview”
Continue readingOn the Situation in the Philippines: Come See Ma’Rosa
Just a few days out from screening the critically acclaimed Ma’ Rosa in Stockholm and Lund at the first Swedish Human Rights Film Festival, we sat down to talk to Steffen Jensen who’ll participate in a Q&A after the … Continue reading » “On the Situation in the Philippines: Come See Ma’Rosa”
Continue reading“Human Rights Protect the Process of Freedom”
Antoine Buyse, a professor of human rights and director of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at Utrecht University, is currently a visiting professor at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute.
His special areas of expertise are the … Continue reading » ““Human Rights Protect the Process of Freedom””
Continue readingBook Launch & Seminar: Re-examining the Role of Soft Law in Human Rights
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is hosting a book launch and public seminar on April 4 to commemorate the publication of a new book, “Tracing the Roles of Soft Law in Human Rights.”
Soft law has always played an instrumental … Continue reading » “Book Launch & Seminar: Re-examining the Role of Soft Law in Human Rights”
Continue readingApply To The Next Developing a Human Rights Toolbox Session
The next session of “Developing a Human Rights Tool Box – An international session for practising lawyers” is now open for applications. The target group for the session is as stated in the title, practicing lawyers, taking cases to … Continue reading » “Apply To The Next Developing a Human Rights Toolbox Session”
Continue readingNew Human Rights Film Festival Launched in Stockholm and Lund
The first Swedish Human Rights Film Festival will take place in Stockholm and Lund on March 31 to April 2.
The festival features three days of powerful and important films and discussions on the major human rights issues of our … Continue reading » “New Human Rights Film Festival Launched in Stockholm and Lund”
Continue readingExploring Models For a Swedish NHRI
In January 2015, the Human Rights Council of the UN recommended that Sweden established an independent national human rights institution. The Swedish government accepted this recommendation and announced that it would initiate the work of establishing such an institution. … Continue reading » “Exploring Models For a Swedish NHRI”
Continue readingOn the Role of Women in Military Culture
In our lates episode of On Human Rights, we have a special interview from MR-dagarna (Swedish Human Rights Forum) in Malmö, with Alice Wadström from the RWI who is talking to Cynthia Enloe, a professor known for her work … Continue reading » “On the Role of Women in Military Culture”
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