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Anchinesh Shiferaw - Women's land rights in Ethiopia from 2021-12-13T15:13:24
Anchinesh Shiferaw spent some time at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute's head office in Lund as a visiting scholar. In this wide-ranging interview, we cover everything from her academic journey to he...
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The Momentum for Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence in the EU from 2021-04-27T15:45:47
A recording of April 26 webinar, the first session of RWI webinar series on The Forthcoming EU’s Directive On Human Rights Due Diligence.
This event focused on Where does it come from? W...
Poverty April 2021 WEBCAST from 2021-04-15T17:54:31
Webcast; listen to the webinar on Poverty, Human Rights and the SDGs - How to Address Post-Pandemic Poverty
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Campaining Against Racism in Sweden: Interview with Isatou Aysha Jones from 2021-04-02T06:55:03
Campaining Against Racism in Sweden: Interview with Isatou Aysha Jones by The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
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Racial Discrimination in Sweden : Driving Change Through the Use of Law from 2021-03-31T07:52:59
Sweden is usually not the first country that comes to mind when one thinks of racism or racial discrimination. Yet, as in the United States and many European countries, it has been part of its hist...
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The 1325 United Nations Resolution on Women, Peace and Security : Achievements & Challenges from 2021-03-26T10:56
We sat down with Petra Tötterman Andorff, the Secretary General of the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, to discuss the United Nations 1325 Resolution on Women, Peace & Security.
This landmar...
Climate Change Is Our Reality from 2021-02-16T10:09:31
In our latest podcast episode of “On Human Rights” we spoke with Sabira Coelho about the topic of the right of people that are, and can potentially be, displaced in the context of the Pacific regio...
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"There is much more work to be done" - UN Special Rapporteur Cecilia Jimenez-Damary from 2020-12-18T13:01:57
In this episode Matthew Scott, head of our thematic area People on the Move, sits down with UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary. They d...
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Human Rights Cities PT 2: How Do Human Rights Cities Work in Practice? from 2020-11-20T11:21:50
On Human Rights is happy to present the second episode in our two part special on Human Rights Cities. This episode features senior researcher Alejandro Fuentes whom we sat down with to discuss wha...
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Human Rights Cities PT 1: Why do cities make human rights commitments? from 2020-11-13T11:45:12
What is a Human Rights City? Our podcast "On Human Rights" is happy to present a two part special on the topic of human rights cities. Human Rights Cities is growing concept and movement that ancho...
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"Nothing for us, Without us!" - on youth inclusion from 2020-10-23T07:13:07
In this episode of “On Human Rights” we speak with Dennis Mungo, the executive Director of Youth Alive Kenya, a youth led non-governmental organisation that advocates for and supports youth partici...
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States Are Using the Pandemic to Shrink Democratic Space from 2020-10-16T08:57:44
In our latest episode of “On Human Rights” we spoke with Annika Ben David about the importance of democracy during the global pandemic.
Annika Ben David is Sweden’s Ambassador at large fo...
"We Have Nowehere Else To Go" - On Informal Roma Settlements from 2020-10-06T08:06:41
In our latest episode of On Human Rights we spoke with Sam Fraser, the 2020 Martin Alexanderson scholarship recipient. We discussed his research regarding informal Roma settlements in Romania, the ...
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UN75: How One Voice Can Make a Difference from 2020-07-17T11:00:33
Link to survey: un75.online/partner/Wallenberg-Institute
In our latest episode of “On Human Rights” we spoke with Lisa Laskaridis about UN75, human rights and how one voice can make a di...
On Racism: Every Third Afro-European Have Been Confronted With Hate Crime from 2020-07-01T10:26:41
In our latest episode of “On Human Rights” we spoke with Michael McEachrane and Morten Kjaerum about racism in Europe and Black Lives Matter.
Michael McEachrane is a Visiting Researcher at...
A Europe Without Human Rights? from 2020-01-24T12:56:09
On this episode of On Human Rights, RWI's Christina Geijer sits down with Ms. Dunja Mijatovi?, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. Dunja Mijatovi? speaks about the current state of...
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The Discourse on Human Rights and Personhood in the United States from 2020-01-20T14:09:01
In this episode of ‘On Human Rights,’ RWI’s Russell Garner sat down with Marissa Jackson Sow, who is a research fellow at the Open Societies Foundation, to talk about the personhood project and div...
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RWI Rewinds: The Changing State of Human Rights from 2019-12-30T10:02:52
On this episode of On Human Rights, Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Morten Kjaerum, speaks about the changes he has seen in human rights over the past decade. The end of the year is a t...
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Why National Minority Participation is Important from 2019-12-20T13:03:15
In this episode of 'On Human Rights,' Senior Researcher Alejandro Fuentes speaks to OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Lamberto Zannier.
They discuss the importance...
The Right to a Healthy Environment from 2019-12-10T14:38:53
In our latest episode of “On Human Rights” we spoke with John Knox, the first Independent Expert and Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment appointed by the Human Rights Council.
The Turning Point For Disability Rights In Armed Conflicts from 2019-10-21T14:44:23
In our latest episode of “On Human Rights," we sat down with Janet Lord to discuss the protection of persons with disabilities, the nexus between humanitarian law and human rights in the context of...
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What You Need to Know About Bankers For Climate from 2019-06-27T07:40:55
In this next episode of On Human Rights, we speak to Anders Langworth. He is the founder of Bankers For Climate, an initiative that encourages increased focus and action from leaders of the financi...
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These Are the Issues Facing Afro-Swedes: You May Be Suprised from 2019-04-25T13:43:25
In today’s podcast, we speak to Nike Sandberg, spokesperson for the Afro-Swede Network in Skåne. RWI’s visiting researcher Michael McEachrane sat down with her to talk about her work and the situat...
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What are Crimes Against Humanity? from 2019-04-10T08:38:29
In our latest episode of “On Human Rights," we sat down with Dr. Charles C. Jalloh. He is the Fulbright Lund Distinguished Chair in Public International Law (2018-2019) at the Raoul Wallenberg Inst...
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The Threat of Power in the Digital World from 2019-03-19T11:27:29
The European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, said on Monday that digital businesses should pay their fair share of tax in the EU.
The Commissioner touched on a wide range...
Is This Where the Human Rights Movement is Heading? from 2019-02-07T15:34:51
In our latest episode of “On Human Rights," we sat down with James A. Goldston. He is the executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative and a leading practitioner of international human...
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The Truth about Migrants from 2019-01-29T09:30:53
François Crépeau, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants speaks with Matthew Scott, RWI's Team Leader for People on the Move, about migration, its causes, effects and the ...
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What is Modern Slavery? from 2019-01-09T10:19:01
In 2016, a United Nations study found that more than 40 million people around the world were victims of modern slavery – forced labour and forced marriage. What's more, it was recently discovered t...
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Human Rights Defenders and the Role of Business from 2018-12-12T10:52:58
This episode of ’On Human Rights’ features the full length seminar on the role of business in the violation and protection of human rights. The discussion took place at this year’s Mr-Dagarna (huma...
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How Can Business Help Protect Human Rights? from 2018-11-30T13:42:34
On this episode of ‘On Human Rights’ RWI, Stockholm Office Director, Malin Oud, sat down with the Ambassador for Sustainable Business at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Jakob Kiefer at th...
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Are Human Rights Really Universal? from 2018-11-06T09:52:11
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But is it really universal? A growing number of states are claiming that human rights are incompatible with their ...
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Famine as a Grave Violation of Human Rights from 2018-10-08T10:12:01
Despite increased food production and reduction of hunger and malnutrition on a global level, there are four countries in Sub Saharan Africa and the Middle East still suffering from famine. Recentl...
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She Called for a Gender Perspective on the Laws of War from 2018-07-20T10:23:06
In this episode of “On Human Rights,” we meet Dr Helen Durham AO, the Director of the International Law and Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Dr Durham is an ...
Is it Freedom of Expression or Hate Speech? from 2018-07-16T09:09:13
As neo-Nazis ratchet up their rhetoric and activity before the Swedish election in September, our Stockholm office director Malin Oud sat down with John Stauffer, legal director at the NGO Civil Ri...
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Does the Nature Have Rights? from 2018-07-09T08:06:16
Why do so many of us find the idea that nature might have rights so compelling or so preposterous? And why do so many serious scholars – of both human rights and environmental policy – avoid the is...
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Why Mainstream Political Parties May Be Assimilating Far-Right's Messages from 2018-07-06T05:23:33
These days, it seems what was once up is down, down is up. We sat down for a wide ranging discussion on what needs to be done to improve human rights worldwide with representatives from two leading...
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Why Swedish Development Cooperation Needs to Get Closer to the Ground from 2018-07-05T05:58:09
During the celebration of democracy on the island of Gotland, Sweden this week, we’ve been interviewing different people involved in some way or another in human rights or international humanitaria...
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Development Solutions Vs. Military Solutions from 2018-07-04T09:07:21
Our team leader for Inclusive Societies Gabriella Fredriksson sat down to talk to Charlotte Petri Gornitzka in Visby during Almedalen week in Sweden for a conversation on our “On Human Rights” podc...
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What The Environment Has To Do With Peacebuilding from 2018-06-26T13:27:34
In this episode we have an interview from the recent Nature of Peace conference at Lund University. Our senior researcher Alejandro Fuentes interviews Carl Bruch. He’s a senior attorney and directo...
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Hacking Development Aid Danish Style from 2018-04-19T10:30:20
In our latest episode of "On Human Rights," we continue our series exploring human rights and blockchain. In this episode we speak to René Taus Hansen. He’s the Deputy head of quality assurance at ...
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The Decade: A Vehicle to Combat Anti-Black Racism from 2018-03-22T08:43:54
In western countries, people of African Descent are the most targeted group when it comes to violent hate crimes and discrimination. In this podcast we sat down to discuss and learn more about a UN...
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Removing the Middleman: Blockhain and Human Rights from 2018-03-21T14:47:14
We are interviewing experts from around the world for our podcast series “Human Rights and Blockchain.” It is an in-depth exploration of the potential uses of blockchain, the technology behind bitc...
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Richard Falk on Human Rights, Vietnam, Israel and the UN: A Life in International Law from 2018-03-16T12:48:39
Richard Falk is an international law and international relations scholar who taught at Princeton University for forty years. For a six year period beginning in 2008, he served as a United Nations S...
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Walid Al-Saqaf: Block Chain and Human Rights from 2018-02-12T16:07:02
We are launching a new podcast series, “Human Rights and Blockchain." It will be an in-depth exploration of the potential uses of blockchain, the technology behind bitcoin and other cryptocurrencie...
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"Tackling Equality Is Good For Everyone" from 2018-02-01T13:37:44
In our latest episode of “On Human Rights,” we interview Nick Bryer, the head of inequality campaigns at Oxfam, about its latest report on inequality.
The report, “Reward Work, Not Wealth,...
“Border Deaths Occur at the Borders of Wealthy Countries” from 2018-01-25T13:00:01
In thist episode of “On Human Rights,” we hear Thomas Spijkerboer, who has, for over a decade, done research on border deaths and their correlation to European migration policies.
Photo: E...
“You Wrote To Me That You Wanted Me To Die, Why?” from 2018-01-15T10:26:46
A nurse, politician and bridge builder. In this podcast, we meet Özlem Cekic, who has for the last seven years reached out to people sending her hate emails. She calls it dialogue coffee. Enjoy!
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The Corruption Crusader Urges Zero Tolerance on Gifts from 2017-12-11T07:27:53
With Thuli Madonsela
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Torture: An Expert's Confrontation with an Everyday Evil from 2017-11-21T14:18:36
Torture: An Expert's Confrontation with an Everyday Evil by The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
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Is the EU losing its legitimacy and role as a promoter of human rights? from 2017-10-30T10:49:40
Is the EU losing its legitimacy and role as a promoter of human rights? by The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
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Jason Pobjoy: The Child in International Refugee Law from 2017-10-24T12:39:08
Jason Pobjoy: The Child in International Refugee Law by The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
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The Five Danish Myths on the European Court of Human Rights from 2017-10-17T14:17:45
In our latest episode of "On Human Rights," we hear from Jacques Hartmann, a senior lecturer at the School of Law at the University of Dundee in Scotland, who argues that the debate around the Euro...
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What Do Toxics Have To Do With Your Human Rights? from 2017-10-04T13:11:46
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes, Baskut Tuncak, joins us for our latest episode of “On Human Rights.”
“Toxic pollution is quite possibly, very...
Asylum Seekers, Volunteers and Inclusion in Sweden: A Discussion from 2017-09-01T07:54:03
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute recently commemorated the civil courage and memory of Raoul Wallenberg here in Lund. And as part of that commemoration, we invited two women from a small town in sout...
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We Need More Raoul Wallenbergs Today from 2017-07-06T12:15:41
Today our Stockholm office director Malin Oud speaks to Olle Wästberg. Wästberg was long-time member of the Swedish parliament. He has had a long career in politics and media. He also served as Con...
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"Ten Youth Closely Affiliated to our Programs Were Shot To Death" from 2017-07-06T11:25:37
In our latest episode of "On Human Rights," we come to you from the middle of the Baltic Sea. We’re on the small island of Gotland in Sweden where there’s an annual political gathering called Almed...
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If Neo-Nazis Should Be Allowed to Participate in Almedalen: A Human Rights Perspective from 2017-07-05T13:45:41
This week, our podcast, "On Human Rights," is coming to you from the middle of the Baltic Sea, on the island of Gotland. Here all week at a political festival called almedalen, politicans, academic...
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How Swedish Companies Can Put More Women in Management from 2017-07-05T07:47:37
In this episode, we’re speaking to Tove Dahlgren. She is the head of the educational department for a foundation called Allbright. This is a politically independent, non-profit foundation that prom...
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Human Rights Defenders Depend on Allies They Can Gain in Business from 2017-07-04T10:25:24
In our latest episode of “On Human Rights, we feature an interview from Almedalen with our Stockholm office director Malin Oud who speaks with Phil Bloomer, who is the executive director of the Bus...
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Thomas Frostberg On Sustainability, Human Rights and Journalism Today from 2017-07-03T18:28:07
In the middle of the Baltic Sea, the small island of Gotland in Sweden hosts an annual political gathering called Almedalen. The week-long event every July draws thousands from the political partie...
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"I Hope European Leaders Understand That We Are All Minorities" from 2017-06-27T10:12:46
In our latest episode of “On Human Rights,” RWI’s Senior Researcher Alejandro Fuentes interviews Professor Tove H. Malloy, who teaches at the Europa-Universität-Flensburg, Germany, and heads up the...
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What About Male Privilege? from 2017-05-30T08:24:29
Professor Nancy Dowd’s research focuses on social justice issues connected to family law, and touches on not only family law but also juvenile law, constitutional law, race and gender analysis, and...
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Navigating Human Rights in an Unknown World from 2017-05-30T07:51:50
Morten Kjaerum, the director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, joins us for our latest episode of the On Human Rights Podcast. He talks about his concern for the increasingly authoritarian trends ...
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How the World is Drifting Apart and Bursting Bubbles from 2017-05-22T13:57:27
Johan Hassel is the CEO of Global Utmaning, or in English, Global Challenge. This is an independent think tank that promotes long-term solutions to crises and challenges. Hassel is also a member of...
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How One Activist Struggles For Human Rights in Bahrain from 2017-05-22T10:29:53
In this episode of "On Human Rights," RWI’s Leila Fall interviews Maryam al-Khawaja. She’s a Bahraini Human rights defender living in exile.
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What Impact is the America First Doctrine Having on Human Rights? from 2017-05-11T11:02
Ted Piccone is a senior fellow with the Project on International Order and Strategy and Latin America Initiative in the Foreign Policy Program at Brookings Institution in Washington DC. He also se...
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"First We Have to Feed the People" from 2017-05-09T10:30:21
RWI’s Leila Fall recently interviewed Yeonmi Park, a 23-year-old human rights activist from North Korea. When she fled that country in 2007 it was just the beginning of a long journey through the G...
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Jan Eliasson on Being a Worried Optimist from 2017-04-10T14:05:52
Jan Eliasson’s resume is as extensive as it is impressive. Amongst other tasks for the Swedish state, he acted as minister for foreign affairs in 2006 and was the Swedish ambassador to the U.N for ...
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On the Role of Women in Military Culture from 2017-01-25T08:12:45
Today we have a special episode from MR-dagarna (Swedish Human Rights Forum) in Malmö, with Alice Wadström from the RWI who is interviewing Cynthia Enloe, a professor known for her work on gender a...
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Preventing Intimate Partner Violence: A Human Rights Approach from 2017-01-13T10:45:31
Leyla-Denisa Obreja, a visiting scholar at the RWI and a PhD candidate at Bond University in Australia, whose area of research is intimate partner violence, talks about her project
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"You Shouldn't Be Threatened By Other People's Sexuality" from 2017-01-09T10:43:08
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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"You Have Impunity Because You Don't Have Accountability" from 2016-12-14T13:45:25
Today we have a special interview from MR-dagarna (Swedish Human Rights Forum) in Malmö, with Alice Wadström from the RWI who is interviewing Anders Kompass from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Aff...
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Anne Orford: Critical Thinking on Human Rights from 2016-12-09T11:40:59
Lund University and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute just launched a new human rights research hub. It’s one of Europe’s biggest research environments for human rights related issues.
At the...
A Century of Labour Law from the ILO from 2016-10-28T13:23:22
RWI's senior researcher Radu Mares recently interviewed Kari Tapiola, Special Adviser to the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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"Make Sure All Powerful Entities are Bound by a Human Rights Framework" from 2016-10-02T19:13:23
Dr Nuno Ferreira is a Professor of Law at the University of Sussex, and is Deputy Director of the European Children's Rights Unit, the ECRU. Among other areas, he has worked in LGBT rights, refugee...
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Working With Business and Human Rights in China from 2016-08-11T12:36:33
Wanhong Zhang is a visiting professor at RWI, and is a Professor of Jurisprudence at Wuhan University School of Law, in China. He is also the Director of the Wuhan University Public Interest and De...
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"Human Rights Work is Not Fast" from 2016-08-08T10:03:06
Lee Swepston was appointed as the ILO’s Director of the Department of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and Senior Adviser on Human Rights in 2004. He has worked in many areas including ch...
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"Most People... Don’t Know Exactly What Their Human Rights Are" from 2016-07-22T10:00:45
Brian Burdekin is an International Adviser to numerous National Human Rights Institutions. He was Special Adviser on National Institutions to the first three United Nations High Commissioners for H...
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Will We Ever Eradicate Racism? from 2016-07-12T12:29:40
Gay McDougall is a Human rights activist and lawyer. She is a Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Leitner Center on International Law and Justice at Fordham University Law School, and is a me...
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"The Rise of Human Rights Cities is a Promising Develoment" from 2016-06-16T12:50:10
Barbara Oomen is the Dean of University College, Roosevelt and Professor of Law at Utrecht University, and the co-editor of a new book, “Global Urban Justice: The Rise of Human Rights Cities.” She ...
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"Often 3,000 Victims Are Being Represented by 2 Lawyers" from 2016-05-24T14:30:41
Suzanne Dovi, an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Arizona, will speak at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute about the kind of voice victims are given in the International C...
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What Legal Issues Arise with the Advance of New Media? from 2016-05-20T12:39:23
Dr. Mart Susi is an Associate Professor of Human Rights Law at Tallinn University. He visited the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law on 19 May to deliver a presentation...
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"Human Rights Are Not Possible Without the Rule of Law" from 2016-04-21T12:45:09
Dr. Benjamin Gregg is a professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of Texas, at Austin. He's the Fulbright Visiting Professor at Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria. He spok...
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"Everybody has a certain mandate to combat discrimination" from 2016-04-05T08:58:24
Michal Balcerzak is a professor of international human rights law at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland. We spoke to him about his work as a member of the UN’s working group Committee of ...
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Are Members of the Legal Profession Forgotten in the UPR? from 2016-04-04T09:25:21
Phillip Tahmindjis is the Director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. He joins us today from London to talk about a new report he co-edited on the role of the universal ...
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Climate change is not just an environmental issue from 2016-01-28T11:03:23
Sumudu Atapattu is the director of research centers at the University of Wisconsin Law School in the United States. She talks to us about the connection between climate change and human rights and ...
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"You Have to Turn to Those Who Violate Human Rights" from 2015-12-18T11:55:53
Professor Emeritus Göran Melander, founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, talks about the breakthroughs and steps taken in the field of human rights, the ma...
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Cyber Warfare: Not Really Regulated? from 2015-12-08T10:01:10
Elies van Sliedregt talks about cyber warfare -- how it is secretive, mostly unregulated, and poses major challenges to international law. She is a professor of criminal law at VU University in Ams...
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When Human Rights are Thrown Overboard from 2015-11-24T00:00
We talk to Mark Gibney, the Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Lund University and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. He talks about the biggest challenges fac...
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