Morten Kjaerum, the new director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, took over the reins of the Institute on 1 April 2015.
Kjaerum most recently was director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) … Continue reading » “Morten Kjaerum begins as director at RWI”
Continue readingMore TagThe Raoul Wallenberg Institute recently hosted a research methodology and human rights workshop in Bangkok. Seventeen academics from Cambodia, Laos, Myanamar and Vietnam participated in the 5-day event.
Boualaphiane Sisouk, a PhD Candidate at Nagoya University and Lecturer at … Continue reading » “RWI brings together 17 academics in Southeast Asia for human rights workshop”
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As co-organizer of the Swedish Forum for Human Rights, MR-dagarna, the Institute contributes two seminars to the event and also presents its activities at the exhibition booth. The seminar “Organizational culture and human rights: The impact of human rights … Continue reading » “The Institute at Swedish Forum for Human Rights in Umeå”
Continue readingMore TagThe Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) together with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs will organise the ‘13th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights: Human Rights and the Environment’ on 21-23 … Continue reading » “ASEM Seminar on Human Rights: Linking Human Rights Concerns to the Environment”
Continue readingMore TagDuring three days, 21 – 23 November, Officials from Key Government Ministries and civil society organizations implementing UNSCR 1325 in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda meet to discuss the creation of a regional network. The meeting is taking place
In order to honor Raoul Wallenbergs’ efforts in Budapest during the second world war the conference “Between Salvation and Extermination during World War II” was held in Bucharest on October 12. Read more (in Swedish)… Continue reading » “Conference in honor of Raoul Wallenberg”
Continue readingMore TagHuman Rights and Information and Communication Technology, 27 – 29 June 2012, Seoul, Korea
With the recent media coverage of the vulnerability of an increasing number of countries to cyber-attacks, cyber-security has fast become one of the top priorities for … Continue reading » “12th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights in Seoul”
Continue readingMore TagOn 26 April Lund University and the corporate management company Ernst & Young arranged a seminar, at the Museum of Public Art in Lund, where science, art, Human Rights and Philanthropy came together. The Institute was presented by Director Marie … Continue reading » “Seminar at the Museum of Public Art in Lund”
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