Three doctoral candidates from the Centre for Human Rights at the Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia recently presented the outcomes of their doctoral thesis with the local academic community at Lund University, as a part of RWI’s Ethiopia Programme funded … Continue reading » “Food, Sexual Violence and Climate Change”
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Finding Accountability Through Human Rights
Yvonne Oyieke joined RWI as a Programme Officer in May this year at the Nairobi office. We sat down with her to discover more about this new member of the RWI team.
Travel and academics have been ongoing passions … Continue reading » “Finding Accountability Through Human Rights”
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WHRCF Key Takeaways
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law participated recently in the World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) in South Korea.
Representing the Institute was RWI’s Director Morten Kjaerum, Sabastian Saragih a Programme Officer for RWI’s Regional … Continue reading » “WHRCF Key Takeaways”
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Why Cities Are Taking the Lead Role in Human Rights Work
The World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) is taking place this week in Gwangju, South Korea. The Raoul Wallenberg Institute has been working with the human rights cities concept for a number of years.
… Continue reading » “Why Cities Are Taking the Lead Role in Human Rights Work” Continue readingMore TagWHRCF writes that “A Human Rights
Workshop Puts Gender Rights on the Curriculum
Nineteen teachers from various universities across China met recently in Shanghai for a workshop on how to teach about gender and human rights in their courses back home.
Whereas the first workshop in Beijing focused on the theoretical aspects of … Continue reading » “Workshop Puts Gender Rights on the Curriculum”
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Still Room for Improvement for Disability Rights in Sweden
RWI recently organised a four day Summer School for disability rights and human rights in Lund in cooperation with Funktionsrätt Sverige (Disability Rights Sweden).
The Summer School brought together law students, members of civil society organisations and practitioners from different … Continue reading » “Still Room for Improvement for Disability Rights in Sweden”
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Olga Bezbozhna: Will Human Rights Fade Into Oblivion?
Olga Bezbozhna is a Programme Officer at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Jakarta. Originally from Ukraine, she lived in Sweden for five years before recently relocating to Jakarta, Indonesia, with her family.
While living in Sweden, she worked on … Continue reading » “Olga Bezbozhna: Will Human Rights Fade Into Oblivion?”
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First of a Kind Training for Kenyan Prison Staff
The RWI office in Nairobi was invited last week by the Commandant (Director) of the Prison Staff Training College (PSTC) in Kenya to, for the first time, train prison staff instructors on the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment … Continue reading » “First of a Kind Training for Kenyan Prison Staff”
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Supporting Researchers in Regional Asia
Fifteen researchers from seven countries across Asia came together last week for the Regional Asia Research Initiative’s three-day workshop in Jakarta.
The workshop was a continuation of the one held in Bangkok earlier this year. It focused on gender issues … Continue reading » “Supporting Researchers in Regional Asia”
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