Nat Kretchun, Deputy Director of the Open Technology Fund, discusses the many ways in which technology both obstructs and empowers groups in North Korea.

Michael Abramowitz, President of Freedom House, discusses the growth and retreat of democracy around the globe.

Before joining Freedom House in February 2017, he was director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Levine Institute for Holocaust Education. He led the museum’s genocide prevention efforts and later oversaw its public education programs.

He was previously National Editor and then White House correspondent for the Washington Post. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and former fellow at the German Marshall Fund and the Hoover Institution. A graduate of Harvard College, he is also a board member of the National Security Archive.

Desmond Patton, Professor at Columbia University Safe Lab and Public Interest Technologist, discusses the intersection of social media, ethics, and human rights.

Sarah Margon, Washington director at Human Rights Watch, discusses how the organization addresses human rights violations, authoritarianism, and policy changes from the local to global level.

Luís Roberto Barroso, jurist and justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil, and Senior Fellow at the Carr Center, discusses the intersection of human rights and corruption in Brazil.

Vivek Krishnamurthy, Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Counsel in the Boston office of Foley Hoag LLP and an Affiliate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, discusses the complex challenges of the human rights movement in the face of emerging technology and artificial intelligence.

Erica Chenoweth, Ph.D., a Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the importance, evolution, and nuances of protests and social movements with Carr Center's Executive Director Sushma Raman.