Justice Matters

Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School•carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu

Investigating matters of human rights at home and abroad. Listen to the podcast by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, hosted by Executive Director Maggie Gates and a team of Harvard faculty members acting as co-hosts, including Mathias Risse, Aminta Ossom, Rob Wilkinson, Kathryn Sikkink, and Yanilda Gonzalez.

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Episodes

Immigration Policy, Refugees, and Guantanamo

In this episode of Justice Matters, Elisa Massimino, former CEO and Executive Director of Human Rights First, discusses immigration policy, refugee rights, and the continued impact of Guantanamo with Carr Center's Executive Director Sushma Raman. "Most Americans want to live up to our ideals of being a welcoming country…respecting human rights and human dignity for anyone who wants to come and work hard…Most people understand that this is good for the country...But we need to have political cour...

Sep 16, 2018•29 min•Ep. 6

Open Source Investigations: Special Episode with New York Times Malachy Browne and Declarations Podcast

Join us for this special episode of Justice Matters, produced in collaboration with Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast. In this episode, we interview Malachy Browne, Senior Story Producer at the New York Times. Malachy focuses on visual and open source investigations. About Malachy Browne: Malachy Browne is a senior story producer with The New York Times. He specializes in social journalism with a focus on international reporting and breaking news. https://www.nytimes.com/by/malachy-browne A...

Jun 08, 2018•26 min•Ep. 5

Tackling the Migration Crisis

In the latest episode of Justice Matters, Carr Center Executive Director Sushma Raman talks with Professor Jacqueline Bhabha about refugees, war, persecution, the stateless, and immigration. But no human being is illegal. What are our obligations and duties towards migrants and refugees? How do we approach DACA given our political climate? And how do we lay this groundwork through a lens of human rights?

May 08, 2018•30 min•Ep. 4

Analyzing the Technological Revolution

The latest episode of Justice Matters with Steven Livingston examines the technological revolution: Both its implications for good, as well as its impacts on human rights outcomes. Steven Livingston is Professor of Media and Public Affairs and International Affairs with appointments in the School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA) and the Elliott School of International Affairs (ESIA) at the George Washington University. Livingston's research and teaching focus on media/information technology, n...

Apr 01, 2018•23 min•Ep. 3

U.S. Torture Policy

In the second episode of Justice Matters, Carr Center's Executive Director Sushma Raman interviews Senior Fellow Alberto Mora on the U.S. policy to use torture under the Bush administration, its impacts on US/international relations, and U.S. sentiment on the use of torture. Alberto J. Mora is a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, where he teaches and conducts research on issues related to human rights, foreign policy, and national sec...

Mar 02, 2018•25 min•Ep. 2

A Hopeful Approach to Human Rights

A monthly podcast from the Carr Center for Human Rights. In this episode, Carr Center Executive Director Sushma Raman interviews Professor Kathryn Sikkink on why there is evidence for hope - and why knowing more about human rights is critical.

Jan 30, 2018•17 min•Ep. 1

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