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“The People on the Move Working Group” in Turkey, composed of independent academics, and with the support of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute Turkey Program, is … Continue reading » “Refugee Research Methodologies Workshop”
The Raoul Wallenberg Inter-Universities Fictional Constitutional Complaint Competition 2016 has been completed with success.
The Raoul Wallenberg Inter-Universities Fictional Constitutional Complaint Competition is the only competition on human rights issues among law students in Turkey. This makes it a unique … Continue reading » “Winners of the Inter-Universities Fictional Constitutional Complaint Competition”
RWI’s Director Morten Kjaerum traveled to Istanbul over the weekend to speak at Istanbul University’s International Crime and Punishment Film Festival.
The festival’s theme this year is discrimination based on race, ethnicity and religion.
In his address, Kjaerum spoke about … Continue reading » ““Discrimination Limits a Person’s Basic Freedoms in Everyday Life””
Nearly 60 students from universities all around the world gathered in Turkey recently for the third annual summer school course on human rights.
The school is a joint initiative among the Istanbul University Faculty of Law, Leiden University Law School, … Continue reading » “Students From Around the World Go to Human Rights Summer Course”
The RWI Turkey Program annually awards grants for research projects related to human rights issues in Turkey. Each year a maximum of five researchers receive grants of up to 48,000 Swedish kronor from RWI for a six-month research period.
This … Continue reading » “The Winners of Our Human Rights Research Grant in Turkey…”
Law students in Turkey just made history by participating in the first ever moot court competition for human rights.
The students were stressed, says Serkan Köybaşi, who works in the Law Faculty at Bahcesehir University in Istanbul and was one … Continue reading » “Turkish Law Students Make History in Human Rights Moot Court”
Speaking at a workshop of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network of Institutes (PNI) this week, Mikael Johansson, adviser on strategic planning and quality assurance at RWI, said that a recent Doha Declaration is the … Continue reading » “Shaping Societies Based on Human Rights and the Rule of Law”
– I am happy our good relations with Sida have been maintained during my years at the chair, and that we have made some important decisions regarding the future of the Institute.
Long before Hans Corell became the chairperson at … Continue reading » “Exit Corell”
Seven academic research proposals among 71 applications, which will be granted in the frame of Turkey Human Rights Capacity Development Program in 2012 have been announced.
1. Research Topic: “Identification of affirmative action regulations for women in Turkish Law and … Continue reading » “Winners of the Human Rights Research Grant in Turkey”
