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Democracy and human rights are under pressure in many countries. Even in Sweden, we must do more to guarantee human rights to everyone and to not take democracy for granted.
Today is the UN’s International Democracy Day.
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Due to the recent events and actions by the government in Belarus, Sida has decided to freeze the remaining funds to the RWI Academic Cooperation in the country. See their Swedish press release here.
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The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is accepting applications to the annual “Martin Alexandersson Research Scholarship for Human Rights Studies.”
The scholarship is awarded to a researcher who is planning to carry out, or who is carrying out, a study in the … Continue reading » “Apply for the Martin Alexanderson Human Rights Study Scholarship 2021”
Continue readingMore TagTogether we can learn from peoples across the world how we can improve in tackling the global challenges of our time – Secretary-General António Guterres.
To mark its 75th anniversary in 2020, the United Nations is … Continue reading » “UN75: The World’s Largest Conversation on Our Future”
Continue readingMore TagWith support from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) will carry out a pilot study examining national legal and policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in fifteen countries. Using a new tool, RWI will implement … Continue reading » “Covid-19: New Tool for Analysing and Evaluating Crisis Laws and Policies”
Continue readingMore TagRWI makes it into the final stage of the MacArthur Foundation ‘100 & Change’ Grant as part of the Consortium for Building Inclusive Societies.
Professor Gerard Quinn and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute have recently made it, as part of a … Continue reading » “One Billion Voices: Grant from the MacArthur Foundation”
Continue readingMore TagThe City of Gwangju in South Korea is hosting the 10th World Human Rights Cities Forum in collaboration with … Continue reading » “Call for Papers: World Human Rights Cities Forum”
Continue readingMore TagIn 2017, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law initiated a regional thematic study on internal displacement in … Continue reading » “Submission to UN High Level Panel on Internal Displacement”
Continue readingMore TagOn Wednesday 22 April 2020, a meeting took place marking the kick-off of five Senegalese research projects on migration and international law. This initiative of the MILAMET network … Continue reading » “MILAMET Network Allows Senegalese Researchers To Pursue Their Own Research”
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