In this episode, we get to talk to Amy Kaslow. She is a writer and photographer with a lens on at-risk societies worldwide. She's spent the past four decades writing, broadcasting, and photographing in the world's trouble spots, chronicling the immediate aftermath of conflict and well into the post-war period. She also does work within the United States, as well as with art and information today. We speak about how her career began and how she thinks about storytelling across time, place, and me...
Apr 01, 2024•41 min
In this episode, we have the opportunity to speak to Dunja Mijatović, the outgoing Commissioner for Human Rights for the Council of Europe, a position she served in from 2018 to 2024. Listen to this episode to find out about her thoughts on the position and the state of human rights in Europe today. Enjoy listening! Don’t forget to rate us, recommend us and share on social media! Support the Show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 18, 2024•22 min•Season 2Ep. 8
In this episode, we continue the conversation with Professor Fernand de Varennes, who has just finished serving as the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues and is currently a visiting professor at the Université Catholique de Lyon and the University of Sarajevo. Our discussion in this episode builds on our conversation from the previous episode when we discussed the role of Special Rapporteur and some recent trends in this area. In this episode, we continue our conversation and think about w...
Mar 04, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In this episode, we get the opportunity to speak to Professor Fernand de Varennes, who just finished his role of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, and served from 2017 to 2023. Professor Fernand de Varennes is currently visiting professor at the Université Catholique at Lyon and at the University of Sarajevo. In this first episode, we focus on the role of Special Rapporteur and the professor's assessment of challenges facing minorities around the world. In the next episode, w...
Feb 20, 2024•23 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In this episode, we speak to Dr. Marina Aksenova. She's a professor of comparative and international criminal law at the IE University in Madrid. In this discussion, we go over her research background, her research interests that bring together not just international criminal law as is traditionally thought of, but many more aspects as well, and talk about gaps she sees in the international justice system and ways perhaps of addressing them. Enjoy listening! Don’t forget to rate us, recommend us...
Feb 05, 2024•29 min•Season 2Ep. 5
In this episode, we continue the conversation with Nani Jansen Reventlow, who is an award-winning human rights lawyer specializing in strategic litigation at the intersection of human rights, social justice, and technology. Our discussion in this episode builds on our conversation in the previous episode, where we discussed Nani's background and her current work at systemic justice. In this episode, we discuss international law and rights more broadly, both in terms of problems and possible ways...
Jan 22, 2024•15 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Over the next two episodes, we talk to Nani Jansen Reventlow who is an award winning human rights lawyer specializing in strategic litigation at the intersection of human rights, social justice, and technology. In this first episode, we focus on her background and the organization she's founded called Systemic Justice, and the work that she and her organization do. In the second episode, we talk more about digital rights more broadly, about how the legal system works, some of the biggest gaps fo...
Jan 08, 2024•24 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In this episode, we continue the conversation with Dr. Virginie Collombier and Dr. Wolfram Lacher, who are the editors of the recent book, 'Violence and Social Transformation in Libya', published by Hurst in 2023. In the first episode, we focused on how the book came to be and some of its core arguments and contributions. In this second part of our conversation, we discuss what the book might help us understand about the present and future of Libya. Enjoy listening! Don't forget to rate us, reco...
Dec 18, 2023•22 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Over the next two episodes, we speak with Dr. Virginie Collombier and Dr. Wolfram Lacher, who are the editors of the recent book, 'Violence and Social Transformation in Libya', published by Hurst in 2023. In this first episode, we focus on how the book came to be and some of its core arguments and contributions. In the second episode, we will focus on what the book might help us understand about the present and future of Libya. Enjoy listening! Don't forget to rate us, recommend us and share on ...
Dec 04, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In this episode, we continue the conversation with Phil Lynch, the Director of the International Service for Human Rights. Our discussion builds on our conversation in the last episode, when we discussed his career and explored some of the behind the scenes work of the organization. In this episode, we discuss institutional interactions and access to justice more broadly. Enjoy listening! Don't forget to rate us, recommend us and share on social media! Support the Show. Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Oct 30, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Over the next two episodes, we talk with Phil Lynch, the Director of the International Service for Human Rights. In this first episode, we focus on Phil's background and his work at the International Service for Human Rights. In the second episode, we look at the organization's interactions with the United Nations and Phil's perspective on justice and access more widely. Enjoy listening! Don't forget to rate us, recommend us and share on social media! Support the Show. Hosted on Acast. See acast...
Oct 16, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In this episode, we continue the conversation with Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska. She is currently nominated as a judge candidate to the International Criminal Court, as she serves as a judge on the Supreme Court of North Macedonia, and she formerly was a judge on the European Court of Human Rights, and at the Constitutional Court of North Macedonia, among many other things. This discussion builds on our conversation in the previous episode where we discussed her background, her work on corruption...
Oct 01, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Over the next two episodes, we talk to Mirjana Lazarova-Trajkovska. She is nominated as a judge candidate for the International Criminal Court. She currently serves as a judge on the Supreme Court of North Macedonia, and she formerly was a judge at the European Court of Human Rights and at the Constitutional Court of North Macedonia among many other career accolades. In this first episode, we focus on her background, and her work on corruption and access to justice, especially within the Europea...
Sep 03, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 20
In this episode, we continue the conversation with Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, who are the hosts of the Asymmetrical Haircuts Podcast. Their podcast covers all sorts of topics, including justice for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and international law more broadly seeking especially to highlight the voices of female experts and people involved in the field. In the first episode, we focused on the behind-the-scenes of creating and running their podcast. In this epis...
Aug 20, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Over the next two episodes, we talk to Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, who are the hosts of the Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast, which speaks to mainly female experts and commentators about topics including justice for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and much, much more. In this first episode, we focus on some of the behind-the-scenes of creating and running their podcast and what brought them to create it in the first place. In the next episode, we'll discuss the podcast...
Aug 06, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this episode, we continue the conversation with Andreas Schüller, Director of the International Crimes and Accountability Program at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the ECCHR. Our discussion in this episode builds on our conversation in the last episode when Andreas explained what he does at the organization and how the organization works to improve access to justice. We discuss the ECCHR's engagement with states, and Andreas helps us understand where some of the gaps...
Jul 31, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this and our following episode, we speak with Andreas Schüller. He's the Director of the International Crimes and Accountability Program at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the ECCHR. In this episode, we focus on the ECCHR and his work there to understand how the organization works and what kinds of efforts they're making to improve access to justice. In the second episode, we'll focus more on thinking about the international system overall, where some gaps might be fo...
Jul 09, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this episode, we continue the conversation with Dr. Iva Vukušić about her work. She is an Assistant Professor in International History at the Center for Conflict Studies at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and a visiting Research Fellow at the Department of War Studies at Kings College London. Our discussion in this episode builds on our conversation in the last episode when we discussed her work and some of the main findings of her book titled "Serbian Paramilitaries and the Breakup of ...
Jun 25, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Over the next two episodes, we talk to Dr. Iva Vukušić, an Assistant Professor in International History at the Center for Conflict Studies at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and a visiting research fellow at the Department of War Studies at Kings College London. In this first episode, we focus on some of the main findings of her book titled "Serbian Paramilitaries and the Breakup of Yugoslavia - State Connections and Patterns of Violence", published in September 2022. In the second episod...
Jun 11, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In this episode, we continue the conversation with Dr. Stacey Philbrick Yadav, an associate professor of international relations at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Our discussion in this episode builds on our conversation in the previous episode. In that episode, we talked about her research practice and some of the main findings of her book titled "Yemen in the Shadow of Transition, Pursuing Justice Amid War", published by Hurst in 2022. In this episode, we continue talking with Stacey to un...
May 28, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In this episode we talk with Dr. Stacey Yadav. She's an Associate Professor of International Relations at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. We focus on her research practice and some of the main findings of her recently published book. The book is titled "Yemen in the Shadow of Transition, pursuing Justice Amid War", and it came out in 2022 from Hurst. In the next episode, we'll focus on understanding conflict and justice in Yemen more broadly from her extensive work on the country and conflict...
May 14, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Kate Cronin-Furman, an Associate Professor of Human Rights at the University College of London - UCL. We focus on some of the main findings of her book, recently published by Cornell University Press in 2022 and titled Hypocrisy and Human Rights - Resisting Accountability for Mass Atrocities. We talk about quasi-compliance, the relationship between quasi-compliance and aid dependency, the causal connection between victim groups' power and the attention that gov...
May 01, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode we speak with Olexandra Romantsova from the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL) in Ukraine - the NGO that won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022. One of her key responsibilities is working to document war crimes and advocate for victims of human rights violations in Ukraine. We focus on introducing Olexandra and her career, as well as her recommendations for improving access to justice, especially at and via the International Criminal Court, the ICC. For more on the CCL go to: https://c...
Apr 16, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this episode, we introduce you to Wessam Farid and Nourhan Moustafa from MAAT for Peace Development and Human Rights, an NGO based in Egypt. They respectively work in the organization in a number of capacities and are here today to tell us all about their work and this amazing organization that does so much for human rights, sustainable development and international law. For more on MAAT for Peace Development and Human Rights go to: https://www.maatpeace.org/en/ Don't forger to rate our podca...
Apr 02, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode we continue the conversation with Kathryne Bomberger, the Director General of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP). Our discussion builds on our conversation in the last episode to investigate more in depth the problem of missing persons and learn from Kathryne's expertise and insight on this important topic. We talk about why people go missing, what has improved over time in addressing the issue of missing persons, what states can do to contribute to the soluti...
Mar 20, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this Episode we introduce you to Kathryne Bomberger, the Director General of the International Commission on Missing Persons - the ICMP, and talk about ICMP's work and Kathryn's role at the organization. We focuse on how the issue of missing persons evolved over time from a humanitarian to a human rights issue, how the ICMP was created and the challenges faced on its journey. For more on the ICMP go to: https://www.icmp.int/ Don't forget to rate us, recommend us and share on social media! Sup...
Mar 05, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode, we continue our conversation with Yasmina Gourchane, Advocacy Officer at the Coalition for the International Criminal Court. We go behind the scenes into the broader work of the organization and it's relationship with civil society. For more on the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, go to: https://www.coalitionfortheicc.org/ Don't forger to rate our podcast, recommend it and share it on social media! If you want to support our work, click on the link below: Support ...
Feb 19, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode, we introduce you to Yasmina Gourchane. She's an Advocacy Officer at the Coalition for the International Criminal Court. We focus on Yasmina's entry into civil society advocacy and her work at the CICC. In the next episode, we will go behind the scenes into the broader work of the organization. For more on the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, go to: https://www.coalitionfortheicc.org/ Don't forger to rate our podcast, recommend it and share it on social media! Supp...
Feb 05, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode we continue our conversation with Andrea James, founder and Executive Director of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, founder of Families for Justice As Healing, author of "Upper Bunks Unite: And Other Thoughts on the Politics of Mass Incarceration”, 2015 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2016 RFK Human Rights Award recipient. She is giving some recommendations on sythematic changes aimed at preventing incarceration of women and girls as well...
Jan 22, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode we talk with Andrea James. She is the founder and Executive Director of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls and the founder of Families for Justice as Healing. She's also the author of "Upper Bunkies Unite: And Other Thoughts on the Politics of Mass Incarceration". She was a 2015 Soros Justice Fellow and a recipient of the 2016 RFK human rights award. Our conversation is fascinating and sure to be of interest with anyone interested in j...
Jan 08, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 3
