In this episode, Dr Gillian Kane interviews Julia Collins, Kirsten Larson, and Anna Godau, LLM students who are working on the Human Rights Podcast this year. They discuss their studies, what they are enjoying about life at the ICHR, and what we can expect to hear in upcoming episodes of the podcast.

Some resources and links mentioned in this episode:

Irish Centre for Human Rights: www.universityofgalway.ie/irish-centre…uman-rights/

LLM Programmes at the ICHR: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/courses/postgraduatetaughtcourses/?gclid=CjwKCAiAioifBhAXEiwApzCzto5h0VeWWq61ML69LCtVQeAxnkPiofnbbQPKwtXEoMVo__QxcK_-YRoCeccQAvD_BwE

The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Gillian Kane. Intro music: ‘Smarties Intro – FMA Podcast Suggestion’ by Birds for Scale (Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 international License). Outro music: ‘Smarties Outro – FMA Podcast Suggestion’ by Birds for Scale (Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 international License).

In this episode, Dr Gillian Kane interviews Giulia Dedej, Shannon Kenny García Núñez, and Emma Kelly, LLM students who are working on the Human Rights Podcast this year. They discuss their studies, what they are enjoying about life at the ICHR, and what we can expect to hear in upcoming episodes of the podcast.

Some resources and links mentioned in this episode:

Irish Centre for Human Rights: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/irish-centre-human-rights/

Human Trafficking, Forced Migration and Gender Equality in Uganda Project: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/irish-centre-human-rights/public/projects/uganda/

LLM Programmes at the ICHR: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/courses/postgraduatetaughtcourses/?gclid=CjwKCAiAioifBhAXEiwApzCzto5h0VeWWq61ML69LCtVQeAxnkPiofnbbQPKwtXEoMVo__QxcK_-YRoCeccQAvD_BwE

The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Gillian Kane. Intro music: ‘Smarties Intro – FMA Podcast Suggestion’ by Birds for Scale (Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 international License). Outro music: ‘Smarties Outro – FMA Podcast Suggestion’ by Birds for Scale (Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 international License).

Interview with Aoife Nolan on her role and the functioning of the Eurpoean Social Charter Committee.

This podcast contains a discussion of the book, Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law (Routledge, 2020), including contributions from editors Eve Massingham, who works at the University of Queensland, and Annabel McConnachie, who has worked with the Australian Red Cross. International humanitarian law expert Ray Murphy leads the conversation, which also includes contributors Kelisiana Thynne and Parisa Zangeneh. Kelisiana Thynne works in the International Committee of the Red Cross's Advisory Services. Parisa Zangeneh is a PhD researcher at the Irish Centre for Human Rights. The discussion focuses on the development of the book and the dimensions of Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, which is the main focus of the volume.

In the summer of 2020, Dr Ludêk Stavinoha and Apostolis Fotiadis revealed the previously unknown role that consultancy firm, McKinsey, played in shaping EU asylum policy in Greece. In this episode of the Human Rights Podcast, Niamh Keady-Tabbal, PhD researcher at the ICHR, speaks with Ludêk about their investigation, published in Balkan Insight:

https://balkaninsight.com/2020/06/22/asylum-outsourced-mckinseys-secret-role-in-europes-refugee-crisis/;

https://balkaninsight.com/2020/07/22/how-mckinsey-put-productivity-at-heart-of-european-refugee-policy/

This is the final episode in our five-part series on the EU-Mercosur Agreement. In this short clip, you can listen to Saoirse McHugh, a member of Talamh Beo, explaining Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) and Investment Court Systems (ICS) in the context of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

Episode 4: Interview with Gerry Loftus, an Irish beef farmer

In this episode, you can listen to Emma Kelly, an LLM candidate at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, and Saoirse McHugh, a member of Talamh Beo, interviewing Gerry Loftus, an Irish beef farmer. He explains the situation and the problems that Irish farmers are faced with nowadays and talks about the impacts, which EU-Mercosur will have on the work of small Irish farmers.

Episode 3: Interview with Juliana Sassi, a member of the Brazilian Left Front

In this episode, you can listen to Reshma Das and Simon Seitz, LLM candidates at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, and Saoirse McHugh, a member of Talamh Beo, talking to Juliana Sassi, a member of the Brazilian Left Front. She describes the development of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement from the viewpoint of the Mercosur countries. She also explains current politics in Brazil and the implications that ratification of EU-Mercosur will have on the environment and human rights.

Episode 2: Interview with Helmut Scholz, MEP with GUE/NGL

In this episode, you can listen to Saoirse McHugh, a member of Talamh Beo, and Simon Seitz, an LLM candidate at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, interviewing Helmut Scholz, a member with GUE/NGL and a member of the German ‘Die Linke’ party. He explains the stages of negotiations on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. He also talks about sustainability in the context of EU-Mercosur and the future of free trade.

Episode 1: Interview with Dr Laura Kehoe, a conservation scientist

In this episode, you can listen to Emma Kelly, an LLM candidate at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, and Saoirse McHugh, a member of Talamh Beo, interviewing Dr Laura Kehoe, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. She talks about the impacts of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement on the environment and human rights.