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‘We all have the opportunity to be a Human Rights Defender’

‘The significance of civil society in upholding human rights, democracy, and accountability in Ukraine,’ was a Nobel Lecture Roundtable hosted by the Foundation in collaboration with Uppsala University on 14 December 2022.

Quietly Paying Respects

The Executive Director of the Foundation laid flowers on Dag Hammarskjöld’s grave on 18 September 2022 to commemorate the death of Second Secretary-General to the United Nations

HLAB Impressions on the legacy of Dag Hammarskjöld

In September 2023 the United Nations will host the Summit of the Future as one of the central ways to move the Our Common Agenda forward. It is expected that those gathering would want to advance ideas for governance arrangements in areas to be considered as global public goods and or commons such as climate […]

The power of data intersectionality

Last week the Foundation hosted a roundtable with members of prominent development and research institutions to discuss their experiences in applying an intersectional lens to data

Reconnecting advocates for peace in Africa

Together with Uppsala University, the Foundation recently hosted the fourth and final regional gathering of its joint alumni network, this time for members from Africa.

What religious dialogue can do for peace

The Foundation hosted a roundtable in February to discuss the role of the United Nations in engaging religious leaders and institutions in peacebuilding

Call for papers

We are issuing a call for papers for our upcoming Development Dialogue volume on intersectionality in peace and sustainable development.