Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights & Humanitarian Law
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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.
🚀 “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.
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🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/dqpg7Myw
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
🌍 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
📚 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
📢 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.
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
📢🌍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
🌿 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...
🌍 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...
As part of the Regional Asia Pacific Programme (RAPP 2), the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, in collaboration with Asia Pacific Forum and South Asian University, delivered a blended learning course combining foundational climate knowledge with rights-based approaches to mobility.
October 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
As part of the Regional Asia Pacific Programme (RAPP 2), the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, in collaboration with Asia Pacific Forum and South Asian University, delivered a blended learning course combining foundational climate knowledge with rights-based approaches to mobility.
✨ We are honoured to welcome European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib to Lund on 13th November as this year's speaker for our annual Anna Lindh Lecture: “Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law in a Fragmented World.” ⚖️
More details ➜ lnkd.in/dCvtK-Vz
More details ➜ lnkd.in/dCvtK-Vz
October 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
✨ We are honoured to welcome European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib to Lund on 13th November as this year's speaker for our annual Anna Lindh Lecture: “Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law in a Fragmented World.” ⚖️
More details ➜ lnkd.in/dCvtK-Vz
More details ➜ lnkd.in/dCvtK-Vz
🎙️New Podcast Episode with Laura Milne - Country Director at the Yerevan Office, and Matthew Scott - Leader of the Human Rights and the Environment Thematic Area. This episode is part of the Rights-Based Climate Adaptation in Armenia and Georgia initiative.
🎧 Listen: soundcloud.com/onhumanright...
🎧 Listen: soundcloud.com/onhumanright...
October 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🎙️New Podcast Episode with Laura Milne - Country Director at the Yerevan Office, and Matthew Scott - Leader of the Human Rights and the Environment Thematic Area. This episode is part of the Rights-Based Climate Adaptation in Armenia and Georgia initiative.
🎧 Listen: soundcloud.com/onhumanright...
🎧 Listen: soundcloud.com/onhumanright...
🎙 In this episode, our guest is Arpine Matevosyan, a passionate human rights advocate whose work sits at the intersection of law, technology, and social justice.
Available now 👉 on.soundcloud.com/jeevHTKuZ9vV...
Available now 👉 on.soundcloud.com/jeevHTKuZ9vV...
October 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🎙 In this episode, our guest is Arpine Matevosyan, a passionate human rights advocate whose work sits at the intersection of law, technology, and social justice.
Available now 👉 on.soundcloud.com/jeevHTKuZ9vV...
Available now 👉 on.soundcloud.com/jeevHTKuZ9vV...
RWI in dialogue with partner institutions from Thailand
Last week RWI welcomed distinguished representatives from Mahidol University and Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission to discuss their work on developing Human Rights Cities in Thailand.
Last week RWI welcomed distinguished representatives from Mahidol University and Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission to discuss their work on developing Human Rights Cities in Thailand.
October 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
RWI in dialogue with partner institutions from Thailand
Last week RWI welcomed distinguished representatives from Mahidol University and Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission to discuss their work on developing Human Rights Cities in Thailand.
Last week RWI welcomed distinguished representatives from Mahidol University and Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission to discuss their work on developing Human Rights Cities in Thailand.
RWI Harare Office in collaboration with Africa University, Great Zimbabwe University, Midlands State University, University of Zimbabwe & Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University, convened a Symposium to discuss sustainability in clinical legal education programmes.
👉 Article: rwi.lu.se/news/symposi...
👉 Article: rwi.lu.se/news/symposi...
October 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM
RWI Harare Office in collaboration with Africa University, Great Zimbabwe University, Midlands State University, University of Zimbabwe & Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University, convened a Symposium to discuss sustainability in clinical legal education programmes.
👉 Article: rwi.lu.se/news/symposi...
👉 Article: rwi.lu.se/news/symposi...
From 7–10 October RWI Harare and the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service conducted a Training of Trainers on the Mandela Rules & the Bangkok Rules and equiped 20 ZPCS trainers to integrate international prison standards into internal training for recruits & staff.
Read more lnkd.in/dDCbCwZV
Read more lnkd.in/dDCbCwZV
October 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
From 7–10 October RWI Harare and the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service conducted a Training of Trainers on the Mandela Rules & the Bangkok Rules and equiped 20 ZPCS trainers to integrate international prison standards into internal training for recruits & staff.
Read more lnkd.in/dDCbCwZV
Read more lnkd.in/dDCbCwZV
In this episode, Narin Gasparyan, a human rights lawyer, academic, and PhD researcher, shares insights from her work on the restitution of property rights for victims of armed conflicts in Europe.
Available now 👉 on.soundcloud.com/NsW9tLv9xMFE...
Available now 👉 on.soundcloud.com/NsW9tLv9xMFE...
October 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
In this episode, Narin Gasparyan, a human rights lawyer, academic, and PhD researcher, shares insights from her work on the restitution of property rights for victims of armed conflicts in Europe.
Available now 👉 on.soundcloud.com/NsW9tLv9xMFE...
Available now 👉 on.soundcloud.com/NsW9tLv9xMFE...
RWI welcomes two new members to its Board of Trustees:
🔷 Helena Dandenell
🔷 Torbjorn Pettersson
They join a strong group of returning board members: Elisabet Fura | Robert Hårdh | Mark Klamberg | Christer Thordson | Matthew Scott (Staff representative)
📰 Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/new-boa...
🔷 Helena Dandenell
🔷 Torbjorn Pettersson
They join a strong group of returning board members: Elisabet Fura | Robert Hårdh | Mark Klamberg | Christer Thordson | Matthew Scott (Staff representative)
📰 Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/new-boa...
October 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
RWI welcomes two new members to its Board of Trustees:
🔷 Helena Dandenell
🔷 Torbjorn Pettersson
They join a strong group of returning board members: Elisabet Fura | Robert Hårdh | Mark Klamberg | Christer Thordson | Matthew Scott (Staff representative)
📰 Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/new-boa...
🔷 Helena Dandenell
🔷 Torbjorn Pettersson
They join a strong group of returning board members: Elisabet Fura | Robert Hårdh | Mark Klamberg | Christer Thordson | Matthew Scott (Staff representative)
📰 Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/new-boa...