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Edelstam Institute of Education for Human Rights and International Affairs The "Edelstam Institute of Education for Human Rights and International Affairs" is an independent institution whose mission is to conduct research and educate governments worldwide and their diplomats about Human Rights, Responsibility to Protect, and International Affairs. It is named after the Swedish diplomat and Ambassador, Harald Edelstam (1913-1989), who distinguished himself as a diplomat by his professional competence, his bravery and his civic courage in the fight for Human Rights. He was an early proponent and symbol of what today is known as the Responsibility to Protect and his memorable acts continued to save lives during the Second World War in Nazi-occupied Norway and more than 1500 lives during the coup in Chile in 1973.

The Edelstam Institute stands for a humanistic view, based on the values and principles that mainly are expressed in the United Nations’ Universal Declaration on Human Rights from 1948, along with the conventions that followed and internationally accepted public law. The Institute is politically and religiously independent.

Program Committee
The Edelstam Institute work with a number of specialists in various relevant fields to secure the quality of the education.
 * Dr. Paulo Sérigo Pinheiro, former Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar and who today is the Chairman of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry for Syria.
 * Dr. Francis Mading Deng, former Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide to the United Nations.
 * Dr. Carlos Castresana Fernandez, Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Spain, former Head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) from 2007 to 2010, and is author of the lawsuit before the Spanish Audiencia Nacional, which brought Pinochet to justice.
 * Dr. Manuel Fröhlich, Chair of International Relations and Foreign Policy at the Trier University.
 * Ambassador Jan Axel Nordlander, Sweden’s former Ambassador for Human Rights.