In our latest episode of On Human Rights, we interview Leyla-Denisa Obreja, a visiting scholar at RWI and a PhD candidate at Bond University in Australia. Her area of research is intimate partner violence. Listen to her talk about her … Continue reading » “Preventing Intimate Partner Violence: A Human Rights Approach”
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Khan Says Rule of Law Vital For Sustainable Development
Irene Khan, the Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), said weak institutions, competition for aid, and recurring conflict and violence are signs of the troubling times we are facing.
“What kind of future do we want to … Continue reading » “Khan Says Rule of Law Vital For Sustainable Development”
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Open lecture: Rule of Law Key in the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
Irene Khan, Director-General of the International Development Law Organisation (IDLO), will discuss how the rule of law is crucial and relevant to the economic, social and environmental dimensions of development laid out in the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals on … Continue reading » “Open lecture: Rule of Law Key in the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals”
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Lecture on the 1951 Convention on Refugees
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is hosting a lecture on February 16 titled “Refugee Flight and Mobility: Lessons from the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees Then and Now.”
The lecture will be given by Cathryn Costello, Andrew … Continue reading » “Lecture on the 1951 Convention on Refugees”
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“You Shouldn’t Be Threatened By Other People’s Sexuality”
In our latest episode of “On Human Rights”, Alice Wadström sat down with Jude Dibia, a novelist from Nigeria, during the Swedish Human Rights Forum in Malmö, Sweden in November.
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Open Lecture: “Anti-terrorism in the EU – a Human Rights Perspective”
Join a discussion with Jonas Grimheden on 27 January about the human rights implications of the European Union’s new instruments aimed at countering terrorism.
Jonas Grimheden is a Senior Policy Manager at the European Union’s human rights advisory body, the … Continue reading » “Open Lecture: “Anti-terrorism in the EU – a Human Rights Perspective””
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“Equality Data Vital to Assess and Combat Discrimination”
Tobias Hübinette is a lecturer in intercultural studies at Karlstad University and the main author of the report on afrophobia requested by the Swedish Government in 2013. One of his research areas is critical race theories and Hübinette is a … Continue reading » ““Equality Data Vital to Assess and Combat Discrimination””
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Luisa Teresa Hedler Ferreira is one of roughly 40 students to have entered the competitive Master’s programme in International Human Rights Law in Lund. The programme which combines the resources of both the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and … Continue reading » ““Many Don’t Know The Law Is There to Back Them Up””
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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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