The Institute is supporting the Asia Pacific Judicial Colloquium on Climate Change that will be held in Lahore, Pakistan on February 26-27, 2018. This is tied to RWI’s regional work in Asia on human rights and the environment and is … Continue reading » “Ensuring Climate Justice in the Asia Pacific”
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Purchase Tickets Now: Swedish Human Rights Film Festival
The third Swedish Human Rights Film Festival will take place in Lund on March 16 to 18.
The festival is a unique blend of new human rights films combined with fresh analysis from researchers and experts so festival goers can … Continue reading » “Purchase Tickets Now: Swedish Human Rights Film Festival”
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Workshop on Multi-Disciplinary Research of Disability Policy in China
A two-day workshop was held recently in cooperation with Wuhan East-lake Institute for Social Advancement (EISA) in Wuhan.
– The workshop was very successful in strengthening the interaction and dialogues among researchers and practitioners working in the field of disability … Continue reading » “Workshop on Multi-Disciplinary Research of Disability Policy in China”
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The Corruption Crusader Urges Zero Tolerance on Gifts
December 9 marked the International Anti-Corruption day. This year, the UN highlighted the $1 trillion paid yearly in bribes and the estimated $2.6 trillion stolen annually through corruption – a sum equivalent to more than 5 percent of the global … Continue reading » “The Corruption Crusader Urges Zero Tolerance on Gifts”
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A recent roundtable held by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Lund, Sweden featured two days of discussions, study, and brainstorming on the connection between anti-corruption work and human rights.
“The goal of the roundtable was to identify human rights-based opportunities … Continue reading » “Twenty-Nine Takeaways From RWI’s Roundtable on Corruption and Human Rights”
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“Do Not Dare To Tell Me Human Rights Are Not Universal”
Anna Lindh Lecture delivered by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
Mr Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein argued in a speech Monday night in Sweden that those who doubt the universality of human rights want to … Continue reading » ““Do Not Dare To Tell Me Human Rights Are Not Universal””
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Human rights and the promotion of peace, justice and strong institutions – observations from a life in Danish and international politics.
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute and the Association of Foreign Affairs welcomes the former President of the UN General Assembly … Continue reading » “Movie Screening: Lykketoft and the Occasionally United Nations”
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Annual National Symposium on Declaration of Rights Held in Zimbabwe
On 8-9 November 2017, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI), in cooperation with Africa University (AU), Great Zimbabwe University (GZU), Midlands State University (MSU) and the Centre for Applied Legal Research (CALR), facilitated the 2017 National Symposium on the Promise of … Continue reading » “Annual National Symposium on Declaration of Rights Held in Zimbabwe”
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“Who Was Raoul Wallenberg and Why is He a Human Rights Protector?”
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is currently attending and one of the main organizers of the Swedish Forum for Human Rights in Jönköping. This blog post is written by Sandra Jakobsson, who works with communications at RWI.
Five boys, around 15 … Continue reading » ““Who Was Raoul Wallenberg and Why is He a Human Rights Protector?””
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