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RWI combines multidisciplinary research with education, training, support, and outreach to contribute to a wider understanding of, and respect for, #humanrights and international humanitarian law #IHL. Learn more at www.rwi.lu.se.
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🌍We're excited to join the #Bluesky community as we usher in 2025 ✨🕊️ We are the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of #HumanRights and #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #IHL. Our experts, staff, and partners are also found in our Starter Pack. Let's connect! #RWIOnBluesky #Turquoisesky
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🚀 “The European Green Deal and EU–Türkiye Trade: Corporate Sustainability Regulations and Human Rights Impacts.” RWI was delighted to gather partners and key stakeholders in Ankara, Türkiye for the official launch of our pilot initiative on Business & Human Rights.
🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/dqpg7Myw
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December 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🚀 “The European Green Deal and EU–Türkiye Trade: Corporate Sustainability Regulations and Human Rights Impacts.” RWI was delighted to gather partners and key stakeholders in Ankara, Türkiye for the official launch of our pilot initiative on Business & Human Rights.
🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/dqpg7Myw
🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/dqpg7Myw
In his 2025 #InternationalHumanRightsDay op-ed, RWI Executive Director Peter Lundberg reflects on how organisations like ours — together with our partners — must help sustain progress when global human rights institutions are stretched.
🔗 Read more: rwi.lu.se/blog/reflect...
🔗 Read more: rwi.lu.se/blog/reflect...
Reflections on UN Human Rights Day: Reinforcing a Human Rights System Under Strain - The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
By: Peter Lundberg, RWI Executive Director Human Rights Day arrives this year at a moment when the global human rights system is under more pressure than at any point in recent decades. Conflicts are…
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December 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
In his 2025 #InternationalHumanRightsDay op-ed, RWI Executive Director Peter Lundberg reflects on how organisations like ours — together with our partners — must help sustain progress when global human rights institutions are stretched.
🔗 Read more: rwi.lu.se/blog/reflect...
🔗 Read more: rwi.lu.se/blog/reflect...
🌍 RWI will participate in Sweden’s largest human rights forum, Mänskliga Rättighetsdagarna! Our experts Peter Lundberg (RWI’s Executive Director) & Claudia Ituarte-Lima (RWI’s thematic lead on Human Rights and the Environment) will contribute to key events.
Check the full schedule: buff.ly/PhrKn4m
Check the full schedule: buff.ly/PhrKn4m
December 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🌍 RWI will participate in Sweden’s largest human rights forum, Mänskliga Rättighetsdagarna! Our experts Peter Lundberg (RWI’s Executive Director) & Claudia Ituarte-Lima (RWI’s thematic lead on Human Rights and the Environment) will contribute to key events.
Check the full schedule: buff.ly/PhrKn4m
Check the full schedule: buff.ly/PhrKn4m
At the 46th Ordinary Session of the ACERWC, Lesotho held under the theme "Reflecting, renewing, and recommitting" RWI was proud to engage in a series of high-impact events focused on strengthening accountability & accelerating action for children’s rights across Africa.
Read more: buff.ly/DdLY7BH
Read more: buff.ly/DdLY7BH
December 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
At the 46th Ordinary Session of the ACERWC, Lesotho held under the theme "Reflecting, renewing, and recommitting" RWI was proud to engage in a series of high-impact events focused on strengthening accountability & accelerating action for children’s rights across Africa.
Read more: buff.ly/DdLY7BH
Read more: buff.ly/DdLY7BH
After returning from COP30 in Belém, RWI's Senior Researcher on Human Rights & the Environment Claudia Ituarte-Lima has published a new op-ed in International Institute for Sustainable Development's SDG Knowledge Hub.
👉 Read the full article: sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
👉 Read the full article: sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
Listening to Cicadas: Grounding Rights of Environmental Defenders at COP 30
By Claudia Ituarte-Lima As the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30) unfolded in Belém, Brazil, the University of Pará hosted the Cupula dos Povos – the People’s Summit – in parallel with…
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December 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
After returning from COP30 in Belém, RWI's Senior Researcher on Human Rights & the Environment Claudia Ituarte-Lima has published a new op-ed in International Institute for Sustainable Development's SDG Knowledge Hub.
👉 Read the full article: sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
👉 Read the full article: sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
📚 The RWI Harare Office, in collaboration with five academic partner universities, is facilitating a one-week Summer School on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights from 1-6 December 2025 at the Midlands State University.
December 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📚 The RWI Harare Office, in collaboration with five academic partner universities, is facilitating a one-week Summer School on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights from 1-6 December 2025 at the Midlands State University.
We concluded a study visit by a UPCHR delegation to Austria through which representatives from 10 regions across Ukraine and the Secretariat took part in discussions on topics such as human rights protection at the local level, the rule of law, & public sector reform.
Read more: buff.ly/R09pgYC
Read more: buff.ly/R09pgYC
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We concluded a study visit by a UPCHR delegation to Austria through which representatives from 10 regions across Ukraine and the Secretariat took part in discussions on topics such as human rights protection at the local level, the rule of law, & public sector reform.
Read more: buff.ly/R09pgYC
Read more: buff.ly/R09pgYC
🏆 The University of Zimbabwe emerged as the runner up in the All Africa International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition! The competition converged teams from 9 Anglo-phone countries and tested the teams’ knowledge & understanding on the application of IHL to real life cases.
December 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🏆 The University of Zimbabwe emerged as the runner up in the All Africa International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition! The competition converged teams from 9 Anglo-phone countries and tested the teams’ knowledge & understanding on the application of IHL to real life cases.
💡 To strengthen coordination on #ruleoflaw in broader #Europe under the #TeamSweden umbrella, RWI Senior Adviser Zuzana Zalanova delivered a lecture today to an audience of 50 Swedish judges in Lund at the annual conference of the Swedish National Courts Administration (Domstolsverket).
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
💡 To strengthen coordination on #ruleoflaw in broader #Europe under the #TeamSweden umbrella, RWI Senior Adviser Zuzana Zalanova delivered a lecture today to an audience of 50 Swedish judges in Lund at the annual conference of the Swedish National Courts Administration (Domstolsverket).
RWI had the pleasure of hosting the Thailand business delegation for a study visit under their ESG Leadership Program, organized by the IRDP Thailand.
🤝 We look forward to continuing our collaboration with the Institute within RWI’s Asia program and welcoming them again to Lund!
🤝 We look forward to continuing our collaboration with the Institute within RWI’s Asia program and welcoming them again to Lund!
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
RWI had the pleasure of hosting the Thailand business delegation for a study visit under their ESG Leadership Program, organized by the IRDP Thailand.
🤝 We look forward to continuing our collaboration with the Institute within RWI’s Asia program and welcoming them again to Lund!
🤝 We look forward to continuing our collaboration with the Institute within RWI’s Asia program and welcoming them again to Lund!
RWI convened a technical workshop in collaboration with the AUC to explore how AU policy organs can more effectively support the implementation of decisions issued by AU’s human rights mechanisms. The workshop took place on 20-21 November 2025 at the AUC in Addis Ababa🌍 👉 Read more: buff.ly/Xg6cgg8
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
RWI convened a technical workshop in collaboration with the AUC to explore how AU policy organs can more effectively support the implementation of decisions issued by AU’s human rights mechanisms. The workshop took place on 20-21 November 2025 at the AUC in Addis Ababa🌍 👉 Read more: buff.ly/Xg6cgg8
⚖️ The EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib's delivered the 2025 Anna Lindh Lecture to a full auditorium at Lund University’s Aula on: “Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law in a Fragmented World.”
👉 Read more about her visit: buff.ly/FN7NOcC
🎧 Listen to the lecture: buff.ly/hmdhZYl
👉 Read more about her visit: buff.ly/FN7NOcC
🎧 Listen to the lecture: buff.ly/hmdhZYl
European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib Delivers 2025 Anna Lindh Lecture in Lund, Calling for Renewed Leadership to Protect International Humanitarian Law - The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
By: Cornelia Walles and Clémence Vélon-Bazzana, Communications Associates The 2025 Anna Lindh Lecture, delivered by Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality; Preparedness and Crisis…
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November 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
⚖️ The EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib's delivered the 2025 Anna Lindh Lecture to a full auditorium at Lund University’s Aula on: “Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law in a Fragmented World.”
👉 Read more about her visit: buff.ly/FN7NOcC
🎧 Listen to the lecture: buff.ly/hmdhZYl
👉 Read more about her visit: buff.ly/FN7NOcC
🎧 Listen to the lecture: buff.ly/hmdhZYl
📢 RWI and Mannheimer Swartling join forces to strengthen #IHL. We're pleased to anounce a new strategic partnership with one of the top Nordic business law firms Mannheimer Swartling, who will provide pro bono legal advisory services in support of #ICMD. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/s0iI0Uh
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📢 RWI and Mannheimer Swartling join forces to strengthen #IHL. We're pleased to anounce a new strategic partnership with one of the top Nordic business law firms Mannheimer Swartling, who will provide pro bono legal advisory services in support of #ICMD. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/s0iI0Uh
🌎 RWI is heading to #COP30 in Brazil
RWI will bring our knowledge, experiences, and policy recommendations at the intersection between human rights and the environment.
Connect with us in Belém! And follow us here for more updates throughout COP30.
RWI will bring our knowledge, experiences, and policy recommendations at the intersection between human rights and the environment.
Connect with us in Belém! And follow us here for more updates throughout COP30.
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🌎 RWI is heading to #COP30 in Brazil
RWI will bring our knowledge, experiences, and policy recommendations at the intersection between human rights and the environment.
Connect with us in Belém! And follow us here for more updates throughout COP30.
RWI will bring our knowledge, experiences, and policy recommendations at the intersection between human rights and the environment.
Connect with us in Belém! And follow us here for more updates throughout COP30.
RWI recently hosted a training programme in Lund for 27 participants from Lviv, Ukraine, as part of the EUcation – Urban Governance for Human Rights and EU Integration project.
👉 Read more the Lund visit here: rwi.lu.se/news/eucatio...
👉 Read more the Lund visit here: rwi.lu.se/news/eucatio...
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
RWI recently hosted a training programme in Lund for 27 participants from Lviv, Ukraine, as part of the EUcation – Urban Governance for Human Rights and EU Integration project.
👉 Read more the Lund visit here: rwi.lu.se/news/eucatio...
👉 Read more the Lund visit here: rwi.lu.se/news/eucatio...
Sweden's Minister of Upper Secondary Education, Higher Education and Research Lotta Edholm visited our headquarters in Lund, highlighting the importance of research and education in advancing human rights.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/eQKPX9D
🔗 Our Human Rights Library: buff.ly/K1JLq0c
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/eQKPX9D
🔗 Our Human Rights Library: buff.ly/K1JLq0c
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Sweden's Minister of Upper Secondary Education, Higher Education and Research Lotta Edholm visited our headquarters in Lund, highlighting the importance of research and education in advancing human rights.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/eQKPX9D
🔗 Our Human Rights Library: buff.ly/K1JLq0c
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/eQKPX9D
🔗 Our Human Rights Library: buff.ly/K1JLq0c
The Government of Colombia has officially expressed its support for the International Humanitarian Law Compliance Monitoring Database initiative, recognizing its value in strengthening compliance, accountability, and cooperation under international humanitarian law.
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Read more ➜ buff.ly/vMUCl2A
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The Government of Colombia has officially expressed its support for the International Humanitarian Law Compliance Monitoring Database initiative, recognizing its value in strengthening compliance, accountability, and cooperation under international humanitarian law.
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Read more ➜ buff.ly/vMUCl2A
📢🌍We’re delighted to announce that Formas, a Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development has awarded funding for a three-year research project led by Dr. Matthew Scott, Thematic Lead on Human Rights and the Environment at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. Read more 👉 buff.ly/TMpioEi
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
📢🌍We’re delighted to announce that Formas, a Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development has awarded funding for a three-year research project led by Dr. Matthew Scott, Thematic Lead on Human Rights and the Environment at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. Read more 👉 buff.ly/TMpioEi
RWI recently had a second workshop for the ACT (Addressing Corruption Together) project, in collaboration with Ukrainian Bar Association and Action for Justice (Moldova). The workshop was held in Vilnius, Lithuania and gathered legal practitioners from Ukraine & Moldova. More info:
Anti-Corruption Workshops in Lithuania Equip Legal Practitioners from Ukraine and Moldova - The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
In October 2025, RWI had a second workshop for the ACT (Addressing Corruption Together) project, in collaboration with Ukrainian Bar
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October 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
RWI recently had a second workshop for the ACT (Addressing Corruption Together) project, in collaboration with Ukrainian Bar Association and Action for Justice (Moldova). The workshop was held in Vilnius, Lithuania and gathered legal practitioners from Ukraine & Moldova. More info:
Maryam Safi, RWI Afghanistan Research Fellow, was recently invited to speak on The Breakfast Show on Voice of Islam Radio. She discussed the topic “Nobody Comes for Us: Afghan Women Trapped in a Broken Mental Health System” from a human rights perspective.
👉 Full article: rwi.lu.se/blog/the-tal...
👉 Full article: rwi.lu.se/blog/the-tal...
October 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Maryam Safi, RWI Afghanistan Research Fellow, was recently invited to speak on The Breakfast Show on Voice of Islam Radio. She discussed the topic “Nobody Comes for Us: Afghan Women Trapped in a Broken Mental Health System” from a human rights perspective.
👉 Full article: rwi.lu.se/blog/the-tal...
👉 Full article: rwi.lu.se/blog/the-tal...
🌿 How can we use law, policy, and transnational advocacy against global ecological destruction?
📅 Date: November 27
⏱️ Time: 16.30-18.00 CET UTC+1
📍 Location: Online (Zoom) and Ostrom in LUCSUS, Biskopsgatan 5, 223 62 Lund.
Register here: forms.gle/YCRz5w9qDYC3...
📅 Date: November 27
⏱️ Time: 16.30-18.00 CET UTC+1
📍 Location: Online (Zoom) and Ostrom in LUCSUS, Biskopsgatan 5, 223 62 Lund.
Register here: forms.gle/YCRz5w9qDYC3...
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
🌿 How can we use law, policy, and transnational advocacy against global ecological destruction?
📅 Date: November 27
⏱️ Time: 16.30-18.00 CET UTC+1
📍 Location: Online (Zoom) and Ostrom in LUCSUS, Biskopsgatan 5, 223 62 Lund.
Register here: forms.gle/YCRz5w9qDYC3...
📅 Date: November 27
⏱️ Time: 16.30-18.00 CET UTC+1
📍 Location: Online (Zoom) and Ostrom in LUCSUS, Biskopsgatan 5, 223 62 Lund.
Register here: forms.gle/YCRz5w9qDYC3...
RWI is a proud partner of the Council of Europe's biennial #RaoulWallenbergPrize 🏆, recognising extraordinary people, groups or organisations for outstanding #humanitarian work and #humanrights advocacy. ⏰ Nominations close Friday, 31 Oct. More info:
Human rights: Extraordinary people deserve an extraordinary prize – the Raoul Wallenberg Prize - Portal - www.coe.int
Secretary General Strasbourg 22 July 2025
www.coe.int
October 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
RWI is a proud partner of the Council of Europe's biennial #RaoulWallenbergPrize 🏆, recognising extraordinary people, groups or organisations for outstanding #humanitarian work and #humanrights advocacy. ⏰ Nominations close Friday, 31 Oct. More info:
🌍 The 2025 Midlands State University Law Review (MSULR) Special Issue is out, compilling eight research papers that address the triple planetary crisis within the Zimbabwean context.
Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/2025-mi...
Learn more about the Zimbabwe Programme: rwi.lu.se/zimbabwe-pro...
Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/2025-mi...
Learn more about the Zimbabwe Programme: rwi.lu.se/zimbabwe-pro...
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🌍 The 2025 Midlands State University Law Review (MSULR) Special Issue is out, compilling eight research papers that address the triple planetary crisis within the Zimbabwean context.
Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/2025-mi...
Learn more about the Zimbabwe Programme: rwi.lu.se/zimbabwe-pro...
Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/2025-mi...
Learn more about the Zimbabwe Programme: rwi.lu.se/zimbabwe-pro...
⚖️ The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Harare Office, in collaboration with the National Prosecuting Authority and supported by the Embassy of Sweden in Zimbabwe, hosted a workshop on Fair Trial Rights, with 22 public prosecutors from across Zimbabwe.
Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/worksho...
Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/worksho...
October 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
⚖️ The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Harare Office, in collaboration with the National Prosecuting Authority and supported by the Embassy of Sweden in Zimbabwe, hosted a workshop on Fair Trial Rights, with 22 public prosecutors from across Zimbabwe.
Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/worksho...
Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/worksho...
#Opportunity #Consultancy
RWI is pleased to announce a Call for Applications for Legal Experts/Fellows to be placed at the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) in Arusha, Tanzania.
📌 Last day to apply: 29 October
👉 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/KFPkZUJ
RWI is pleased to announce a Call for Applications for Legal Experts/Fellows to be placed at the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) in Arusha, Tanzania.
📌 Last day to apply: 29 October
👉 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/KFPkZUJ
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
#Opportunity #Consultancy
RWI is pleased to announce a Call for Applications for Legal Experts/Fellows to be placed at the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) in Arusha, Tanzania.
📌 Last day to apply: 29 October
👉 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/KFPkZUJ
RWI is pleased to announce a Call for Applications for Legal Experts/Fellows to be placed at the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) in Arusha, Tanzania.
📌 Last day to apply: 29 October
👉 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/KFPkZUJ