Brian Burdekin is an International Adviser to numerous National Human Rights Institutions. He was Special Adviser on National Institutions to the first three United Nations High Commissioners for Human Rights. Burdekin was also Federal Human Rights Commissioner of Australia, and … Continue reading » ““Most People… Don’t Know Exactly What Their Human Rights Are””
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Will We Ever Eradicate Racism?
Gay McDougall is a Human rights activist and lawyer. She is a Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Leitner Center on International Law and Justice at Fordham University Law School, and is a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination … Continue reading » “Will We Ever Eradicate Racism?”
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In our latest episode of On Human Rights, we sit down with Barbara Oomen, the Dean of University College, Roosevelt and Professor of Law at Utrecht University. She is the co-editor of a new book, “Global Urban … Continue reading » ““The Rise of Human Rights Cities is a Promising Development””
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Suzanne Dovi, an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Arizona, will speak at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute about the kind of voice victims are given in the International Criminal Court (ICC).… Continue reading » ““Often 3,000 Victims Are Being Represented by Two Lawyers””
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Dr. Mart Susi is an Associate Professor of Human Rights Law at Tallinn University in Estonia. He has held senior positions in several academic institutions. At the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, he delivered a presentation … Continue reading » “What Legal Issues Arise with the Advance of New Media?”
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Dr. Benjamin Gregg is a professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of Texas, at Austin. He’s the Fulbright Visiting Professor at Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria. He spoke with us about his work and his recently … Continue reading » ““Human Rights Are Not Possible Without the Rule of Law””
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Michal Balcerzak is a professor of international human rights law at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland. In our latest episode of On Human Rights, we spoke to him about his work as a member of the UN’s working group … Continue reading » ““Everybody has a certain mandate to combat discrimination””
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In our latest episode of On Human Rights, we talk to Phillip Tahmindjis, the Director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. He joined us from London to talk about a new report he co-edited on the role of … Continue reading » “Are Members of the Legal Profession Forgotten in the UPR?”
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Sumudu Atapattu is the director of research centers at the University of Wisconsin Law School in the United States. She talks to us about the connection between climate change and human rights and why it matters.… Continue reading » “Climate Change is Not Just an Environmental Issue”
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