My name is Manza Arthur and I’m a final year student at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. Despite my limited knowledge of the international world, as a young girl growing up in Ghana I … Continue reading » ““My Interest in International Human Rights Law Has Grown Over the Years””
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“This is the First Time I’ve Heard About Women’s Rights”
RWI’s main partner in our work in Myanmar is the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC), which was established by a presidential decree in 2011.
Having only recently gained their legislative mandate in 2014, the commission has as its role, … Continue reading » ““This is the First Time I’ve Heard About Women’s Rights””
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Mingalabar!
That’s ‘hello’ in Burmese!
I’ve been here in Yangon for the past four months and even though the Raoul Wallenberg Institute does not have an office set up here as such, I sit twice a week at the office … Continue reading » ““I Sit Twice a Week at the Office of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission””
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I have now blogged for two weeks and my time is up. It has been nice to have the opportunity to reflect on what we are actually doing in the office.
I very often find it hard to explain what … Continue reading » “Two Weeks of Work in Cambodia”
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I had been to Phnom Penh many times before, but it was something different with the city when I saw it through the thin clouds flying in exactly two years ago (27 May 2013). I noticed so many more details. … Continue reading » “When We Established a Presence in Cambodia”
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“Our Goal is to Make Ourselves Unemployed”
Irregular working hours is part of working at RWI. It is simply impossible to implement a programme of this size and complexity between 8 am and 5 pm Monday-Friday. This is partly due to the workload, but also related to … Continue reading » ““Our Goal is to Make Ourselves Unemployed””
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Work with Academic Institutions is a Long-term Commitment
I cleaned my desk today. Partly because it was very messy and partly because we have a new paper shredder in the office that I really enjoy using. The satisfying sound when the machine is shredding the papers, combined with … Continue reading » “Work with Academic Institutions is a Long-term Commitment”
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What Do Paper Airplanes and Human Rights Have in Common?
I have to learn Khmer. Today, I did not understand the instructions at the training course for court clerks and missed a golden opportunity to impress the participants.
When I came home from work yesterday, my 5-year-old son was exited … Continue reading » “What Do Paper Airplanes and Human Rights Have in Common?”
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