Richard Falk is an international law and international relations scholar who taught at Princeton University for forty years. For a six year period beginning in 2008, he served as a United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights … Continue reading » “Richard Falk on Human Rights, Vietnam, Israel and the UN: A Life in International Law”
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High-Level Dialogues on UN Agreement on Refugees Taking Place in Geneva
The last round of high-level dialogues on the new UN agreement on refugees is currently taking place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Global Compact for Refugees, as the agreement is formally called, is the UN’s principal response … Continue reading » “High-Level Dialogues on UN Agreement on Refugees Taking Place in Geneva”
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Jan Eliasson on Being a Worried Optimist
Jan Eliasson’s resume is as extensive as it is impressive. Amongst other tasks for the Swedish state, he acted as minister for foreign affairs in 2006 and was the Swedish ambassador to the U.N for several years. He has served … Continue reading » “Jan Eliasson on Being a Worried Optimist”
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The Role of the UN in the Realization of Human Rights
RWI Director Morten Kjaerum joins the likes of Tawakkol Karman, winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, and Adama Dieng, UN’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, as a contributing author to the current issue of … Continue reading » “The Role of the UN in the Realization of Human Rights”
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The Raoul Wallenberg Institute has today become member of ACUNS (the Academic Council of the United Nations System). ACUNS is a global professional association of educational and research institutions, individual scholars, and practitioners active in the work and study of … Continue reading » “The Raoul Wallenberg Institute member of ACUNS”
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