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Adolfo Pérez Esquivel: The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America Today

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2018 61:40


Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, artist, educator, author and promoter of non-violence, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1980 for his defence of human rights in his native Argentina and throughout Latin America. In his talk he will reflect on the evolution ...

Human rights, Disappearances, Debt and Free Trade in Argentina and Latin America: In Conversation with Nora Cortiñas and Beverly Keene

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2017 70:14


Human Rights Consortium Human rights, Disappearances, Debt and Free Trade in Argentina and Latin America: In Conversation with Nora Cortiñas and Beverly Keene Nora Cortiñas (Co-founder of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo) Beverly Keene (Director o...

Human rights, Disappearances, Debt and Free Trade in Argentina and Latin America: In Conversation with Nora Cortiñas and Beverly Keene

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2017


Human Rights Consortium Human rights, Disappearances, Debt and Free Trade in Argentina and Latin America: In Conversation with Nora Cortiñas and Beverly Keene Nora Cortiñas (Co-founder of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo) Beverly Keene (Director o...

Defining the Contours of Activist Scholarship in Human Rights

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2017 97:49


Human Rights Consortium Activist Scholarship in Human Rights: New Challenges Welcome and Introduction Dr Corinne Lennox (Associate Director of the Human Rights Consortium and Senior Lecturer at the School of Advanced Study, University of Lon...

Defining the Contours of Activist Scholarship in Human Rights

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2017


Human Rights Consortium Activist Scholarship in Human Rights: New Challenges Welcome and Introduction Dr Corinne Lennox (Associate Director of the Human Rights Consortium and Senior Lecturer at the School of Advanced Study, University of Lon...

New Protection Tactics for Human Rights Defenders and Activist Scholars

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2017 51:53


Human Rights Consortium Activist Scholarship in Human Rights: New Challenges Closing Panel: New Protection Tactics for Human Rights Defenders and Activist Scholars Chair: Dr Aziz Choudry (McGill University) James Savage (Progamme Office...

New Protection Tactics for Human Rights Defenders and Activist Scholars

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2017


Human Rights Consortium Activist Scholarship in Human Rights: New Challenges Closing Panel: New Protection Tactics for Human Rights Defenders and Activist Scholars Chair: Dr Aziz Choudry (McGill University) James Savage (Progamme Office...

An American Genocide

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 34:59


Human Rights Consortium Indigenous peoples, genocide and the stand-off at Standing Rock An American Genocide Professor Benjamin Madley (UCLA) This seminar aims to look into the historic genocide of indigenous peoples, the growing understan...

An American Genocide

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017


Human Rights Consortium Indigenous peoples, genocide and the stand-off at Standing Rock An American Genocide Professor Benjamin Madley (UCLA) This seminar aims to look into the historic genocide of indigenous peoples, the growing understan...

Redefining Genocide

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 16:42


Human Rights Consortium Indigenous peoples, genocide and the stand-off at Standing Rock Redefining Genocide Dr Damien Short (Human Rights Consortium) This seminar aims to look into the historic genocide of indigenous peoples, the growing u...

Redefining Genocide

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017


Human Rights Consortium Indigenous peoples, genocide and the stand-off at Standing Rock Redefining Genocide Dr Damien Short (Human Rights Consortium) This seminar aims to look into the historic genocide of indigenous peoples, the growing u...

Indigenous peoples and Colonialism

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 34:47


Human Rights Consortium Indigenous peoples, genocide and the stand-off at Standing Rock Indigenous peoples and Colonialism Professor Colin Samson (University of Essex) This seminar aims to look into the historic genocide of indigenous peo...

Indigenous peoples and Colonialism

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017


Human Rights Consortium Indigenous peoples, genocide and the stand-off at Standing Rock Indigenous peoples and Colonialism Professor Colin Samson (University of Essex) This seminar aims to look into the historic genocide of indigenous peo...

Book Launch: Reconciling Rwanda

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2016 29:42


Human Rights Consortium Book Launch: Reconciling Rwanda Chair: Dr Catherine Gilbert (Centre for Postcolonial Studies) Dr Jennifer Melvin (University of Roehampton) Dr Jennifer Melvin introduces her new book: Reconciling Rwanda: Unity, N...

Surveillance and Human Rights

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2016 62:50


Human Rights Consortium Surveillance and Human Rights Kirsty Brimelow QC (Doughty Street Chambers) Silkie Carlo (Liberty) Discussant: Dr Judith Townend (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies) Kirsty Brimelow QC specialises in interna...

Surveillance and Human Rights

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2016


Human Rights Consortium Surveillance and Human Rights Kirsty Brimelow QC (Doughty Street Chambers) Silkie Carlo (Liberty) Discussant: Dr Judith Townend (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies) Kirsty Brimelow QC specialises in interna...

Solidarity or self-interest? The EU's common asylum policy - between politics and desperation

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2016 44:14


Human Rights Consortium Solidarity or self-interest? The EU's common asylum policy - between politics and desperation Madeline Garlick (Guest Researcher) The International Refugee Law Seminar Series is a core activity of the Refugee Law Initi...

Solidarity or self-interest? The EU's common asylum policy - between politics and desperation

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2016


Human Rights Consortium Solidarity or self-interest? The EU's common asylum policy - between politics and desperation Madeline Garlick (Guest Researcher) The International Refugee Law Seminar Series is a core activity of the Refugee Law Initi...

Critical Perspectives on the Security and Protection of Human Rights Defenders - Panel 2

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2015


Human Rights Consortium Critical Perspectives on the Security and Protection of Human Rights Defenders Panel 2 Towards developing a critical and ethical approach for better recognising and protecting human rights defenders Luis Enrique Eguren...

Critical Perspectives on the Security and Protection of Human Rights Defenders - Panel 2

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2015 33:54


Human Rights Consortium Critical Perspectives on the Security and Protection of Human Rights Defenders Panel 2 Towards developing a critical and ethical approach for better recognising and protecting human rights defenders Luis Enrique Eguren...

Critical Perspectives on the Security and Protection of Human Rights Defenders - Panel 1

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2015


Human Rights Consortium Critical Perspectives on the Security and Protection of Human Rights Defenders Welcome Corinne Lenox (Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and Associate Director of the Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study) In...

Critical Perspectives on the Security and Protection of Human Rights Defenders - Panel 1

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2015 28:27


Human Rights Consortium Critical Perspectives on the Security and Protection of Human Rights Defenders Welcome Corinne Lenox (Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and Associate Director of the Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study) In...

Safety Zones in Countries of Origin: A Violation of International Law?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2015


Human Rights Consortium Safety Zones in Countries of Origin: A Violation of International Law? Dr Bríd Ní Ghráinne (University of Sheffield) In the post-Cold War era, the recognition of refugees was no longer seen as a political act highl...

Safety Zones in Countries of Origin: A Violation of International Law?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2015


Human Rights Consortium Safety Zones in Countries of Origin: A Violation of International Law? Dr Bríd Ní Ghráinne (University of Sheffield) In the post-Cold War era, the recognition of refugees was no longer seen as a political act highl...

The Sustainable Development Goals: Whither Human Rights?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2015


Human Rights Consortium The Sustainable Development Goals: Whither Human Rights? Corinne Lennox (Senior Lecturer, Institute of Commonwealth Studies) Priya Nath (Global Policy and Advocacy Advisor [Post-2015] - VSO and Gender and Development ...

The Sustainable Development Goals: Whither Human Rights?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2015


Human Rights Consortium The Sustainable Development Goals: Whither Human Rights? Corinne Lennox (Senior Lecturer, Institute of Commonwealth Studies) Priya Nath (Global Policy and Advocacy Advisor [Post-2015] - VSO and Gender and Development ...

Extreme Energy; a message from down under

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2015


Human Rights Consortium Extreme Energy; a message from down under Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith (Senior Policy Advisor, National Toxics Network/IPEN)

Extreme Energy; a message from down under

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2015


Human Rights Consortium Extreme Energy; a message from down under Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith (Senior Policy Advisor, National Toxics Network/IPEN)

The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives Panel 1 - 1

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2015


Human Rights Consortium The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives Panel 1: Grassroots and international legal struggle Chair: Mansour Nasasra, Ben Gurion University Ahmad Amara (New York University): Beersheba in historical Perspective: Otto...

The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives Panel 1 - 1

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2015


Human Rights Consortium The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives Panel 1: Grassroots and international legal struggle Chair: Mansour Nasasra, Ben Gurion University Ahmad Amara (New York University): Beersheba in historical Perspective: Otto...

The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives Panel 1 - 2

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2015


Human Rights Consortium The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives Panel 1: Grassroots and international legal struggle Chair: Mansour Nasasra, Ben Gurion University Sana Ibn Bari (Association for civil rights in Israel): Legal Aspects in the ...

The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives Panel 1 - 2

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2015


Human Rights Consortium The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives Panel 1: Grassroots and international legal struggle Chair: Mansour Nasasra, Ben Gurion University Sana Ibn Bari (Association for civil rights in Israel): Legal Aspects in the ...

The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives Panel 2 - 1

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2015


Human Rights Consortium The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives Panel 2: Bedouin women's perspectives and the Prawer Plan Chair: Richard Ratcliffe (Oxford University) Amal al-Sana al-Hjooj (McGill University): Between community activism, w...

The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives Panel 2 - 1

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2015


Human Rights Consortium The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives Panel 2: Bedouin women's perspectives and the Prawer Plan Chair: Richard Ratcliffe (Oxford University) Amal al-Sana al-Hjooj (McGill University): Between community activism, w...

The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives - Opening remarks

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2015


Human Rights Consortium The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives Opening remarks Sophie Richter-Devroe (Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter) Carl Soderbergh (Minority Rights Group International) Damien Short (Human Right...

The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives - Opening remarks

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2015


Human Rights Consortium The Naqab Bedouin: New Perspectives Opening remarks Sophie Richter-Devroe (Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter) Carl Soderbergh (Minority Rights Group International) Damien Short (Human Right...

Lives in the Balance: Asylum Adjudication by the Department of Homeland Security in the United States

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2014 88:34


Human Rights Consortium Lives in the Balance: Asylum Adjudication by the Department of Homeland Security in the United States Prof. Philip Schrag Georgetown University Prof. Jaya Ramji-Nogales Temple University

Lives in the Balance: Asylum Adjudication by the Department of Homeland Security in the United States

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2014


Human Rights Consortium Lives in the Balance: Asylum Adjudication by the Department of Homeland Security in the United States Prof. Philip Schrag Georgetown University Prof. Jaya Ramji-Nogales Temple University

Going to Extremes: The project to develop unconventional gas extraction in Britain

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2013 113:08


Human Rights Consortium Speaker: Paul Mobbs A review of the Government's policies on unconventional gas in Britain, and how these fit into the greater issue of resource depletion and growth. Experience from around the world indicates that both th...

Going to Extremes: The project to develop unconventional gas extraction in Britain

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2013


Human Rights Consortium Speaker: Paul Mobbs A review of the Government's policies on unconventional gas in Britain, and how these fit into the greater issue of resource depletion and growth. Experience from around the world indicates that both th...

The Right to Seek and Obtain Asylum under the African Human Rights System

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2013


Human Rights Consortium Dr Chaloka Beyani, UN Special Rapporteur on IDPs, London School of Economics and Political Science Chaloka Beyani is Senior Lecturer in International Law in the Law Department, a member of the Centre for the Study of Hum...

The Right to Seek and Obtain Asylum under the African Human Rights System

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2013 82:52


Human Rights Consortium Dr Chaloka Beyani, UN Special Rapporteur on IDPs, London School of Economics and Political Science Chaloka Beyani is Senior Lecturer in International Law in the Law Department, a member of the Centre for the Study of Hum...

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