In the third episode of our accountability series Richard J Rodgers, International Lawyer and Partner at Global Diligence LLP and Noa Roque, Legal Officer at IPHR discuss the relationships between human rights and environment through the lens of environmental justice, climate justice and climate litigation. 

They explore how can the law be used to enhance the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, how effective current instruments are in practice and what role does civil society play in environmental and climate justice.

Please check out previous two episodes in the accountability series: 

Universal jurisdiction: myths and realities https://anchor.fm/human-rights-survival-guide/episodes/Universal-jurisdiction-myths-and-realities-enltn3

Targeted sanctions: Everything you wanted to know about GMA but were afraid to ask https://anchor.fm/human-rights-survival-guide/episodes/Targeted-sanctions-Everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-GMA-but-were-afraid-to-ask-eltlb3   

What is universal jurisdiction (UJ) and why it is increasingly discussed in human rights circles and among international stakeholders recently? 

What is hidden behind the overhyped UJ concept, how did it emerge, what's the scope of it and how could it evolve in the years to come?

In the second episode of our "accountability series"  Alexandre Prezanti, International Lawyer and Partner at Global Diligence LLP and Simon Papuashvili, Programme Director at IPHR discuss these questions and spice them up with examples, which will motivate you to learn more and who knows, maybe even litigate a UJ case.  

In this podcast episode we answer these and other equally informative and compelling questions together with Melissa Hooper - Director of Foreign Policy and Accountability at the NGO Human Rights First and international expert in the field of sanctions.

This is the first podcast in our "accountability series", which will also include discussions on concepts of universal jurisdiction and climate justice.

In this episode we will explore the topic of healthcare. Thanks to infamous Covid-19 crisis, shortcomings in healthcare systems around the world are more visible than ever. Yet, in some countries, the poor state of the healthcare system is part of a much deeper and long-standing problem. And people in Tajikistan know it firsthand. One of the poorest countries in Asia, with the 9.5 million population and only $ 55 per capita investment in the healthcare sector – is in our focus today.

Our guest is Sebastien Peyrouse, Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Central Asia Program at George Washington University.

In this episode we are going to focus on the situation with human rights in the United States and possible implications recent events may have for the human rights community worldwide. We will also explore some parallels and linkages between what is currently going on in the US and violations that we observe in the Former Soviet Union region.

Our guest is Kate Watters, Executive Director at Crude Accountability, an environmental and human rights nonprofit organization based in the United States.

Тема настоящего выпуска - расширение понятия пропаганды терроризма в российской риторике и правоприменительной практике. 

Вместе с Александром Верховским, Директором Информационно-Аналитического Центра СОВА в Москве, будем разбираться: 

1. Все ли в порядке с определением терроризма в российском законодательстве? 

2. Как с этим связано резонансное дело Светланы Прокопьевой?

3. Как нынче применяется статья УК о пропаганде/оправдании терроризма?

4. Чего следует ожидать в будущем?

As IPHR continues to follow the events happening in Belarus, we spoke to Volga Siakhovich, legal expert for the Belarusian Association of Journalists. This time special focus has been put on the role of women in opposition and persecutions of journalists and bloggers during the protests. 

IPHR continues to cover the events happening in Belarus.

In this interview we spoke with Belarusian journalist Yan Avseyushkin. 

In this episode we are covering the events happening in Belarus.

The Presidential elections on the 9 August were marred by mass falsification. Alexander Lukashenko’s proclaimed victory was met by unprecedented peaceful public protest across the country. The law enforcement responded by detaining and ill-treating hundreds of protesters. As the escalation continues, we asked experts in Brussels and on the ground to comment on the situation.

Our first guest is Yevgeniya Andreyiuk, Expert at the Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe Helsinki Final Act, and the 30th anniversary of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe. Instead of celebrating these anniversaries and recapturing a common purpose in challenging times, the OSCE is in serious trouble. The 57 member states failed to reach a consensus on extending the mandates of four of the OSCE’s top officials. Since then the OSCE has been de facto leaderless.

We speak with Walter Kemp, an editor of Security and Human Rights Monitor and Senior Adviser to the Cooperative Security Initiative, to find out the potential impact of the current crisis on human rights and the future of the OSCE.