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The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is an independent academic institution. The Institute is named after Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat, in order to honour his work in the cause of humanity.
The mission of the Institute is to promote universal respect for human rights and humanitarian law by means of research, academic education, dissemination and institutional development. The vision of the Institute is to be a centre of excellence in all fields of operation, contributing to the development of societies based on a human rights culture. Our core values are respect, integrity, inclusiveness and inspiration.
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25th Anniversary in 2009
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New Board member. On 22 February, the Institute Board of Trustees appointed Ms. Camilla Robinson Seippel member of the Board, succeeding Judge Agneta Lindelöf who had wished to resign. Ms. Robinson Seippel has a university degree in economics and has pursued a professional career in banking and investment. |
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The Nordic Seminar on National Institutions in the Nordic setting. The Nordic human rights institutions have a long tradition in organizing biennial seminars where academics, practitioners, NGO-representatives and others meet to discuss current human rights issues. In 2007, the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights in Oslo organized such a seminar under the heading” The Human Rights Architecture”. This year, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Lund is in turn to invite to a seminar. The theme for the seminar is “National Human Rights Institutions in a Nordic Setting”. In view of the Principles relating to the Status and Functioning of National Institutions for Protection of Human Rights (the Paris Principles), the current development of the Danish and Norwegian national institutions – the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, respectively - and recent proposals for establishing similar institutions in Iceland, Sweden and Finland, the topic is highly relevant to governments and their agencies as well as to academics, practitioners, NGO-representatives and others interested in the subject. The seminar will be held between the 22nd and the 23rd of April. For further information about speakers, workshops and registration please contact Susanne Svensson at susanne.svensson@rwi.lu.se |
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 Sista ansökningsdag för MFS är den 17 Maj, 2010. För mer information, klicka här |
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New grant. Dr. Rebecca Stern, Senior Researcher at the Institute, has been awarded SEK 600,000 by the Swedish Migration Board/European Refugee Fund as a grant for the project “Vad krävs för att få skydd? En studie av gränsdragningsproblem mellan olika grunder för uppehållstillstånd”. |
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Page updated: Tuesday March 16 2010
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Raoul Wallenberg Institute
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