Women are exposed to various forms of violence during conflict and transitions. Apart from murder, torture and rape, gender violence and internal displacement increase for instance. In Burma and Colombia women's redress is caught between conflict and transition. How can women's rights be ensured?

The right to adequate food is a human right. Still, more than 800 million people suffer from hunger, while half a billion suffer from obesity. Is the global food system of today consistent with human rights? What are the alternatives? It´s time to listen to the peasants!

What has happened in Turkey since the failed military coup? How is the situation for human rights in general, and the situation for migrants?

The state has a responsibility to protect against violations of human rights by private actors. Does Sweden's responsibility cover acts of Swedish companies abroad, and would such responsibility include economic and social rights, like the right to water and food or human rights in the workplace?

Climate change has substantial negative impacts on the possibility of realizing basic human rights in many parts of the world. It gives raise to issues of justice both on the local, national and global level. This seminar highlights these issues and how they can be handled.

The UN declaration of human rights states that “everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment”. But for one group, the so called precariat, this is hard to fulfill. The precariat consists of millions of people being forced to accept a life of unstable labour and unstable living. In this lecture the British professor Guy Standing from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and with long experience from working for the International Labour Organization will advance our understanding of the precariat. He will discuss the political and economic tensions being created around the group and how they are losing all forms of rights – civil, cultural, social, political and economic.

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. But around the world writers, artists and musicians are censored, persecuted and imprisoned for exercising their rights. What is it about art, music and literature that frightens people in power? Meet some of them who have found a safe haven in Sweden. The panel is followed by a concert with Ramy Essam.

During 2016 SKL and RWI invited researchers, practitioners and NGO:s to explore the HR-city aproach. Listen to international practice, experiences and conclusions.

The right to food, health care, housing and education are examples of human rights that states are obliged to protect, respect and fulfill. But what do these rights entail and why are economic, social and cultural rights still often treated as non justiciable, how does the lack of complaint mechanisms impact the possibility to fulfill them? What does the legal framework look like and what can you do if you are being denied your rights?

Opening remarks from the organizers followed by an opening panel about the situation for human rights in the world. Josette Bushell-Mingo sings Nina Simone.