RWI convened a workshop in #Kyiv. Part of our HRIU 2025-2027 programme, funded by Sida, the initiative contributed to strengthening cooperation between the Parliamentary Commissioner on HR with academia around human rights protection at local level.
Read more: rwi.lu.se/ukraine/
On April 15–16, a discussion was organized jointly by the Human Rights Defender’s Office and RWI, dedicated to the development of the three-year strategic plan of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM).
Thank you to all participants and partners for their valuable contribution and engagement!
🎙️New episode of “On Human Rights” out today!
Raoul Wallenberg Institute and Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University have released another podcast episode as part of our #BHR4Ukraine project.
🎙️Listen here: buff.ly/mShJb2a
👉Learn more about the BHR4Ukraine project here: buff.ly/HKoAkob
RWI convened the first expert consultation on the International Humanitarian Law Compliance Monitoring Database (ICMD), bringing together key experts and partners to discuss key aspects of the project’s design and pilot development.
Read the summary of the expert consultation: buff.ly/vcRw2gH
RWI's Ukraine Office and its implementing partner The Association of Legal Clinics of Ukraine (ALCU) 🇺🇦 convened a workshop for legal clinic coordinators on March 26-28 under the theme "An Effective Legal Clinic in Wartime: A Programme for Development and Management."
👉 Read more: buff.ly/XSH7Nex
🤝 Partnership news: We are proud to announce that the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and Advokatfirman Lindahl have entered a strategic partnership to strengthen the #ruleoflaw and #humanrights in practice.
➡️ Read more: buff.ly/28mH4rH
As part of its ongoing commitment to advancing clinical legal education globally, the RWI facilitated online exchanges between the Association of Legal Clinics of Ukraine (ALCU) 🇺🇦 and representatives of legal clinics from Armenia 🇦🇲 and Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 in mid-March.
👉 Read more: buff.ly/XFG32zs
⚖️ The Raoul Wallenberg Institute concluded its "Anti-Corruption Together" (#ACT) programme with a final workshop in Lund, Sweden 🇸🇪 reuniting legal professionals from Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Moldova 🇲🇩.
Read the full recap here: rwi.lu.se/news/legal-p...
Learn more about the programme: rwi.lu.se/act/
🎙️New episode of “On Human Rights” out today!
Raoul Wallenberg Institute and Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University have released a fourth podcast episode as part of our #BHR4Ukraine project.
🎙️Listen here: buff.ly/pZKblBD
👉Learn more about the BHR4Ukraine project here: buff.ly/2GpwIFs
Today, on #WorldHealthDay, Richard Bennett - RWI Visiting Professor and UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan - shares urgent reflections on women and the right to health in Afghanistan 🇦🇫.
Read his latest OHCHR report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
How can judiciaries in Southeast Asia better manage the scientific and social complexities of environmental law? 🌏⚖️
RWI is proud to launch the discussion brief: "Environmental Adjudication in Southeast Asia: Human Rights Responsibilities and Regional Judicial Learning."
👉Read more buff.ly/dPcCxLp
🎙️New episode of “On Human Rights” out today!
RWI and Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University have released another podcast episode as part of our #BHR4Ukraine project.
🎙️Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/fTSjF2l
👉Learn more about the BHR4Ukraine project here: buff.ly/WpLwT1h
We are proud to share a new report "Early insights and perceptions on the digitalization of civil courts in Armenia" by Arpine Matevosyan, RWI Armenia 2025 Human Rights Research Fellow.
This report was supported by the RWI's Armenia Research Fellowship Programme.
The report: buff.ly/NHHhtGY
🎉We are pleased to welcome two new RWI Armenia 🇦🇲 human rights research fellows, Mane Madoyan and Tatevik Azizyan.
Read more about the Research Fellowship programme and our current fellows on our website:
rwi.lu.se/blog/two-arm...
#JOBANNOUNCEMENT - The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is hiring an experienced #CommunicationsOfficer who will help us drive impact-driven communication in a global human rights context. The position is based in Lund, Sweden 🇸🇪.
Deadline to apply: 26 April 2026.
🔗https://buff.ly/vPvn4FF
📢 Announcing EU 🇪🇺 support for RWI's International Humanitarian Law Compliance Monitoring Database #ICMD
We are pleased to share that ICMD, an initiative of the RWI, is now receiving support from the European Union’s #DGECHO.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/0PtLJtB
#ICMD #IHL #RuleofLaw #HumanRights
#Opportunity #ProgrammeOfficer
RWI is excited to announce an opportunity for a 12-month assignment as a full-time Programme Officer (Ukraine Programme) to join our office in Lund, Sweden.
📌 Last day to apply: 15 January 2026
👉 More information can be found here:
📘New publication alert
RWI Affiliated Scholars Morten Kjaerum and Martha Davis, together with Savitri Bisnath, are co-editors of the newly released Routledge book entitled Human Rights Economies and Subnational Governance. 👉 Read more:
For RWI, 2025 was a year of collaboration, commitment, and impact.
We'd like to extend our sincere gratitude to our partners, funders, colleagues, and collaborators whose dedication and trust have been essential.
Season's greetings from all of us at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute!
🇮🇪 Ireland Backs Further Development of #ICMD
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is delighted to announce that the Government of Ireland is supporting the continued development of RWI's ICMD project.
🔗 Read the announcement: rwi.lu.se/news/rwi-wel...
🔗 Learn more about ICMD: icmd.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.
🔗 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...
🌍 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
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
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...
📚 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
🏆 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).
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!
