Phillip Tahmindjis is the Director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. He joins us today from London to talk about a new report he co-edited on the role of the universal periodic review in advancing human rights in the administration of justice.

Phillip Tahmindjis is the Director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. He joins us today from London to talk about a new report he co-edited on the role of the universal periodic review in advancing human rights in the administration of justice.

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.

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.

Professor Emeritus Göran Melander, founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, talks about the breakthroughs and steps taken in the field of human rights, the many challenging situations in today’s world, and identifies one violation of human rights where lack of knowledge is a huge problem.

Professor Emeritus Göran Melander, founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, talks about the breakthroughs and steps taken in the field of human rights, the many challenging situations in today’s world, and identifies one violation of human rights where lack of knowledge is a huge problem.

Elies van Sliedregt talks about cyber warfare -- how it is secretive, mostly unregulated, and poses major challenges to international law. She is a professor of criminal law at VU University in Amsterdam and the dean of the faculty of law there. She has been published extensively in the field of international and European criminal law.

Elies van Sliedregt talks about cyber warfare -- how it is secretive, mostly unregulated, and poses major challenges to international law. She is a professor of criminal law at VU University in Amsterdam and the dean of the faculty of law there. She has been published extensively in the field of international and European criminal law.

We talk to Mark Gibney, the Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Lund University and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. He talks about the biggest challenges facing human rights today, the Syrian refugee crisis, the war on terrorism, and what he calls "shutting off human rights for millions of people" after a terrorist attack.

We talk to Mark Gibney, the Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Lund University and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. He talks about the biggest challenges facing human rights today, the Syrian refugee crisis, the war on terrorism, and what he calls "shutting off human rights for millions of people" after a terrorist attack.