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Discussing human rights and environmental issues from the legal, political and ethical fronts with interviews from activists, NGOs, authors and professors.

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Episodes

A New Curtain Falls

Curtailment of Freedom of Expression, Political Opposition and Advocacy in Russia. Discussion with Bach Avezdjanov on human rights violations and restrictions on political opposition in Russia. We discuss the use of the Foreign Agents Law to shut down “undesirable NGOs” working for human rights advocacy, restrictions on media, including limitation of foreign ownership and the “two strikes and you are out" rule, subjecting bloggers to registration and control as media entities, the use of the Ant...

May 15, 2016•53 min

The New Frontier

Health and Human Rights, Their Intersection with Trade Law and the Work of the Lawyers Collective. Discussion with Gabriel Armas-Cardona on health and human rights, including justiciabiility, enforcement, access to medicine and intersection with trade law. We also look at the work of the Lawyers Collective, an Indian legal organization that runs a global health and human rights database and litigates in the service of health and human rights, including access to medicine.Gabriel is a human right...

May 01, 2016•44 min

Imprisoned Lightning

A Critical Look at the Antiquated Immigration System of the United States. Discussion with Jasmin Singh and Amanda Emerson on asyulum, refugees, undocumented workers and employment law violations and state action on immigration. Jasmin is an immigration at Arrufat Garcia, PLLC and has presented immigration issues on several radio stations, including La Mega FM, Amor FM and WADO AM. Amanda is an immigration attorney with Yarden Law Group, LLC.

Apr 15, 2016•49 min

Vote with your fork

International Food Security and Developments in Permaculture. Discussion with Mark Notaras on increasing international food security from our growing population, increased meat consumption around the world, climate change, soil erosion, depleted freshwater resources and the unsustainable practices of Big Ag. We also look at issues of international conflict between riparian countries and the possibilities for greater international cooperation in management of shared resources, advancements in per...

Apr 01, 2016•48 min

Aftershock

Gender Based Crime in Haiti and the Work of the Rape Accountability and Prevention Project. Discussion with Meena Jagannath on gender based voilence in Haiti, its socio-economic contex, the legal and institutional obstacles in obtaining convictions and the work of the Rape Accountability and Prevention Project. Meena was a legal fellow at the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) and coordinator of its Rape Accountability and Prevention Project from April 2011 through September 2012 for which ...

Mar 15, 2016•52 hr 5 min

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