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.
📢 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...
Our China Workshop report is out! The Raoul Wallenberg Institute and Dialogue Earth brought together experts from four continents in Stockholm to explore the complex trade-offs of engaging with China on clean energy and just transitions.
📖 Read the full recap: rwi.lu.se/news/trade-o...
📖 Read the full recap: rwi.lu.se/news/trade-o...
October 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Our China Workshop report is out! The Raoul Wallenberg Institute and Dialogue Earth brought together experts from four continents in Stockholm to explore the complex trade-offs of engaging with China on clean energy and just transitions.
📖 Read the full recap: rwi.lu.se/news/trade-o...
📖 Read the full recap: rwi.lu.se/news/trade-o...
Join an inspiring and immersive event that brings together environmental defenders from the Amazon and Sápmi with changemakers working across community, education, and global policy.
🗓️ Friday, 17 October 2025
🕐 12:45–15:00
Know more: lnkd.in/dZPzKhTf
Registration: lnkd.in/dNXUSz7A
🗓️ Friday, 17 October 2025
🕐 12:45–15:00
Know more: lnkd.in/dZPzKhTf
Registration: lnkd.in/dNXUSz7A
September 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Join an inspiring and immersive event that brings together environmental defenders from the Amazon and Sápmi with changemakers working across community, education, and global policy.
🗓️ Friday, 17 October 2025
🕐 12:45–15:00
Know more: lnkd.in/dZPzKhTf
Registration: lnkd.in/dNXUSz7A
🗓️ Friday, 17 October 2025
🕐 12:45–15:00
Know more: lnkd.in/dZPzKhTf
Registration: lnkd.in/dNXUSz7A
🎙️New Podcast Episode Alert!
We’re excited to share our latest conversation with Professor Annika Rudman and RWI Senior Researcher Alejandro Fuentes on women’s rights, inequality, and intersectional vulnerabilities in Africa.
🎧 Listen to the podcast: soundcloud.com/onhumanright...
We’re excited to share our latest conversation with Professor Annika Rudman and RWI Senior Researcher Alejandro Fuentes on women’s rights, inequality, and intersectional vulnerabilities in Africa.
🎧 Listen to the podcast: soundcloud.com/onhumanright...
September 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎙️New Podcast Episode Alert!
We’re excited to share our latest conversation with Professor Annika Rudman and RWI Senior Researcher Alejandro Fuentes on women’s rights, inequality, and intersectional vulnerabilities in Africa.
🎧 Listen to the podcast: soundcloud.com/onhumanright...
We’re excited to share our latest conversation with Professor Annika Rudman and RWI Senior Researcher Alejandro Fuentes on women’s rights, inequality, and intersectional vulnerabilities in Africa.
🎧 Listen to the podcast: soundcloud.com/onhumanright...
🚨 Coming up this October: the 4th #ASEAN - #EU Civil Society Organisations Forum in Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is proud to co-chair this flagship platform for the third time — ensuring that human rights-based dialogue remains central to ASEAN–EU cooperation.
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is proud to co-chair this flagship platform for the third time — ensuring that human rights-based dialogue remains central to ASEAN–EU cooperation.
September 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
''Gaza: Stories of Hope and Resilience'' - a public art exhibit on Gaza organised by the European Commission and the World Food Programme and currently travelling across Europe - is coming to Malmö (Stortorget), Sweden 26 thru 28 September.
For more information, visit unric.org/en/un-exhibi...
For more information, visit unric.org/en/un-exhibi...
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
''Gaza: Stories of Hope and Resilience'' - a public art exhibit on Gaza organised by the European Commission and the World Food Programme and currently travelling across Europe - is coming to Malmö (Stortorget), Sweden 26 thru 28 September.
For more information, visit unric.org/en/un-exhibi...
For more information, visit unric.org/en/un-exhibi...
RWI welcomed H.E. Mrs. Arunrung Phothong Humphreys, Ambassador of Thailand in Sweden, for a bilateral meeting in Lund. Both parties reaffirmed their commitment to advancing human rights & expressed enthusiasm for exploring future opportunities to work together.
Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/rwi-wel...
Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/rwi-wel...
September 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
RWI welcomed H.E. Mrs. Arunrung Phothong Humphreys, Ambassador of Thailand in Sweden, for a bilateral meeting in Lund. Both parties reaffirmed their commitment to advancing human rights & expressed enthusiasm for exploring future opportunities to work together.
Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/rwi-wel...
Read more: rwi.lu.se/news/rwi-wel...
University of Zimbabwe Wins the 2025 IHL Moot Court Competition! 🏆 The University of Zimbabwe will proceed to represent Zimbabwe in the Regional All Africa Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law in Nairobi, Kenya in November 2025.
September 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
University of Zimbabwe Wins the 2025 IHL Moot Court Competition! 🏆 The University of Zimbabwe will proceed to represent Zimbabwe in the Regional All Africa Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law in Nairobi, Kenya in November 2025.
EU Days Lund 2025 🇪🇺 is the leading arena in Sweden on EU topics, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute is delighted to participate in this 5th annual edition next week - 23 to 24 September.
The full agenda for EU Days in Lund can be found at: lund.se/uppleva-och-...
The full agenda for EU Days in Lund can be found at: lund.se/uppleva-och-...
September 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
EU Days Lund 2025 🇪🇺 is the leading arena in Sweden on EU topics, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute is delighted to participate in this 5th annual edition next week - 23 to 24 September.
The full agenda for EU Days in Lund can be found at: lund.se/uppleva-och-...
The full agenda for EU Days in Lund can be found at: lund.se/uppleva-och-...
RWI announce the establishment of a new country team in Ukraine, led by Theresia Kirkemann Boesen. The team will advance our initiatives on human rights & rule of law, working with partners to contribute to Ukraine’s recovery, resilience & EU accession journey.
👉 Press release: lnkd.in/dpUCZ786
👉 Press release: lnkd.in/dpUCZ786
September 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
RWI announce the establishment of a new country team in Ukraine, led by Theresia Kirkemann Boesen. The team will advance our initiatives on human rights & rule of law, working with partners to contribute to Ukraine’s recovery, resilience & EU accession journey.
👉 Press release: lnkd.in/dpUCZ786
👉 Press release: lnkd.in/dpUCZ786