Welcome to The Human Rights Podcast from the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the University of Galway. Here at the Centre, we are fortunate to be visited each year by an array of world-leading practitioners, researchers and policy-makers in the field of human rights and its associated disciplines. We also have a vibrant community at the ICHR and more broadly in the University of Galway's academic staff, postdoctoral and doctoral scholars, and postgraduate and undergraduate students focusing on human rights. We want to bring you some of their insights and invite you in to some of the debates and discussions that go on here during the year. We hope you enjoy listening to this podcast. Please visit our website and contact us at humanrights@nuigalway.ie with your thoughts or queries.
On this episode of the Human Rights Podcast, LLM student Alessandra Cao speaks with Gearóid Ó Cuinn, the founder and current director of the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN). GLAN is an independent organization founded in 2016, which identifies and pursues legal action to tackle power actors involved in serious human rights violations and environmental harms. The conversation first introduces the topic of social change lawyering, strategic human rights litigation and transnational public interest lawyering. The speakers then dive into the work of GLAN and discuss three different cases which the organization has recently taken on in the areas of climate change, supply chains and environmental crime. During the conversation, we referenced a number of cases. You can read more about the various topics in the links below: #1 The Youth4ClimateJustice case before the European Court of Human Rights: https://www.glanlaw.org/youth4climatejustice #2 The Uyghur Cotton Case before the UK Court of Appeal: https://www.glanlaw.org/uyghur-forced-labour #3 Mining and Environmental Crime – The London Metal Exchange Case https://www.glanlaw.org/dirty-metals For more information on GLAN's work and opportunities for engagement or support, see also GLAN's website: https://www.glanlaw.org/ The podcast was produced by Alessandra Cao, Gráinne McGrath and Kirsten Larson. Intro Music: 'Smarties Intro - FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License). Outro Music 'Smarties Outro - FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License).
On this episode of the Human Rights Podcast, PhD researcher Kirsten Larson speaks with Dr. Shelly Whitman (Executive Director) and Dr. Julie Marie Hyde (Director of Research and Knowledge Mobilization) of the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security. They discuss the history of the Institute and share insights into their latest research on moral injury. Learn more about the work of the Dallaire Institute here: https://www.dallaireinstitute.org/ Vancouver Principles: https://www.dallaireinstitute.org/vancouver-principles Moral Injury: https://www.dallaireinstitute.org/research
On this episode of the Human Rights Podcast, LLM Master's student Jennifer Hough speaks with Dr. Charles O'Mahony, a lecturer at the University of Galway's School of Law, specialising in disability and mental health law and policy, and Dr. Pat Bracken, an independent psychiatrist who argues against the medicalisation of human distress and advocates for strengthening person-centred, community-based solutions. The conversation considers the reform of the Mental Health Act which is currently underway in Ireland and considers how current law fails to align with the the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD ). It also questions the current system of forced psychiatric treatment and considers other ways of assisting people in distress. Notes: During the course of our conversation, we referenced a number of reports and issues. You can read more about the various topics in links below: * Reform of Mental Health Act, 2001 and issues around alignment with human rights law - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160252724000530?via%3Dihub * The WHO Guidance on community mental health services: Promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches document is part of the WHO Guidance and technical packages on community mental health services set of publications. It provides a detailed description of person-centred and human rights-based approaches in mental health, and summary examples of good practice services around the world. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240025707 * Dr Pat Bracken paper on the power of psychiatry - https://madinireland.com/2025/02/dr-pat-bracken-psychiatric-power-a-personal-view/ * New models of care, Kyrie Farm - https://madinireland.com/2024/12/kyrie-farm-research-distress-was-normalised-and-understood-as-part-of-the-human-condition/ Trieste: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/piis2215-0366(21)00252-2/fulltext * IHREC: Access to Justice: Implementation of Article 13 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - https://www.ihrec.ie/documents/access-to-justice-implementation-of-article-13-of-the-un-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/ The podcast was produced by Jennifer Hough, Gráinne McGrath and Kirsten Larson. Intro Music: 'Smarties Intro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License). Outro Music 'Smarties Outro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License).
In this episode, ICHR LLM student Sonia Artesani speaks with Maksym Popov, Advisor to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, and Richard J. Rogers, a lawyer and expert in international human rights and criminal law, currently addressing businesses' impact on human rights. Together, they discuss the prosecution of environmental crimes and ecocide in Ukraine and at the international level, analyzing the recent proposal to recognize ecocide as the fifth international crime under the Rome Statute. They also examine Ukraine's efforts to seek justice for direct attacks on the environment perpetrated by the Russian Federation on Ukrainian territories, including the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam. The podcast was produced by Sonia Artesani and Kirsten Larson. 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. Ciara Smyth interviews European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly. They explore Emily's career and her experiences serving as both the Irish Ombudsman and the European Ombudsman. The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath, Ciara Smyth and Kirsten Larson. Intro Music: 'Smarties Intro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License). Outro Music 'Smarties Outro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License).
In this episode, LLM student Laine Stover speaks with political commentator and US attorney Larry Donnelly. The discussion focuses on the upcoming U.S. Presidential Election, with an emphasis on immigration, swing states, and Vice President picks. The podcast was produced by Laine Stover, Gráinne McGrath and Kirsten Larson. Intro Music: 'Smarties Intro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License). Outro Music 'Smarties Outro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License).
In this episode, ICHR PhD researcher Kirsten Larson introduces Professor Shane Darcy's inaugural lecture, "Ireland and the World – Appealing to International Law in Times of Conflict." Professor Darcy explores the role of international law, with a focus ranging from Ireland to Palestine. The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Kirsten Larson. Intro Music: 'Smarties Intro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License). Outro Music 'Smarties Outro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License).
In this episode, PhD researcher Kirsten Larson speaks with Katie Davis, Julia Collins and Camina Engelhardt, the current team of LLM students working on the Human Rights Podcast. They discuss their time at the Irish Centre for Human Rights and the work they have been doing throughout this academic year. LLM Programmes at the ICHR: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/irish-centre-human-rights/academics/llmprogrammes/ The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Kirsten Larson. Intro Music: 'Smarties Intro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License). Outro Music 'Smarties Outro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License).
In this Episode, LLM Student Debora Lira de Lacerda speaks with Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967. She talks about the release of her recent report Anatomy of Genocide. Link to the report: https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/ahrc5573-report-special-rapporteur-situation-human-rights-palestinian The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath, Debora Lira de Lacerda and Kirsten Larson. Intro Music: 'Smarties Intro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License). Outro Music 'Smarties Outro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License).
In this Episode, LLM Student Julia Collins hosts Professor Ray Murphy, Program Director of the LLM Peace Operations and Humanitarian Law. Together, they discuss children and armed conflicts, focussing on the recruitment of children and the legal protection of children engaged with armed groups. The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Kirsten Larson. Intro Music: 'Smarties Intro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License). Outro Music 'Smarties Outro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License).
In this episode, PhD student Kirsten Larson hosts Dr. Róisín Mulgrew, the programme director for the new LLM programme, Criminology, Criminal Justice & Human Rights. Kirsten and Dr. Mulgrew discuss the new programme commencing in September 2024 and the exciting and unique aspects of this LLM. More information: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/criminology-criminal-justice-human-rights.html The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Kirsten Larson. Intro Music: 'Smarties Intro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License). Outro Music 'Smarties Outro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License).
In this episode, LLM student Katie Davis speaks with Dr. Ciara Smyth, Programme Director of the LLM in International Migration and Refugee Law and Policy at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, about Ireland's Direct Provision System and efforts to reform it. This podcast was recorded in mid-February discussing the accommodation crisis for asylum seekers in Ireland and by the time of its release the number of unhoused male asylum seekers has passed 1000 for the first time in Ireland- an unfortunate milestone. The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath, Katie Davis and Kirsten Larson. Intro Music: 'Smarties Intro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License). Outro Music 'Smarties Outro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License).
In this episode, PhD researcher Kirsten Larson speaks with her colleague Courtney Curran (4th year PhD researcher at the Irish Centre for Human Rights) on her recent blog 'The Kosovo Specialist Chambers—an insatiable creature with a preference for ICTY leftovers'. Courtney is both a school of Law doctoral scholar at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, and an Australia qualified solicitor with experience in investigative and prosecutorial agencies. To learn more about Courtney's work, visit the ICHR website at: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/irish-centre-human-rights/academics/doctoralprogramme/doctoralcandidates/courtneycurran/ The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Kirsten Larson. Intro Music: 'Smarties Intro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License). Outro Music 'Smarties Outro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' by Birds for Scale (Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 international License).
In this episode, the ICHR PhD researcher Kirsten Larson introduces a presentation by Professor Patricia Sellers, which was held at the annual International Criminal Court Summer School at the University of Galway. The presentation covers a history of Slavery Crimes and International Law. The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Kirsten Larson. Intro music: ”Smarties Intro -FMA Podcast Suggestions' 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, ICHR LLM student Julia Collins speaks with Dr Claire Raissian (who completed her PhD at the Irish Centre for Human Rights) about her research on the rights of unaccompanied migrant children. The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Julia Collins. 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, ICHR LLM student Anna Godau speaks with Maëlle Noir and Kelsey Rhude (two PhD candidates at the Irish Centre for Human Rights) about the development of gender-based violence in international human rights law. They explore the intricate relationship of lawmakers and civil society movements – as well as the accompanying usefulness of frustration – regarding the adoption of being free from gender-based violence as a human right. The podcast was produced by Gráinne McGrath and Anna Godau. 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, Giulia Dedej speaks with Dr. Aphrodite Papachristodolou (Postdoctoral Researcher at the ICHR) on her important research on maritime migration and human rights. To keep up to date with developments from the Central Mediterranean, you can follow: Sea-Watch International SOS Mediterranee Open Arms Alarm Phone MSF Sea InfoMigrants Lighthouse Reports IOM Libya Dr. Aphrodite Papachristodolou's articles: Aphrodite Papachistodoulou “The recognition of a right to be rescued at sea in international law” (2022) 35 Leiden Journal of International Law 337 Aphrodite Papachristodoulou, “Mediterranean Maritime Migration: The Legal Framework of Saving Lives at Sea” (2020) 20 University College Dublin Law Review 87 Aphrodite Papachistodoulou and Richard Collins, “Pulling Back Navies and Pushing Back Migrants: Questioning the EU's International Legal Responsibility in the Mediterranean Sea” (2020) UCD Working Papers in Law, Criminology & Socio-Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1 / 2020 Further information on the numbers of migration in the Mediterranean: IOM Missing Migrants Project UNHCR Refugees Data Portal | Mediterranean Reports on Italy's influence over the Libyan Coast Guard: Forensic Oceanography: MARE CLAUSUM, Italy and the EU's declared strategy to stem migration in the Mediterranean Forensic Oceanography: reconstruction of S.S. and Others v Italy incident Cases: Hirsi Jamaa and Others v Italy (2012) App no 27765/09 (ECtHR 23 February 2012) S.S. and Others v Italy, Application No. 21660/18; communicated in June 2019 UNHRC, A.S., O.I., D.I. and G.D. v Italy “Views adopted by the Committee under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, concerning Communication No. 3042/2017*'**'***” (27 January 2021) UN Doc CCPR/C/130/D/3042/2017 This episode was produced by Giulia Dedej and Grainne McGrath. Intro music: "Smarties Intro - FMA Podcast Suggestion" by Birds for Scale (Attribution-ShareALike 4.0 International Licence) Outro music: "Smarties Outro - FMA Podcast Suggestion" by Birds for Scale (Attribution-ShareALike 4.0 International Licence) Other: "Uneasy" by Blue Dot Sessions (Attribution-ShareALike 4.0 International Licence), "This Passage" by Blue Dot Sessions (Attribution-ShareALike 4.0 International Licence), "Uncertainty" by Blue Dot Sessions (Attribution-ShareALike 4.0 International Licence)
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.
In this episode of the Human Rights podcast, UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Professor Fernand de Varennes speaks to the Irish Centre for Human Rights on "why hate speech targeting of minorities must be named and emphasized."
Welcome to the Human Rights Podcast, hosted by the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway. At the Centre, we are fortunate to hear presentations from an array of international leading practitioners, policymakers, and researchers within the field of human rights and various other disciplines. Today we have the pleasure of hearing from Mr. Adam Wagner, a practicing Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, visiting professor at Goldsmiths University, and Specialist Advisor to the UK Parliament's COVID 19 Human Rights Inquiry. Mr Wagner will be discussing the human rights implications of the United Kingdom's response to the COVID 19 pandemic on his own behalf. We hope you enjoy listening to this podcast. Please visit our website and contact us through humanrights@nuigalway.ie if you have any thoughts or queries.
'Imagining Justice for Syria' with Prof Beth Van Schaack by Irish Centre for Human Rights
Keynote lecture by Prof. Linda Martín Alcoff at the Sexual Politics of Freedom conference at the Irish Centre for Human Rights [18/09/2020].
This episode was created by Colin Carney, Sophie Fitzpatrick and Cassie Roddy-Mullineaux, LLM students in the Human Rights Law Clinic at the Irish Centre for Human Rights. The episode investigates the anti-fracked gas movement in Ireland and on the international stage. In this episode, Colin, Sophie and Cassie interview Johnny McElligott, a leading member of the North Kerry-based grassroots environmental campaigning group, Safety Before LNG. Johnny informs listeners about his work towards the prevention of the importation of fracked gas into Ireland and the construction of the planned LNG terminal on the Shannon Estuary. The podcast also includes other voices from the anti-fracked gas movement including those of Brian Cuthbert and Jessie Dolliver, active members of Not Here Not Anywhere. They share their extensive knowledge of the science behind fracked gas and its impacts on human health and the environment. They also share their thoughts on Ireland's future in terms of ‘energy security' and the anti-fracked gas movement on a European level. The students also speak to Tammy Murphy, Medical Advocacy Director for Physicians for Social Responsibility, Pennsylvania, who informs listeners about the harms that fracking inflicts on local communities in the US and explains why the issue is both transnational and urgent. This podcast episode accompanies the LLM students' work, with Johnny McElligott and Safety Before LNG as part of the Human Rights Law Clinic, to draft and explain the EU and international law justifications for a legislative ban on importing fracked gas into Ireland.
On 16th October 2019, musicians Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver visited NUI Galway to give a lunchtime concert as part of NUI Galway's Arts in Action programme. Arts in Action is the brainchild of renowned singer and NUI Galway lecturer, Mary McPartlan, and Mary joined Lisa and Gerry towards the end of their performance. For this podcast episode, all three musicians met with Dr Maeve O'Rourke, Lecturer in the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway, to discuss the connections between the arts and human rights. Mary McPartlan also explained her thinking behind the Arts in Action programme and taught module at NUI Galway. You can watch excerpts from Lisa and Gerry's performance online here:https://www.gerrydiver.com/knapp-diver You will find the programme for the rest of the Arts in Action 2019/2020 events here: http://www.nuigalway.ie/artsinaction/ Many thanks to Judit Villena Rodo, PhD Scholar at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, for producing this podcast.
Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially women and children, was appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Human Rights at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in June 2019. In September 2019, she delivered her first lecture as Adjunct Professor to incoming LLM students. The recording of the lecture is available on the ICHR's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4XoNZXC-I0 In this podcast, which was recorded during her stay in Galway and which is released on European Anti-trafficking Day, she discussed her role as Special Rapporteur, her experience in the field of anti-trafficking, as well as the main gaps in international law and in its implementation in combating trafficking.
This podcast was recorded on 23rd September 2019 during the global week of climate action. In this episode, Sadhbh O'Neill, political theorist, environmental activist and representative of Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE), discusses the concept of climate justice. She also explains two recent judgments of the Irish High Court in cases brought by FIE, and she refers to ongoing activism by the Irish NGO coalition, Stop Climate Chaos. Sadhbh was in Galway to participate in the first of a series of public lectures on climate justice, co-hosted by the Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR) and the Ryan Institute at NUI Galway. The recording of that event is available on the ICHR's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7YNrwQrOV3Z-dXiUb7X-5w The title of the event was 'Climate Justice: Whose Responsibility Is It?' and the activists who spoke included Kaluba Banda, Bulelani Mfaco, Niamh Garvey, Sadhbh O'Neill, Saoirse McHugh and Eddie Mitchell.
In this pilot episode of The Human Rights Podcast from the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway, we speak to Professor Donncha O'Connell about Ireland's progress towards a human rights-based approach to policing. Among the many topics we discuss are community policing, state security and access to justice. This episode is published on the first anniversary of the publication of the Report of the Commission on the Future of Policing, entitled 'The Future of Policing in Ireland'. You can access the Report here: http://www.policereform.ie/ Find out more about the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway here: https://www.nuigalway.ie/irish-centre-human-rights/ See Professor Donncha O'Connell's bio here: https://www.nuigalway.ie/business-public-policy-law/school-of-law/staff/donnchaoconnell/ With thanks to Tom Felle, Head of Journalism and Communications at NUI Galway, for the use of the journalism recording studio at NUI Galway. Producer: Noemi Magugliani
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