On Human Rights

On Human Rights episodes:

• 04.10.2024

  Ehsan Qaane on the ICC's Afghanistan Investigation

  Ehsan Qaane was a Research Fellow for the Afghanistan Programme in 2023. Prior to this, he worked with Afghanistan Analysts Network, a policy researcher organisation, as a political and legal affairs researcher (2012-2022) and as the country director (2017-2020). He...

  
• 03.27.2024

  David Cingranelli on Labour Rights and Accountability

  David Cingranelli is a Professor of Political Science at Binghamton University of the State University of New York. He also is the Co-director of the Binghamton University Human Rights Institute. He has written widely on human rights, democracy, governance, and...

  
• 03.14.2024

  "Jump on Board the Vaka" Vishal Prasad on climate justice and the ICJ advisory opinion

  Mr. Vishal Prasad is the Campaign Director of the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, a youth-led organization campaigning for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on climate change and human rights. He is from Suva,...

  
• 02.05.2024

  Tanzila Khan- On Activism, Entrepreneurship and Disability

  She is a Pakistani activist, entrepreneur, writer, and disability rights advocate, known for her efforts to promote inclusivity and equality for people with disabilities in Pakistan. Tanzila Khan has been actively involved in raising awareness about the challenges faced by...

  
• 01.25.2024

  Hanifa Girowal - Women's Rights Violations in Afghanistan and the Need for Accountability

  Hanifa Girowal was a young female politician, and human rights advocate who served as Kabul’s deputy governor on socio-economic and development affairs, managing development and funding projects, mitigating conflicts, and providing essential services to Kabul residents. Previously, she worked with the...

  
• 01.15.2024

  Connecting the dots between biosphere defenders, women's rights and just transitions

  Dr. Claudia Ituarte-Lima is Leader of the Human Rights and the Environment thematic area and senior researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. Her work unites legal analysis and sustainability science for examining environmental and...

  
• 01.15.2024

  Matthew Scott on Human Mobility and Climate Change Adaptation

  Matthew Scott is senior researcher and leader of the Human Rights and the Environment thematic area at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. He is also adjunct senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law at Lund...

  
• 12.22.2023

  Hanifa Girowal, Research Fellow to the RWI Afghanistan Programme

  Hanifa Girowal, Research Fellow to the RWI Afghanistan Programme reflects on working with human rights at the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission as well as serving as Deputy Governor on socioeconomic affairs in Kabul. Her research, which focuses on human...

  
• 12.21.2023

  Mahmouda Sonia Eqbal - Shedding light to women and girls education in Afghanistan.

  Mahmouda Sonia Eqbal is a Research Fellow at RWI Afghanistan Programme shares insights on her latest research report titled "Afghan constitutions and the placement of education." shedding light to women and girl´s education in Afghanistan.

  
• 12.11.2023

  Women, life, freedom: talking to an activist on Nobel Peace Prize 2023 winner Narges Mohammadi

  In this podcast we talk with a human rights activist within the Women! Life! Freedom! movement about Narges Mohammadi and her lifelong work. She is the Iranian human rights activist that received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 on Sunday...

  
• 11.22.2023

  Evelyn Adzovi Addor on Communication and Climate Negotiations in Ghana

  Ms. Evelyn Adzovi Addor is a Climate Youth Negotiators Programme-trained Loss and Damage Negotiator for Ghana and the African Group of Negotiators. She is a development communications professional and the communications lead at EcoCare Ghana, a right-based natural resources and...

  
• 11.20.2023

  Neshan Gunasekera - Earth Trusteeship, ecocide and climate action

  Neshan’s professional experience includes engagements with Government, non-government, bilateral and multilateral sectors and was a former member of the international civil service. Neshan Gunasekera has a background in international law, human rights, international relations, programme and project management and has...

  
• 10.09.2023

  Civic Space in Afghanistan under the Taliban

  Mohammad Abul Ahrar Ramizpoor is an Afghan academic, Peace and Human Rights activist who has served as a lecturer at Kabul University, Sharia and Law faculties, where he completed his BA studies in Islamic Jurisprudence and Law in 1990. He...

  
• 09.26.2023

  María Carolina Romero Lares - World Maritime Day 2023

  With firsthand professional experience both as a delegate at international forums representing her homeland and in the classroom, Prof. Romero brings a unique perspective to the Maritime Law and Policy Specialisation. She lectures on International Organisations and Maritime Conventions, the...

  
• 08.25.2023

  Alyn Ware - Peace Educator and Nuclear Disarmament Consultant

  Alyn Ware is a peace educator and nuclear disarmament consultant from New Zealand. In 2009, he received the Right Livelihood Award for his vast efforts to promote peace education and disarmament. The Right Livelihood Award, also known as the “Alternative Nobel...

  
• 06.19.2023

  Jules Han Amm - Trans Rights are Human Rights

  Jules Han Amm is a PhD candidate at Uppsala University with most of their work focusing on the trans community and its internal disputes as well as legal frameworks of informed consent, self-determination, and trans healthcare access. Jules acquired a...

  
• 06.11.2023

  Marthe Wandou - On her work as a gender and peace activist

  Marthe is a Cameroonian human rights, gender and peace activist. Since the 1990s, she has worked to prevent and fight sexual violence against children. She founded her organization ALDEPA in 1998, where she supports the well-being of girls through education,...

  
• 06.02.2023

  Morten Koch Andersen - The nexus between human rights and corruption

  Morten Koch Andersen, expert on human rights and corruption explains

  
• 03.10.2023

  Richard Bennett - Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan.

  Richard Bennett - Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan. by The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

  
• 12.22.2022

  On Human Rights - Conflict Related Sexual Violence - Part 2

  On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the 16 Days Campaign against SGBV, we met with Tyson Nicholas and Julia Dalman to discuss the issue of Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV). Tyson Nicholas...

  
• 12.22.2022

  On Human Rights - Conflict-related Sexual Violence - Part 1

  On the occasion of this auspicious day, we met with Tyson Nicholas and Julia Dalman to discuss the issue of Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV). Tyson Nicholas is currently the Staff Officer Gender, Peace and Security in the Royal Australian Navy....

  
• 05.24.2022

  AI ethics and human rights challenges

  Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days. Most of us do not reflect much about what it does. Nevertheless, it is a part of our lives. We do get a lot of help from AI systems and the benefits are many....

  
• 05.09.2022

  The right to housing - Leilani Farha

  The right to housing is a human right that is critical to a person’s health, dignity, safety, inclusion and contribution to their community. According to the UN Special Rapporteur, courts must protect both negative and positive housing rights guaranteed by...

  
• 04.21.2022

  AI and Human Rights

  In our latest episode of “On Human Rights” we spoke with Virginia Dignum, a professor in social and ethical AI at Umeå University in Sweden.  We discussed the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence and its connection with human rights.  In this...

  
• 04.11.2022

  Farima Nawabi on the Taliban's Ban on Girl's Education 2022

  When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 1996, Farima Nawabi was a high school student. Suddenly, she was asked to stay home for five years. Her house turned into a prison for her sisters and her. “The prison of...

  
• 04.08.2022

  Farima Nawabi on the Taliban ban on education 2022

  Wer talked to our guest Farima Nawabi, a former diplomat who worked at the Afghan Embassy in Stockholm until the Taliban takeover. She is holding an Afghan Fellowship from Sida and is currently based at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute Lund...

  
• 12.13.2021

  Anchinesh Shiferaw - Women's land rights in Ethiopia

  Anchinesh Shiferaw spent some time at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute's head office in Lund as a visiting scholar. In this wide-ranging interview, we cover everything from her academic journey to her exciting research in the area of women's land rights...

  
• 04.27.2021

  The Momentum for Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence in the EU

  A recording of April 26 webinar, the first session of RWI webinar series on The Forthcoming EU’s Directive On Human Rights Due Diligence. This event focused on Where does it come from? What may it lead to? What are...

  
• 04.27.2021

  The Momentum for Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence in the EU

  A recording of April 26 webinar, the first session of RWI webinar series on The Forthcoming EU’s Directive On Human Rights Due Diligence. This event focused on Where does it come from? What may it lead to? What are...

  
• 04.15.2021

  Poverty April 2021 WEBCAST

  Webcast; listen to the webinar on Poverty, Human Rights and the SDGs - How to Address Post-Pandemic Poverty

  
• 04.15.2021

  Poverty April 2021 WEBCAST

  Webcast; listen to the webinar on Poverty, Human Rights and the SDGs - How to Address Post-Pandemic Poverty

  
• 04.02.2021

  Campaining Against Racism in Sweden: Interview with Isatou Aysha Jones

  Campaining Against Racism in Sweden: Interview with Isatou Aysha Jones by The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

  
• 04.02.2021

  Campaining Against Racism in Sweden: Interview with Isatou Aysha Jones

  Campaining Against Racism in Sweden: Interview with Isatou Aysha Jones by The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

  
• 03.31.2021

  Racial Discrimination in Sweden : Driving Change Through the Use of Law

  Sweden is usually not the first country that comes to mind when one thinks of racism or racial discrimination. Yet, as in the United States and many European countries, it has been part of its history and it is still...

  
• 03.31.2021

  Racial Discrimination in Sweden : Driving Change Through the Use of Law

  Sweden is usually not the first country that comes to mind when one thinks of racism or racial discrimination. Yet, as in the United States and many European countries, it has been part of its history and it is still...

  
• 03.26.2021

  The 1325 United Nations Resolution on Women, Peace and Security : Achievements & Challenges

  We sat down with Petra Tötterman Andorff, the Secretary General of the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, to discuss the United Nations 1325 Resolution on Women, Peace & Security. This landmark resolution was adopted in 2000 and drew three main objectives: - To...

  
• 03.26.2021

  The 1325 United Nations Resolution on Women, Peace and Security : Achievements & Challenges

  We sat down with Petra Tötterman Andorff, the Secretary General of the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, to discuss the United Nations 1325 Resolution on Women, Peace & Security. This landmark resolution was adopted in 2000 and drew three main objectives: - To...

  
• 02.16.2021

  Climate Change Is Our Reality

  In our latest podcast episode of “On Human Rights” we spoke with Sabira Coelho about the topic of the right of people that are, and can potentially be, displaced in the context of the Pacific region. Sabira Coelho currently serves...

  
• 02.16.2021

  Climate Change Is Our Reality

  In our latest podcast episode of “On Human Rights” we spoke with Sabira Coelho about the topic of the right of people that are, and can potentially be, displaced in the context of the Pacific region. Sabira Coelho currently serves...

  
• 12.18.2020

  "There is much more work to be done" - UN Special Rapporteur Cecilia Jimenez-Damary

  In this episode Matthew Scott, head of our thematic area People on the Move, sits down with UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary. They discuss her work (Jiminez-Damary is the first woman to...

  
• 12.18.2020

  "There is much more work to be done" - UN Special Rapporteur Cecilia Jimenez-Damary

  In this episode Matthew Scott, head of our thematic area People on the Move, sits down with UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary. They discuss her work (Jiminez-Damary is the first woman to...

  
• 11.20.2020

  Human Rights Cities PT 2: How Do Human Rights Cities Work in Practice?

  On Human Rights is happy to present the second episode in our two part special on Human Rights Cities. This episode features senior researcher Alejandro Fuentes whom we sat down with to discuss what human rights cities are in practice,...

  
• 11.20.2020

  Human Rights Cities PT 2: How Do Human Rights Cities Work in Practice?

  On Human Rights is happy to present the second episode in our two part special on Human Rights Cities. This episode features senior researcher Alejandro Fuentes whom we sat down with to discuss what human rights cities are in practice,...

  
• 11.13.2020

  Human Rights Cities PT 1: Why do cities make human rights commitments?

  What is a Human Rights City? Our podcast "On Human Rights" is happy to present a two part special on the topic of human rights cities. Human Rights Cities is growing concept and movement that anchors human rights in cities...

  
• 11.13.2020

  Human Rights Cities PT 1: Why do cities make human rights commitments?

  What is a Human Rights City? Our podcast "On Human Rights" is happy to present a two part special on the topic of human rights cities. Human Rights Cities is growing concept and movement that anchors human rights in cities...

  
• 10.23.2020

  "Nothing for us, Without us!" - on youth inclusion

  In this episode of “On Human Rights” we speak with Dennis Mungo, the executive Director of Youth Alive Kenya, a youth led non-governmental organisation that advocates for and supports youth participation in development processes. We discuss Dennis' work and talk...

  
• 10.23.2020

  "Nothing for us, Without us!" - on youth inclusion

  In this episode of “On Human Rights” we speak with Dennis Mungo, the executive Director of Youth Alive Kenya, a youth led non-governmental organisation that advocates for and supports youth participation in development processes. We discuss Dennis' work and talk...

  
• 10.16.2020

  States Are Using the Pandemic to Shrink Democratic Space

  In our latest episode of “On Human Rights” we spoke with Annika Ben David about the importance of democracy during the global pandemic. Annika Ben David is Sweden’s Ambassador at large for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law...

  
• 10.16.2020

  States Are Using the Pandemic to Shrink Democratic Space

  In our latest episode of “On Human Rights” we spoke with Annika Ben David about the importance of democracy during the global pandemic. Annika Ben David is Sweden’s Ambassador at large for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law...

  
• 10.06.2020

  "We Have Nowehere Else To Go" - On Informal Roma Settlements

  In our latest episode of On Human Rights we spoke with Sam Fraser, the 2020 Martin Alexanderson scholarship recipient. We discussed his research regarding informal Roma settlements in Romania, the circumstances of how they came to be, and the experiences...