‟Swedish companies have done a lot of good work on the environment, but they are only beginning to address human rights abuses. For a long time they have not considered that issue to be of their concern and that it was the sole responsibility of states and governments. In this...
Human rights are today under pressure in new ways. What can we do in our part of the world where these rights may be taken for granted by many? “There is really little doubt that human rights are today under pressure at a different level and from different aspects than...
Column by Sara Kalm, senior lecturer in Political Science Migration is not a new phenomenon. In all of history, people have up and left, moving sometimes on their own, more often in groups. During the past few hundred years, this has taken place in relation to the international nation system...
We are born free and equal. But even if human rights are universal, they are not accessible to all. Despite strong connections between democracy and human rights, abuses take place all over the world. How do we live side by side in 2015? Meet Lena Halldenius, Professor of Human Rights...
Opinion by Leif Stenberg, Professor, Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University What started as local protests in March 2011 has developed into a deeply tragic conflict. In Syria a bloody civil war is still ongoing. The regime, as well as a number of the many armed groups that...
