Welcome to The Human Rights Podcast from the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the University of Galway. Here at the Centre, we are fortunate to be visited each year by an array of world-leading practitioners, researchers and policy-makers in the field of human rights and its associated disciplines. We also have a vibrant community at the ICHR and more broadly in the University of Galway's academic staff, postdoctoral and doctoral scholars, and postgraduate and undergraduate students focusing ...
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A show about human rights coming to you every week from the Cambridge Centre of Governance and Human Rights. Tune in each week as we explore how the concept and practice of human rights can remain fit-for-purpose and co-evolve with the changing world order, joined by fascinating guests from the University of Cambridge and around the world. (All rights reserved, so to speak. Our theme song, "Relative Dimensions", was created by the artificial intelligence at JukeDeck.)
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RightsUp explores the big human rights issues of the day through interviews with experts, academics, practicing lawyers, activists and policy makers who are at the forefront of tackling the world's most difficult human rights questions. RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub, based in the Law Faculty at the University of Oxford. Music for this podcast is by Rosemary Allmann. (This podcast is distributed under a CC by NC-SA 4.0 license.)
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Critical Conversations on Human Rights: The Promise Institute Podcast
The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law
Critical conversations on human rights hosted by The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law.
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Hosted by Lantos Foundation President, Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, The Keeper features in depth conversations about the most pressing matters of human rights and justice around the world and welcomes some of the most important human rights figures of our time as guests.The Keeper takes its name from the personal conviction of the Lantos Foundation's namesake Congressman Tom Lantos, fully lived out in his own life, that we have a moral and ethical obligation to be our brother and sister’s keepe ...
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‘Ireland and the world – appealing to international law in times of conflict’ w/ Prof. Shane Darcy
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In this episode, ICHR PhD researcher Kirsten Larson introduces Professor Shane Darcy’s inaugural lecture, "Ireland and the World – Appealing to International Law in Times of Conflict." Professor Darcy explores the role of international law, with a focus ranging from Ireland to Palestine.The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Kirsten Larson…
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The Dangerous Road from Gender Backlash to Gender Apartheid
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In this episode, Meghan Campbell talks with Dorothy Estrada-Tanck, Chairperson of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, about the concept of gender apartheid in light of the horrific denial of the equality and human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. Dorothy and other members of the Working Group have been advocatin…
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Women in Constitutions - The South African Constitution with Dhaya Pillay
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Virtually all constitutions guarantee women's right to equality, yet, there is a rise in backlash against legal, political, economic, social and cultural efforts to achieve women's equality. This podcast series speaks with leading legal scholars from the US, Canada, South Africa and India to explore how constitutions can frustrate efforts to achiev…
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Human Rights Volunteers: Lessons from Due Diligence during Qatar 2022
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Join our host, Iman, in conversation with Lucy Amis from the University of Cambridge's Centre for Sport & Human Rights (CSHR), alongside our panellist and podcast lead Shubham Jain, as they discuss the need for mainstreaming human rights in sports, and how the CSHR's innovative initiative, the 'Human Rights Volunteer Programme', can help promote hu…
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Women in Constitutions - The Canadian Constitution with Jennifer Koshan
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Virtually all constitutions guarantee women's right to equality, yet, there is a rise in backlash against legal, political, economic, social and cultural efforts to achieve women's equality. This podcast series speaks with leading legal scholars from the US, Canada, South Africa and India to explore how constitutions can frustrate efforts to achiev…
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Advancing Rights Through Protest & Revolution in Syria
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Join guest host, Dounia, in conversation with Omar Alshogre as they discuss the relationship between activism and human rights in the context of the Syrian revolution. What is the future of the Syrian revolution? Has it fallen into oblivion? Will Syrians ever succeed in getting rid of a regime which has been plaguing the country for more than 50 ye…
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Women in Constitutions - The Indian Constitution with Aparna Chandra
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Virtually all constitutions guarantee women's right to equality, yet, there is a rise in backlash against legal, political, economic, social and cultural efforts to achieve women's equality. This podcast series speaks with leading legal scholars from the US, Canada, South Africa and India to explore how constitutions can frustrate efforts to achiev…
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Women in Constitutions - The US Constitution with Julie Suk
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Virtually all constitutions guarantee women's right to equality, yet, there is a rise in backlash against legal, political, economic, social and cultural efforts to achieve women's equality. This podcast series speaks with leading legal scholars from the US, Canada, South Africa and India to explore how constitutions can frustrate efforts to achiev…
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Rebuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine - Just Energy Transition
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This is the final episode in a four part series on the project "Rebuilding Ukraine For All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine," led by Professor Freya Baetens, Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia, and Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko. Today’s podcast explores the energy dimension of Ukraine’s recovery lead by Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia. Joining the discussion is An…
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Join our guest host, Maryam, in conversation with special guest Salman Sufi, founder of the Salman Sufi Foundation, as they discuss gender-based violence in Pakistan. How can the systemic infrastructure perpetuate such violence, and what can human rights activists do to mitigate these harms and close some of these systemic gaps?…
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Rebuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine - Inclusive Economic Recovery
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This is the third episode in a four part series on the project "Rebuilding Ukraine For All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine," led by Professor Freya Baetens, Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia, and Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko. Today’s podcast explores the scope of an inclusive economic recovery for Ukraine led by Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko. Joining the dis…
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Prisons, Captivity & Justice in India
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Join our host, Iman, in conversation with special guests, Uma Chakravarti and Suchitra Vijayan, and our panellist Jigisha Bhattacharya, as they discuss incarceration and its politics in contemporary India, focusing on addressing concerns such as human rights violations, democratic oversight and the silencing of dissident voices.…
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Rebuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine - Gender-Responsive Recovery
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This is the second episode in a four part series on the project "Rebuilding Ukraine For All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine," led by Professor Freya Baetens, Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia, and Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko. Today’s podcast explores Ukraine’s recovery from a gender perspective led by Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko. Joining the discussion is…
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Rebuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine - Towards Green Recovery
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This is the first episode in a four part series on the project "Building Ukraine For All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine," led by Professor Freya Baetens, Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia, and Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko. Today’s podcast explores the environmental dimensions of Ukraine’s recovery led by Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia. Joining the discussion …
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In the 100th Episode of the Declarations Podcast, Iman is joined by special guest Lucia de los Angeles Diaz Genao and panellist Matias Volonterio to discuss: what can we do about violence against activists? How do we protect the marginalised who raise their voices?
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Politics & Human Rights: With the Politics or Against the Politics?
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In this episode of Declarations, our host Iman is joined by special guest Siri Gloppen and panellist Charlotte Abercrombie to discuss global democratic backsliding and its impact on human rights. They evaluate the role of courts in safeguarding human rights and the risks of politicising fundamental freedoms. This episode comes at a crucial period, …
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Episode 26 : Sports & Rights Season – Sportswashing
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In this episode of our Sports & Rights season, we take an in-depth look at a topic we touched on in the first episode – sportswashing. We speak to journalists, human rights advocates, and academics to help unpack what this term means and why it matters. We also delve into some of the most successful examples of sportswashing, ranging from ancient E…
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Human Rights: Of, By, For Which People?
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In this episode, our host Iman is joined by special guest Tarah Demant and panellist Tess Hargarten to discuss the impact of Western hegemony on modern human rights and the development of human rights organizations worldwide. This topic is especially relevant at the current moment, when multiple contentious wars are raging with more and more human …
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Season 8 Episode 1 - Introducing Horror, Hope & Human
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Who are human rights for? Where is the 'human' in 'human rights'? What have we learned about human rights conceptually, as well as in practice, over the last 75 years? In this brief first episode, our host Iman introduces our theme for this season, and gives an overview of the questions we seek to probe while reflecting on the 75 years since the Un…
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Addressing Gender-based Violence in Supply Chains - Judy Fudge on the Dindigul Agreement
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In today's episode we speak to Judy fudge, professor in Labor Studies at McMaster University. She is published widely in employment and labor law, feminist approaches to the law and the political economy of law. Today, we will be discussing the Dindigul agreement, and efforts to address gender based violence and harassment in supply chains in India…
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Episode 25: Sports & Rights Season – Why the First Female Afghan Olympian Wants the Olympics to Ban Her Country
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When we first kicked off our Sports & Rights podcast season, we were in the midst of what is arguably the biggest and most beloved sporting event on the planet – the 2022 FIFA World Cup, held in Qatar. Now, we find ourselves just weeks away from the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics – the perfect time to restart our examination of the int…
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Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth with Olivier De Schutter
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In today's episode, we'll be talking to Olivier De Schutter, a Belgian legal scholar specialising in economic and social rights. Mr De Schutter was appointed as the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights by the Human Rights Council at its 43rd session in March 2020. The discussion today focuses on his recent submission to the UN …
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The Role of The World Bank in Urban Resettlement in India
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In this special episode guest interviewer, Judy Fudge, a professor in labour studies at McMaster University, interviews Gayatri Krishna, a doctoral student in the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University. Their discussion focuses on Gayatri Krishna's research on the impact of the World Bank on urban development projects and how informal work…
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In this episode, PhD researcher Kirsten Larson speaks with Katie Davis, Julia Collins and Camina Engelhardt, the current team of LLM students working on the Human Rights Podcast. They discuss their time at the Irish Centre for Human Rights and the work they have been doing throughout this academic year. LLM Programmes at the ICHR:https://www.univer…
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Interview w/ the Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese: Anatomy of a Genocide.
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In this Episode, LLM Student Debora Lira de Lacerda speaks with Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967. She talks about the release of her recent report Anatomy of Genocide.Link to the report:https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/ahrc5573-report-speci…
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Children and Armed Conflict w/ Ray Murphy
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In this Episode, LLM Student Julia Collins hosts Professor Ray Murphy, Program Director of the LLM Peace Operations and Humanitarian Law. Together, they discuss children and armed conflicts, focussing on the recruitment of children and the legal protection of children engaged with armed groups.The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Kirsten…
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Episode 24: Special re-release of “Vladimir Kara-Murza: The Democracy Activist Putin Wants Dead”
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On April 11, 2024, we are re-releasing our 2021 episode “The Democracy Activist Putin Wants Dead.” There is a very somber reason for this re-release. This date marks the two-year anniversary of Vladimir Kara-Murza’s arrest and imprisonment on charges of “public dissemination of deliberately false information.” Vladimir, one of the boldest and most …
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NEW LLM in Criminology, Criminal Justice and Human Rights w/ Dr. Róisín Mulgrew
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In this episode, PhD student Kirsten Larson hosts Dr. Róisín Mulgrew, the programme director for the new LLM programme, Criminology, Criminal Justice & Human Rights. Kirsten and Dr. Mulgrew discuss the new programme commencing in September 2024 and the exciting and unique aspects of this LLM. More information: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/cour…
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In this episode, we are exploring some of the key themes in Professor Sandra Fredman’s monograph, Discrimination Law – the new, third edition of which was published by Oxford University Press in December 2022. Sandra Fredman FBA KC is Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the USA at Oxford University, a fellow of Pembroke College Ox…
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In this episode, we are exploring some of the key themes in Professor Sandra Fredman’s monograph, Discrimination Law – the new, third edition of which was published by Oxford University Press in December 2022. Sandra Fredman FBA KC is Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the USA at Oxford University, a fellow of Pembroke College Ox…
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Discussing the Irish Direct Provision System with Dr. Ciara Smyth
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In this episode, LLM student Katie Davis speaks with Dr. Ciara Smyth, Programme Director of the LLM in International Migration and Refugee Law and Policy at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, about Ireland’s Direct Provision System and efforts to reform it.This podcast was recorded in mid-February discussing the accommodation crisis for asylum seek…
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In this episode, we are exploring some of the key themes in Professor Sandra Fredman’s monograph, Discrimination Law – the new, third edition of which was published by Oxford University Press in December 2022. Sandra Fredman FBA KC is Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the USA at Oxford University, a fellow of Pembroke College Ox…
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Interview w/ Courtney Curran: Archival Identification & Transitional Justice
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In this episode, PhD researcher Kirsten Larson speaks with her colleague Courtney Curran (4th year PhD researcher at the Irish Centre for Human Rights) on her recent blog 'The Kosovo Specialist Chambers—an insatiable creature with a preference for ICTY leftovers'. Courtney is both a school of Law doctoral scholar at the Irish Centre for Human Right…
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A Historic Moment: Indian Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Decision
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In October 2023, a historic decision was made by the Indian Supreme Court that held that there was no fundamental right to marry, denying the legal recognition for same-sex marriage in India under the Special Marriage Act. Frances Hand sat down with Devina Malaviya, to discuss the intricacies of this case Supriyo v. Union of India. Devina Malaviya …
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Catherine Briddick on the UK Rwanda Decision
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Vox pops on key human rights issues with human rights experts. Transcript available on the Oxford Human Rights Hub website (ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/).
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Slavery Crimes and International Law with Professor Patricia Sellers
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In this episode, the ICHR PhD researcher Kirsten Larson introduces a presentation by Professor Patricia Sellers, which was held at the annual International Criminal Court Summer School at the University of Galway. The presentation covers a history of Slavery Crimes and International Law. The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Kirsten Larso…
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Unaccompanied Migrant Children and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
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In this episode, ICHR LLM student Julia Collins speaks with Dr Claire Raissian (who completed her PhD at the Irish Centre for Human Rights) about her research on the rights of unaccompanied migrant children. The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Julia Collins. Intro music: ‘Smarties Intro – FMA Podcast Suggestion’ by Birds for Scale (Attr…
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How Should the Crime of Ecocide Be Brought Into Law?
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In this episode, the Promise Institute’s Kate Mackintosh speaks with Shirleen Chin and Daniel Bertram about how international crimes are created. Drawing lessons from the adoption of the crime of aggression at the International Criminal Court, and with reflections on the social and political processes involved in the creation of international law, …
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One of the most complicated aspects of defining an international crime of ecocide is the mental element. What level of knowledge, intention or recklessness as regards the consequences of their actions must someone have in order to be guilty of the crime? Very little serious environmental damage is caused purposefully; it tends to be a result of act…
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