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Creating Spaces for Human Rights Learning in Zimbabwe, Part II

With financial support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Authority ( Sida)/the embassy of Sweden in Zimbabwe, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute is implementing an extensive human rights capacity development programme for government institutions, independent commissions, civil society organisations, independent … Continue reading » “Creating Spaces for Human Rights Learning in Zimbabwe, Part II”

A week after the annual CSO Forum, Dalia Al Mokdad, one of the four youth panellists at the forum, meets with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute on Zoom. We have decided to discuss youth and democracy in Lebanon.

From Monday the 14th till Wednesday the 16th of September The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sida, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and a number of other Swedish civil society organisations co-organised this year’s Civil Society Forum. The … Continue reading » “Shrinking Civic Space? The Role of Civil Society Organisations”

A national human rights institution (NHRI) is an independent and specialised institution promoting, protecting and monitoring human rights. Such institutions exist in a number* of countries. To become an NHRI, an institute must be compliant with the so-called UN Paris … Continue reading » “National Human Rights Institutes: Protect and Promote Human Rights Globally”

Sida has decided to freeze the remaining aid in Belarus due to the recent political development, which has led to actors leaving the country. It is still significant to continue the work in countries with shrinking democratic space. The democracy … Continue reading » ““The Work That We Do Is Often in Countries With Shrinking Democratic Space””

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, said that Europe is stuck in a roundabout during her speech at the Anna Lindh Lecture last week.