The Faculty of Law at Lund University and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute are hosting a public symposium on November 28 to celebrate the launch of “The Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law”, edited by Anne Orford… Continue reading » “Symposium to Celebrate New Book on International Law”
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A Week of Silence in Lund 2 – 9 December
An enormous Freedom of Expression cube will be turned on and a week of activities will kick-off outside of Lund Cathedral on Dec. 2 at 12:30 to commemorate Sweden’s 250-year anniversary of freedom of speech.
Lund is commemorating “The … Continue reading » “A Week of Silence in Lund 2 – 9 December”
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Public Lecture: How National Human Rights Institutions Can Do More
Photo credits: Cultural Diplomacy Highlights 2013
Ms. Meskerem Geset Techane, a human rights expert from Ethiopia, is coming to the RWI on Thursday to discuss how human rights monitoring can be improved with the help of national institutions.
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“If Our Library Grows, Our Students Will Grow Too”
Sophea Chea and Theany Thol, who work at the Pannasastra University in Phnom Penh, just completed a one-week study visit in Lund. They work with the Master’s Programme in Human Rights and its affiliated library, which form part of RWI’s … Continue reading » ““If Our Library Grows, Our Students Will Grow Too””
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Public lecture: Rescuing Migrants Making Perilous Sea Crossings
Dr. Ralph Wilde, a member of the Faculty of Laws at University College London, will speak at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute on Thursday, October 27 at 14:00 about his research project on extraterritorial application of international human rights law.… Continue reading » “Public lecture: Rescuing Migrants Making Perilous Sea Crossings”
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Indonesian Top Diplomat Speaks about Human Rights in South East Asia
This photo is from when Dr. Hassan Wirajuda was giving a lecture at the Centre for East and South-East Asian studies titled “The Permanent Court of Arbitration Ruling on the South China Sea: Implications for Indonesia and Beyond”?
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Exploring Dimensions of the Migration Treaty between Australia and Cambodia
Ratana Ly, researcher at the Center for the Study of Humanitarian Law in Cambodia, recently visited the Raoul Wallenberg Institute where we got the opportunity to interview her on her research on the human rights implications of the bilateral resettlement … Continue reading » “Exploring Dimensions of the Migration Treaty between Australia and Cambodia”
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Helena Reisdahl Presents her Study on Education in Ethiopia
Helena Reisdahl, a social worker with broad experience of working with issues related to women’s rights, went to Ethipia on a Minor Field Study grant from the RWI to find out what it would take to have more girls … Continue reading » “Helena Reisdahl Presents her Study on Education in Ethiopia”
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Former Minister for Foreign Affairs in Indonesia to Speak about Human Rights
The former Indonesia Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Hassan Wirajuda, will give a lecture under the heading “The Promotion of Human Rights in South East Asia” on Thursday 29 October at 14.00 in Beijing Conference Room at the Raoul Wallenberg … Continue reading » “Former Minister for Foreign Affairs in Indonesia to Speak about Human Rights”
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