Sweden

Today, we have a broad range of activities and cooperation in Sweden which we run from our offices in Lund and Stockholm.

Lund office

lund human rightsToday, our dynamic headquarters has around 35 staff members working with human rights research, policy, education and direct engagement. The office provides researchers, staff and students with a conducive study and work environment. We regularly hold lectures, high-level roundtables and other events and organise much of our work that we do on a national level from Lund.

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Library

The Lund office is home to the Raoul Wallenberg Institute Library, one of the most extensive human rights libraries in Europe. Read more about the library.

The Master's Programme in International Human Rights Law

Together with the Law Faculty at Lund University, the Institute runs the Master's Programme in International Human Rights Law. Read more about that renowned 2-year programme.

The Lund Human Rights Research Hub

The Lund Human Rights Research Hub (LHRRH) is a joint initiative between Lund University and the Institute. The hub serves to showcase the wide range of human rights research undertaken at Lund University/RWI and to stimulate increased collaboration and multi-disciplinary research and education. Read more.

The Anna Lindh Lecture

In 2005, we decided to honour the memory of the late Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Anna Lindh, by hosting an annual Anna Lindh Lecture to be given by a distinguished scholar, politician, diplomat or international top-level civil servant at Lund University. Read more.

Human Rights Cities Project

Together with the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) have started a cooperation on human rights in Swedish municipalities and regions. The Swedish Human Rights City Project aims to set out standards for what characterizes a human rights municipality or region (‘Human Rights Cities’) and how this is implemented in practical terms in the Swedish context. Read more.

The Swedish Forum for Human Rights

We co-organise Scandinavia’s largest human rights event every year with a number of other organisations in Sweden. Thousands attend the forum held each year in a different city around the country. Read more.

The Swedish Human Rights Film Festival

The Swedish Human Rights Film Festival will take place from March 31 to April 2 in Lund and Stockholm. The new festival features six films and a number of panel discussions on the most important and pressing human rights topics we face today.

Address

Stora Gråbrödersgatan 17 B
P.O. Box 1155
SE-221 05 Lund, Sweden
Phone +46 46 222 12 00

For more information about our work in Lund, please contact:

Rolf Ring

Rolf Ring

Deputy Executive Director, Head of the Department for Administration and Finance

Phone: + 46 46 222 12 08
E-mail: rolf.ring@rwi.lu.se

Rolf Ring is the Deputy Director and Head of the Department for Administration and Finance. Prior to joining the Institute, he worked as a Project Co-ordinator for the Swedish Red Cross and served as an assistant to the Chair in International Law at the Faculty of Law, Lund University. He has experiences from designing, managing and monitoring international programmes as well as evaluations. Rolf holds a LL.M. from Lund University.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • LL.M (Lund University, with specialisation in international law)

Work Experience

  • 1998-2000: Programme Manager, RWI
  • 1989-1998: Programme Officer, RWI
  • 1988-1989: Project Co-ordinator, Swedish Red Cross
  • 1987-1988: Assistant to the Chair of International Law at the Faculty of Law, Lund University

Selected Publications

  • Release and Repatriation of Prisoners of War during the Hostilities, Paper for the Summer School on International Humanitarian Law, Warsaw, Poland, edited and published by the Dissemination and Co-operation Division ICRC, 1988.
  • Release and Repatriation of Prisoners of War during and at the End of the Active Hostilities, Graduate Essay at the Law Faculty, University of Lund, 1991.
  • Raoul Wallenberg institutets program för rättsutveckling i utvecklingsländer (The Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Programme for Legal Development in Developing Countries), Mennesker og Rettigheter, Vol. 11, No 1, pp 94-96 (together with Mr M. Johansson).
  • Article 13 in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a common standard of Achievement, edited by Gudmundur Alfredsson and Asbjörn Eide, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague 1999.
  • The Inspection Panel of the World Bank, A Different Complaints Procedure, co-edited with Gudmundur Alfredsson, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2001.
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Stockholm office

stockholmbeskurenIn 2016, we opened up a new office in Stockholm to build our presence in Sweden's capital city.

Through our office in Stockholm, we aim to establish RWI as a go-to organisation in Sweden for knowledge and policy input within our thematic priority areas Fair and Efficient Justice, Economic Globalisation and Human Rights, People on the Move, and Inclusive Societies. RWI’s Stockholm office hosts regular human rights talks and roundtables with key Swedish actors and organisations throughout the year.

Address

c/o Six Year Plan
Kungsbron 16, 111 22 Stockholm

For more information about our work and activities in Stockholm, please contact:

Malin Oud

Malin Oud

Director Stockholm Liaison Office and China Programme

Phone: +46 (0)76 830 6088
E-mail: malin.oud@rwi.lu.se

Malin Oud, Director of the Stockholm Office and China Programme Director

Malin Oud has over 20 years’ professional experience in the field of human rights, rule of law and sustainable development with her work focusing primarily on China. She has worked for international organisations, government agencies and multinational corporations, covering diverse issues such as freedom of expression, democracy, and business and human rights. She is currently the Director of RWI’s Stockholm Office and China Programme, having initially joined the Institute over twenty years ago as Director of the Beijing Office.

Oud is an adviser to the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights, a member of the Advisory Boards of Mercator Institute for China Studies and the Hong Kong-based NGO China Labour Bulletin, and was in 2023 appointed by the Swedish government to serve in the Expert Group for Aid Studies. In 2011-2016, Oud founded and managed the consultancy Tracktwo. Prior to that, she managed initiatives for democracy and freedom of expression at the Swedish International Development Agency. From 2001 to 2009, she was based in Beijing as the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s China office director.

Oud’s current research interests include China’s ambitions as international norm entrepreneur and standard-setter at the UN, and she is co-editor and co-author of the publication The Decoding China Dictionary, a guide for policy-makers on China’s interpretation and understanding of key terms in international relations and development cooperation. She is an experienced public speaker, moderator, and expert commentator in Swedish media and international policy forums. Oud studied Chinese language, social anthropology and international human rights law in Lund, Kunming, and London, and holds an MA in International Development from Melbourne University.

Malin Oud CV

Malin on LinkedIn

Recent publications:

Sample speaking engagements and media interviews

Keywords: Business and human rights, human rights and the environment, human rights and development, China

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