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In the first episode of Let's Talk Social Work of 2025 Andy McClenaghan is joined by Chair of the British Association of Social Workers, Julia Ross, Chair of BASW's Policy Ethics and Human Rights Committee, Annie Ho and Co-Chair of the Association of Palliative Care Social Workers, Glynis Berry to discuss the potential change in the law for England and Wales which would legally permit people to seek assistance to end their own lives.On 16 October 2024, the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater presented the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to Parliament. On 29 November MPs debated the legislation and the outcome was 330 MPs voted in favour of the Bill and 275 MPs opposed it, allowing the legislation to proceed to the next parliamentary stage.The conversation doesn't explore arguments for and against allowing terminally ill people to end their own lives. What it does is examine the implications for social work practice that would arise if the legislation, in its current form were to become law. The discussion also examines the state of palliative care services in the UK as this is an issue closely linked to the debate around assisted dying. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DescriptionThis week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr241004.mp3 (29:00) From GERMANY- Julian Assange made his first public address since leaving prison to a hearing of the Human Rights Committee of the Council of Europe in France. He maintains that he pled guilty to the basic methods of journalism. Excerpts from his address and some analysis. From FRANCE- An interview with Tim Dawson, General-Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists. 10% of the journalists in Gaza have been killed, an shocking record in a war. He discuss the reliability of coverage of a war if those on the ground covering it are being killed. Then a review of the Israeli press from Thursday. From JAPAN- Israel bombed many targets in Yemen in retaliation for an intercepted ballistic missile fired in support of Gaza and Lebanon. Hassan Nasrallah, a leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon, was assassinated by a bomb from Israel intensifying the war. UN personnel have been present near the Israel Lebanon border since 1978, with 10,000 present last month. World leaders are urging Israel and Iran to back away from further escalation. From CUBA- Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in as the first female president in the history of Mexico. UN satellite research discovered that 2/3rds of the buildings and agricultural fields in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed or significantly damaged by Israel. Another report on Julian Assange speaking to the Human Rights Committee of the Council of Europe. Available in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml PODCAST!!!- https://feed.podbean.com/outFarpress/feed.xml (160kb Highest Quality) Website Page- < http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml ¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts “ If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." --Desmond Tutu Dan Roberts Shortwave Report- www.outfarpress.com YouthSpeaksOut!- www.youthspeaksout.net

In this episode of The Five Minute Advocate, Julie Macken critiques a recent amendment passed by the Albanese government that exempts Border Force officers from workplace laws protecting asylum seekers during boat interceptions. She argues that this dangerous exemption, supported by both major political parties, dismisses concerns from the Human Rights Committee and undermines basic human rights.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leadership. To get perspectives on this case, Geoff Bennett spoke with Adil Haque, a professor of law at Rutgers Law School, and Yuval Shany, the chair of international law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a former chair of the U.N. Human Rights Committee. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leadership. To get perspectives on this case, Geoff Bennett spoke with Adil Haque, a professor of law at Rutgers Law School, and Yuval Shany, the chair of international law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a former chair of the U.N. Human Rights Committee. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

A general election is coming. When it will be, no one is quite sure, but what we do know is what needs to change to improve situations for social workers and the people who use social work services. This is the focus of this episode of Let's Talk Social Work as Andy McClenaghan and guests discuss the asks outlined in the British Association of Social Workers 2024 General Election Manifesto.Joining Andy are Kerri Prince, BASW's Public and Political Affairs Lead, and Martin Sexton, outgoing Chair of BASW's Policy Ethics and Human Rights Committee.The conversation centres around the five manifesto asks BASW is prioritising. They are:Scrap the two-child limit and benefit capRepeal the 2023 Illegal Migration ActIncrease the non-taxable mileage rate allowance to 60p a mileThe need for a new mental health ActThe reform of social work student bursariesThere are forty asks in total in the manifesto. You can read them all here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jill Morrison, Chair of the International Law Community's Immigration and Human Rights Committee chats with her Vice-Chair, Tzili Mor about democracy , human rights and gender issues in the US and throughout the world. Get a preview of what they have planned for their Committee for the coming Bar year, and give your input as well by filling out this 2-minute Survey Gauging Immigration & Human Rights Committee Members' Interests! Please note, the positions and opinions expressed by the speakers are strictly their own, and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers, nor those of the D.C. Bar, its Board of Governors or co-sponsoring Communities and organizations. Thank you to our sponsor! LawPay was developed specifically to help law firms streamline billings and collections, providing a simple, secure solution for legal clients to pay their bills. LawPay is the industry leader in legal payments, providing a cost-effective solution for more than 50,000 law firms around the country.

Link: https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Publications/Born_Free_and_Equal_WEB.pdf "C. OTHER DISCRIMINATORY RESTRICTIONS In addition to legal restrictions, States have also sometimes tried to invoke “public morals”, “protecting the rights of children” and “public order” to try to justify other limitations on the rights to freedom of association, expression and assembly of individuals and organizations speaking, meeting or organizing to protect the human rights of LGBT people. United Nations human rights experts have rejected such justifications and expressed similar concerns as they have with regards to discriminatory legislation (see previous section and Chapter III).364 In a joint statement on freedom of expression and association, United Nations and regional human rights experts stated that they “categorically reject arguments that such restrictions to the rights of LGBTI people are necessary to protect public morals, health or the well-being of vulnerable people”.365 The Human Rights Committee has found that a ban on a gathering to advocate for the rights of sexual minorities “was not necessary in a democratic society in the interest of public safety, and violated article 21 of the Covenant”.366 Concerns include direct censorship, bans on dissemination of information and restrictions on advocacy, the work of human rights defenders and civil society organizations and peaceful assemblies.367 LGBT organizations continue to have registration applications rejected, reviews delayed and legal registration revoked on discriminatory grounds.368 Permission to hold meetings, workshops and cultural events have been denied in an attempt to suppress political and artistic expression.369 Police officers have raided the offices of LGBT groups, arrested and harassed staff and volunteers, and confiscated materials, sometimes putting the privacy and safety of staff and supporters at risk.370." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/support

A city of Seattle proposal limiting the ability of companies to deactivate app-based workers has drawn criticism from businesses, community leaders, and customers themselves. At a June 27 meeting of the Public Safety and Human Rights Committee, numerous individuals testifying on the proposed ordinance warned it would undermine safety for customers and discourage them from reporting inappropriate behavior. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/washington-in-focus/support

Wir werfen einen Blick auf die sog. Menschenrechtsausschüsse oder menschenrechtlichen Vertragsorgane. Dazu zählen insgesamt neun Ausschüsse, u.a. CCPR, CESCR, CEDAW, CERD usw. Wie unterscheiden sie sich von den menschenrechtlichen Gerichtshöfen oder dem Menschenrechtsrat? Diese Fragen klärt Isabel Lischewski⁠ im Grundlagenteil. Im Interview spricht Philipp Eschenhagen⁠ mit Nina Reiners von der Universität Oslo über Ihre Forschung zu dem Thema, insb. der Einordnung der Menschenrechtsausschüsse als rechtserzeugende Institutionen. Wir freuen uns über Lob, Anmerkungen und Kritik an podcast@voelkerrechtsblog.org. Abonniert unseren Podcast via RSS, über Spotify oder überall dort, wo es Podcasts gibt. Es gibt die Möglichkeit, auf diesen Plattformen den Völkerrechtspodcast zu bewerten, wir freuen uns sehr über 5 Sterne!   Hintergrundinformationen: Nina Reiners, Transnational Lawmaking Coalitions for Human Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2021) OHCHR, Videos about the treaty bodies  LSE, Centre for Women, Peace and Security, UN Treaty Bodies   Verwandte Folge zum regionalen Menschenrechtsschutz: Völkerrechtspodcast, #13 Regionaler Menschenrechtsschutz: Wir sehen uns vor Gericht! (07.01.2022)   Moderation: Philipp Eschenhagen & Erik Tuchtfeld (LL.M (Glasgow))Grundlagen: Dr. Isabel LischewskiInterview: Prof. Dr. Nina Reiners & Philipp EschenhagenSchnitt: Daniela Rau   Credits: Walter Kaelin, Member of the Human Rights Committee, in: UN Human Rights, „UN Human Rights Treaty Body System“, Youtube, 28.04.2015

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: By failing to take serious AI action, the US could be in violation of its international law obligations, published by Cecil Abungu on May 27, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. “Long-term risks remain, including the existential risk associated with the development of artificial general intelligence through self-modifying AI or other means”. 2023 Update to the US National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan. Introduction The United States is yet to take serious steps to govern the licensing, setting up, operation, security and supervision of AI. In this piece I suggest that this could be in violation of its obligations under Article 6(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). By most accounts, the US is the key country in control of how quickly we have artificial general intelligence (AGI), a goal that companies like OpenAI have been very open about pursuing. The fact that AGI could carry risk to human life has been detailed in various fora and I won't belabor that point. I present this legal argument so that those trying to get the US government to take action have additional armor to call on. A. Some important premises The US signed and ratified the ICCPR on June 8 1992.[1] While it has not ratified the Optional Protocol allowing for individual complaints against it, it did submit to the competence of the Human Rights Committee (the body charged with interpreting the ICCPR) where the party suing is another state. This means that although individuals cannot bring action against the US for ICCPR violations, other states can. As is the case for domestic law, provisions of treaties are given real meaning when they're interpreted by courts or other bodies with the specific legal mandate to do so. Most of this usually happens in a pretty siloed manner, but international human rights law is famously non-siloed. The interpretive bodies determining international human rights law cases regularly borrow from each other when trying to make meaning of the different provisions before them. This piece is focused on what the ICCPR demands, but I will also discuss some decisions from other regional human rights courts because of the cross fertilization that I've just described. Before understanding my argument, they're a few crucial premises you have to appreciate. I will discuss them next. (i) All major human rights treaties, including the ICCPR, impose on states a duty to protect life In addition to the ICCPR, the African Charter, European Convention and American Convention have all give states a duty to protect life.[2] As you might imagine, the existence of the actual duty is generally undisputed. It is when we get to the specific content of the duty where things become murky. (ii) A state's duty to protect life under the ICCPR can extend to citizens of other countries The Human Rights Committee (quick reminder: this is the body with the legal mandate to interpret the ICCPR) has made it clear that this duty to protect under the ICCPR extends not only to activities which are conducted within the territory of the state being challenged but also to those conducted in other places – so long as the activities could have a direct and reasonably foreseeable impact on persons outside the state's territory. The fact that the US has vehemently disputed this understanding[3] does not mean it is excused from abiding by it. (iii) States' duties to protect life under the ICCPR require attention to the activities of corporate entities headquartered in their countries Even though the US protested the move,[4] the Human Rights Committee has been clear that the duty to protect extends to protecting individuals from violations by private persons or entities,[5] including activities by corporate entities based in their territory or subjec...

In this podcast episode, Nicole O'Byrne talks to Ravi Malhotra about his books Able to Lead: Disablement, Radicalism, and the Political Life of E.T. Kingsley published by University of British Columbia Press in 2021 and Class Warrior The Selected Works of E. T. Kingsley published by Athabasca University Press in 2020, both of which he co-authored and edited with Benjamin Isitt. In October 1890, Eugene T. Kingsley's life changed irrevocably while working as a brakeman on the Northern Pacific Railway when he was injured in a fall between two rail cars. While recuperating in hospital after the amputation of both legs, he began reading the works of Karl Marx. Joining a popular socialist movement, his activism eventually brought him to Vancouver, B.C. where he founded the Socialist Party of Canada. Able to Lead traces Eugene T. Kingsley's extraordinary life, and his political journey from soapbox speaker in San Francisco to prominence in the Socialist Party of Canada, highlighting his profound legacy for the twenty-first-century political left. Class Warrior is a collection of Kingsley's writing and speeches that underscores his tremendous impact on Canadian political discourse. Ravi Malhotra is a professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. He has several postsecondary degrees, including an LLM from Harvard and an SJD from the University of Toronto. An interdisciplinary scholar, his main research interests are labour and employment law, human rights, globalization, and disability rights. He has worked as a researcher for the disability rights organization, Reach, where he contributed to reports about the barriers faced by law students with disabilities. Ravi is a member of the Human Rights Committee of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, and he is an adjunct professor of Critical Disability Studies at York University. This podcast was produced by Jessica Schmidt. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society's mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada's past.

On 2 February the Government launched its strategy for children's social care reform in England—Stable Homes, Built on Love. In this episode we we look at what the Strategy means for children and young people in care, those who care for them and for social workers working in children's services. To discuss the strategy, host, Andy McClenaghan is joined by social workers Bekah Pierre and Joe Hanley—Bekah is a care experienced adult and BASW England Professional Officer, and Joe is a lecturer with the Open University and a member of the BASW Policy, Ethics and Human Rights Committee—and Sam Turner, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at the charity Kinship. To read the Government's strategy, click here. To visit BASW's review of children's social care web hub, which includes BASW's response to the publication of the strategy click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jill Morrison, Chair of the Human Rights Committee of the International Law Community, interviews Ramou Jallow, a national security LLM candidate at Georgetown University Law Center. They will explore strategies for conflict prevention and the impact of the pandemic on peace and security. Please note, the positions and opinions expressed by the speakers are strictly their own, and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers, nor those of the D.C. Bar, its Board of Governors or co-sponsoring Communities and organizations. Thank You to Our Sponsor! LawPay: Time is limited, but your success doesn't have to be. At LawPay, we are committed to helping you succeed while making the most of your valuable time. Try our simple secure online payment solution today, and you'll pay no monthly fee for a whole year! Learn more at lawpay.com/dcbar.

In the final episode of 2022, our focus is on human rights in the UK. To celebrate Human Rights Day, Andy McClenaghan and guests explore the protections afforded to us all via the Human Rights Act, and the plans of the Westminster Government to alter these protections through the introduction of a UK Bill of Rights. The conversation explores implications of the planned legislation for rights in a range of contexts, including the provision of social work services. Andy is joined by Jun Pang, Policy and Campaigns Officer at Liberty, and social workers, Martin Sexton, Chair of the BASW Policy Ethics and Human Rights Committee and Annie Smith, formerly of the British Institute for Human Rights and now Community Led Support Delivery Lead at the National Development Team for Inclusion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Another interview featured on Lara's fantastic show, Joanne van der Plaat is the keynote speaker for UNEs Law Students' Society Law Ball Charity Gala on the 23rd July 2022. Joanne is a solicitor with more than 10 years' experience in general practice, acting in workplace relations disputes, property and planning and wills and estates. Joanne was a long-standing partner of Blaxland Mawson & Rose, in Cooma, and is a prominent advocate for the recruitment and retention of lawyers in rural, regional and remote areas and the importance of business development and succession planning in rural and small firms.Joanne has been a member of the Law Society since 2009 and actively involved with the Society for more than a decade. She currently serves on the Audit, Risk and Finance Committee, the Disclosure Committee and Rural Issues Committee and has previously chaired or been a member of the Professional Conduct Committee, Employment Law Committee, Property Law Committee and Human Rights Committee.Joanne holds a Bachelor of Laws from Macquarie University and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Director of Lawcover, and has previously held board positions in the aged care, early childhood and education and social justice sectors. Questions Asked of Joanne1. Did you always want to be a lawyer when you were growing up?2. What is your most favourite job you've ever held?3. If you could go back in time to meet the person you were when you were studying law, what advice would you give yourself?4. What was your biggest career failure - what did you learn from that experience?5. Where was one place that your career took you that you didn't expect?6. In your opinion, what is the most important strength someone would need to have to be a successful lawyer?7. What do you think the legal industry will look like in 5 years? What about 50 years?8. If you could have dinner with any historical figure who would it be and why?9. If you had to write a book tomorrow, what would you write about?10. If you could be remembered for one thing, what would it be?Tickets to the UNELSS Charity Law Ball can be purchased HERE up until Saturday, July 16.

The community of ACS Athens has always been one with strong connections between the student and alumni communities. Every so often graduates of the school cross the gates of the campus to reminisce and go back in time. Frequently, however, distinguished and renowned alums come to witness the work and projects of the students, to inspire and mentor them and address the all too relevant concerns of adolescents as they explore their life's possibilities. Late last year, Dr. Photini Pazartzis, honored the community with her presence in order to speak to Middle School and Academy students about the United Nations and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Dr. Pazartzis is a Professor of International Law at the University of Athens and the Chair of the UN Human Rights Committee. She spoke about the foundation treaty of the UN, the three pillars, and specifically the Human Rights Committee in which she has been unanimously elected as Chair. Students were able to understand how the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) are linked to the three pillars. “How long have you worked in the UN?” “What made you want to work in the UN?”, “How can one begin to work in the UN?” were some of the questions that middle school students had the opportunity to ask Dr. Pazartzis, who told students that "ACS Athens is a small United Nations.” “You are very lucky to be in this school," she said, "you have people from all over the world that are your friends and will remain your friends.” With Dr. Photini Pazartzis today we discuss: From International Law to Human Rights: how does someone with academic credentials transition to civic leadership Human Rights as part of the relations between states How the response to the COVID pandemic affected the human rights of individuals Getting inspiration from the school environment for a future career Being optimistic about meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals and cultivating conscious children around the issue Teaching a lesson by being a lesson

We are in the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the undercurrents of all the surges, a new pandemic of mental health challenges and trauma is emerging. Some say we don't actually have a word for it yet. We discuss the challenges that Gen Z particularly is facing with isolation, anxiety, depression, and uncertainty with two ambitious women who are college students and the founders of Beyond Cancer. Our guests include Kaamya M.K. and Sahana Lothumalla. Kaamya is a sophomore Pre-Law student at Southern Methodist University studying Finance and Human Rights on the Public Policy track. She is also a member of the Healthcare and Human Rights Committee. Sahana is a premedical student studying neuroscience at the University of Michigan. The field of oncology fascinates her and Beyond Cancer is her avenue of deepening my knowledge as a student and raising awareness to her community as a teacher. If you or a loved one is experiencing mental health issues, suicidal thoughts or substance abuse disorders, please reach out to your caregiver or contact SAMHSA's National Helpline here: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helplineSAMHSA. SAHMHSA is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders. Support our mission through our fundraiser at GoFundMe! We need your support as we are in the process of becoming a nonprofit and increasing our reach to serve women and underprivileged populations in their STEM career journeys! Also, check out our newest offering - The Wisest Children on YouTube! Our young scientists are making science accessible and fun for anyone to try at home through some STEM activities for kids! WISEcast is featured as the Top 45 Women in STEM Podcasts by Feedspot! Help keep our momentum going and visit our website thewisestwomen.com, and follow us on: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn. For information regarding sponsorship, send us an email at communityengagement@thewisestwomen.com. Sound engineering for this episode is by Rachit Taneja (email: rachittaneja@gmail.com). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewisestwomen/message

There's nothing like watching your favorite sports team live and in-person. The roar of the crowd. The smell of the concession stand. The suspense of the game clock winding down to its final seconds. But would you have guessed that behind every ticket purchase, box of cracker jacks, and Jumbotron moment, there are teams of data professionals working to make your fan experience even more seamless and engaging?Joining Cindi today to discuss the data and analytics powering our favorite sports events are Jay Riola, the SVP of Strategy & Innovation for the Orlando Magic, and Charlie Shin, the VP of Data Strategy and Analytics for the Indianapolis Colts. With perspectives from both the NBA and the NFL, Jay and Charlie explore the evolution of mobile ticketing, challenges with identity management, the importance of building fan trust, and the most surprising insights they've ever discovered within their data. Key TakeawaysCustomers expect more for their data: When customers share their data, they expect something in return. Respecting their privacy and keeping their data safe are the bare minimum. They expect real, tangible value. As a business, your responsibility is to use this data to enhance their experience. Whether that be through custom offers, more relevant content recommendations, or more seamless purchasing experiences, what matters most is that you're delivering on the expectation of value.Collecting data is one thing, putting it together is another: While technologies like mobile payments and social media have made it easier for businesses to collect data, they've also added complexity to the process of building accurate customer profiles. To truly understand the person on the other side of the screen, you must have the right skills and infrastructure to bring all that data together. Great data scientists need to be a triple threat: It is no longer enough to be very good at the technical components of your job and “so-so” at translating insights into actionable recommendations for business stakeholders. The best data scientists have technical chops, a deep understanding of how their business works, and the storytelling skills to turn insights into influence.Key QuotesCharlie:“In sports, they started off by focusing on the product, which is the on-field performance, our players. So a lot of the emphasis was using datas to optimize their investments, enhance their quality of on-field performance. But as the competition grew… now we've seen a shift where the focus is more on the customers and their experience in addition to the on-field quality.”“Identity management is a key topic in sports at this point… We have a variety of different data sources, whether it's ticketing, merchandising, digital engagement, or website or apps, there's a lot of information that's coming through. And then we're trying to figure out how do we tie all this together so that we have that clear understanding of that single view of our customers across these touchpoints. And I don't think this is just a sports industry challenge, right? I think it's a challenge across all industries that manage consumer information.”Jay:“We were a pretty early adopter of variable ticket pricing and thinking about the value from a ticket perspective of our games differently based on the team that we were playing, the time of the year, whether it was early in the season versus later in the season, obviously weekday versus weekend, but just recognizing that the marketplace values these games differently and so should we... Then it became, how do we dynamically price our tickets? How are we changing pricing as we approach games to reflect the demand situation that we have or if an opponent is performing better or worse than we expected, and we can raise or lower pricing. I think where data is really helping guide us… is product development and thinking about ticketing in new and kind of transformational ways.”“We have seen significant growth in ticketing revenue and improvement in retention of fans, as we've introduced this more sophisticated way of thinking about pricing and sales to our business. And I would venture to guess that most teams that have implemented this are seeing returns as well in terms of revenue growth and also total ticket sold.”“We are fortunate to work in an industry where fans are more willing to share their data with us… But I do think that the same expectations do come along, which is I'm giving you something and in return, there's an expectation, obviously that you will protect my data and store it safely… but also that now you're going to enrich my experience with you somehow… I think it's kind of shifting responsibility to companies to be far more active in how they think about not just security and data management, but returning value on that expectation that will come from your fans and your consumers.”About CharlieCharlie Shin is a highly analytical customer strategy and marketing executive with global and domestic experience in data analytics, strategic planning, project management, customer segmentation, customer relationship management, and KPI management. He excels at guiding enterprise data strategy, CRM initiatives, and organization-wide marketing technology infrastructure.Prior to joining the Colts, Charlie was a VP of Strategy & Analytics at MLS for past 15 years where he developed the foundation and enhanced league-wide data strategy, analytic capabilities and CRM technology infrastructure. He also worked as a senior business consultant at Samsung OpenTide and PwC Consulting for over six years managing various projects related to customer strategy, CRM strategy, performance marketing, customer segmentation and new business model development. In addition, he currently serves as an adjunct faculty at NYU and Columbia University.Charlie holds a BA in business administration from Yonsei University and an MS in sports business from New York University.About JayJay Riola is entering his 16th season with the Orlando Magic. He was promoted to senior vice president of strategy & innovation in July 2019. Riola oversees the Magic's business strategy and innovation efforts including data engineering, strategy and analytics, mobile strategy, CRM, digital marketing and marketing technology, as well as other strategic initiatives and special projects.Riola started with the Magic as an intern in 2006 and worked as part of the Magic's internal team overseeing the design and construction of the Amway Center, which opened in 2010. Since 2010, he has worked in several roles to grow the Magic's data and analytics program from a small, startup effort into a department that is regarded by sports industry professionals as a best-in-class team. Riola has also helped lead the Magic's mobile strategy and digital technology efforts, including advancement of the team's mobile app and development of new and innovative digital ticketing solutions. In 2016, he helped lead the process to bring the Orlando Magic's G-League team, the Lakeland Magic, to Lakeland, Florida, negotiating the deal with the City of Lakeland and the RP Funding Center.In addition to his role with the Magic, Riola is an adjunct instructor with the DeVos Sport Business Management Graduate Program at the University of Central Florida, where he teaches a sport business analytics course. He is active in the broader sports business industry serving on several boards and advisory committees, including currently serving as chair for UCF's DeVos Sports Business Management Program's Advisory Board, Baylor University's Center for Sports Strategy and Sales (S3), KORE Software's Customer Advisory Board, the Greater Orlando Sports Commission's Human Rights Committee for its 2026 FIFA World Cup Candidate City Bid and the NBA's Team Innovation Advisory Council (TIAC). Riola also serves on the board of Sports2Change, a nonprofit organization he founded that encourages volunteerism among youth student-athletes in Central Florida.Riola received his bachelor's degree in business administration with concentrations in finance and marketing from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas in 2006, where he played on the men's basketball team. He received his MBA from the University of Florida in 2011. Riola currently resides in Orlando's College Park neighborhood with his wife, Julia. They have a daughter, Madeline, and a son, Mason.--The Data Chief is presented by our friends at ThoughtSpot. Searching through your company's data for insights doesn't have to be complicated. With ThoughtSpot, anyone in your organization can easily answer their own data questions, find the facts, and make better, faster decisions. Learn more at thoughtspot.com. 

The annual Human Rights Award is awarded by the Human Rights Committee of The Bar of Ireland in appreciation of outstanding contributions in the field of human rights. In November 2021, The Bar of Ireland presented the 2021 Human Rights Award to MASI - Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland. Speaking at the event was Joseph O'Sullivan BL, Chair, Human Rights Committee, Maura McNally SC, Chair, Council of the Bar of Ireland, and MASI representatives.

Professor Moore is a scholar of foreign relations law, international law, international human rights, and international development. Professor Moore has taught international law, international human rights, U.S. foreign relations law, civil procedure, legal scholarship, a plenary powers colloquium, and an international religious freedom clinic. As a teacher, he has been recognized with the University's R. Wayne Hansen Teaching and Learning Fellowship, the BYU Law Alumni Association Teacher of the Year Award, and the Student Bar Association First Year Professor of the Year Award. He is a member of the American Law Institute. As a human rights expert, Professor Moore serves on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Moscow Mechanism. In 2020, he was elected to a brief term on the Human Rights Committee, a body of independent experts that oversees states' compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Professor Moore also serves as an Associate Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies, which seeks to secure the blessings of religious freedom and belief for everyone. Between 2017 and 2019, Professor Moore served, variously, as the Acting Deputy Administrator and General Counsel of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the federal government's lead agency for international development and humanitarian assistance. From 2016 to 2017, he was the Associate Dean for Research and Academic Affairs at Brigham Young University Law School. He was a Visiting Professor at the George Washington University Law School from 2008 to 2009. Before joining BYU, Professor Moore clerked for Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. during the U.S. Supreme Court's 2007 Term. From 2003 to 2007, Professor Moore was an assistant and then associate professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law. He arrived at the University of Kentucky after researching and teaching at the University of Chicago Law School as an Olin Fellow from 2001 to 2003. From 2000 to 2001, Professor Moore clerked for Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. From 1996 to 2000, he was an Honor Program trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch. Professor Moore is a summa cum laude graduate of Brigham Young University Law School, where he served as Editor in Chief of the Law Review and graduated first in his class. He received his BA from Brigham Young University, where he was a Benson scholar and graduated summa cum laude, with University Honors, and as co-valedictorian of his college. He and his wife Natalie are the parents of seven wonderful children

Abandoned Australians, Cultural Restitution and Human Rights AccountabilityDiscussion with Geoffrey Robertson QC on how Australia's COVID response, including its border closure to citizens abroad, has violated human rights and Geoffrey's petition on behalf of abandoned Australians before the Human Rights Committee. We also discuss the lack of constitutional rights in Australia and the need for a bill of rights. Additionally, we discuss the secret, political trial of barrister Bernard Collaery. We also discuss cultural restitution and the case of the British Museum's refusal to return the Parthenon sculptures to Greece. Additionally, we discuss the importance of social and economic rights, corporate accountability for human rights, the Magnitsky Act and its adoption by numerous states as a way to target human rights violators.For More Info:https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/ccpr.aspxhttps://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspxhttps://covid19.dfat.gov.au/citizeninformation/s/https://strandedaussies.com/get-informed#gs.8she2phttps://strandedaussies.com/#gs.8shy75https://freeandopenaustralia.org/http://www.helleniccouncil.org.au/docs/The%20Case%20for%20the%20Return%20of%20the%20Parthenon%20Sculptures.pdfhttps://removethecap.com/https://inmyblooditruns.com/https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2019/11/29/stop-putting-kids-in-prison-australian-governments-toldhttps://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/downloadPdf/2020/HCA/48https://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/downloadPdf/2021/HCA/5https://www.vgso.vic.gov.au/implied-constitutional-freedom-political-communicationhttps://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/showCase/2019/HCA/23https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/legal/submission/inquiry-australian-security-intelligence-organisation-amendment-bill-2020https://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/downloadPdf/2019/HCA/23https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/indefinite-detention-australia-refugee-law/https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/18169/index.dohttps://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2021/5/17/collaery-charges-must-be-dropped-and-undemocratic-secrecy-orders-must-end

On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon speaks to Peter Soal who was a Member of Parliament for 12 years. After the 1994 elections, Nelson Mandela sent him to New York where he served as the South African representative on the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations

On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon speaks to Peter Soal who was a Member of Parliament for 12 years. After the 1994 elections, Nelson Mandela sent him to New York where he served as the South African representative on the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations

Andy McClenaghan is joined by Martin Sexton, Chair of the British Association of Social Workers Policy Ethics and Human Rights Committee and Carolyn Ewart National Director of BASW Northern Ireland to discuss Duty of Candour. They consider the proposal to introduce, in Northern Ireland, a Statutory Duty of Candour, at the organisational and individual levels—including criminal sanctions for breach of the Duty. The conversation highlights major implications for social workers in Northern Ireland which could set a precedent for other UK regions. To read and respond to the consultation proposals, visit https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/consultations/duty-of-candour. For BASW NI's response to the consultation, visit bit.ly/2SNl6qO.

    Slam the Gavel had amazing guests on tonight! Dr. Zena Crenshaw-Logal and Belinda Parker-Brown talked about the grassroots campaign spearheaded by both National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project (NJCDLP) and Louisiana United International, Inc. (LUI) that addresses America's inadequate judicial oversight as a constitutional and human rights CRISIS with unrivaled success.      Dr. Zena Crenshaw-Logal is a former civil trial lawyer turned full-time human rights advocate.  Crenshaw-Logal has helped challenge every seriously questionable aspect of America's legal system, working as a Co-Founder and Executive Director of National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc. (NJCDLP) as well as Assistant Chief of Operations for Louisiana United International, Inc. (LUI).  The most controversial of these efforts seek appropriate, but dramatic expansion of U.S. state and federal judicial accountability.  Crenshaw-Logal is Lead Strategist for Opt IN USA, a grassroots campaign spearheaded by both NJCDLP and LUI that address America's inadequate judicial oversight as a constitutional and human rights crisis with unrivaled success. Distinguished on multiple occasions as a scholar, Crenshaw-Logal is also a prolific and published writer on topics such as this grassroots advocacy, first Amendment Rights, and the dynamics of organized U.S. legal system abuse. She is Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee for the Council of Organizations, an affiliate of the United Nations Association of the USA.     Belinda Parker- Brown is an educator, researcher, life specialist, community organizer and motivational speaker who has spent the majority of her career enhancing the potential of others. She is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Louisiana United International , Inc. (LUI) as well as a board member of and Community Outreach Director for National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc. (NJCDLP). Working under the hammer of Opt IN USA, both NJCDLP and LUI address organized U.S. legal system abuse facilitated by unchecked judicial misconduct. NJCDLP does so primarily as a think tank and public policy analyst. LUI does so primarily as a bipartisan social justice organization. Its mission is to champion human rights including the civil, constitutional and societal rights that are all too commonly trampled in today's world.  LUI speaks for the person or group that cannot speak for themselves. LUI speaks though Belinda Parker-Brown. In her are glimmers of Fannie Lou Hamer, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and Professor Angela Y. Davis and this is an AMAZING combination  in Parker- Brown's uniqueness and strength.    The court system has failed us.  There must be prompt, accessible  and available resolutions before an independent body.  Federal Emergency Management Agency is compared to the Judicial system/legal system being a complete disaster due to UNETHICAL judges and lawyers. Opt IN USA is trying to do is that grassroots campaign that addresses organized U.S. legal system abuse as a HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS attributable to inadequate judicial oversight in America. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) compliance and the leverage we all have to insist that the Biden Administration comply with America's ICCPR.To reach Dr. Zena Crenshaw-Logal and Belinda Parker-Brown:    http://www.njcdlp.org/ and go to the WAVE page and https://m.facebook.com/LUIaFORCE4Justice/https://www.launitedi.org/***PLEASE SEND YOUR STORIES TO THE ABOVE WEBSITES***http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/Music by: mictechmusic@yahoSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)

On Friday, 31 countries came together during the 46th Human Rights Council session to introduce a resolution calling for the body to establish a process to document human rights abuses in Egypt.“We recognize the role of Egypt in supporting regional stability, managing migration, fighting against terrorism,” acknowledged Finland’s ambassador to the UN, Kirsti Kauppi, representing the largest number of countries in council history to join together to condemn Egypt. “We call for accountability and [an] end of impunity.”Related: A new US award honors anti-corruption advocates around the worldIt’s the first time the UN council has weighed in on the situation in Egypt in seven years. And, it represents a policy shift by the US — which was among those countries that brought it forward. Since the Human Rights Council’s last joint statement about Egypt, in 2014, UN investigators have documented a steady decline in freedom of expression and peaceful assembly there. Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi’s government has detained thousands of peaceful protesters, activists and journalists, many under terrorism charges.Torture and executions have spiked. The recent resolution is one of the first major actions the US has been a part of since returning to the council as an observer. The Trump administration had pulled the US out in 2018, partially because of concerns of mismanagement and overreach.Related: UN Human Rights Council starts work to address a ‘pandemic of human rights abuses'Meanwhile, the US has given millions of dollars in military aid to Egypt annually for years. Former President Donald Trump called Sisi his favorite dictator. And, just four months ago, French President Emmanual Macron said he would not make arms sales to Egypt conditional on human rights. But France also joined the resolution on Friday.“I think there's been a reluctance to criticize Egypt publicly and collectively. [But] I think we're at a moment where the survival of the human rights community in Egypt is at stake.”Kevin Whelan, Amnesty International Until now, “I think there's been a reluctance to criticize Egypt publicly and collectively,” said Kevin Whelan, who represents Amnesty International at the UN in Geneva. But, “I think we're at a moment where the survival of the human rights community in Egypt is at stake.”A strong message from the US Activists hope Egypt has received the message that its partners abroad will no longer give it a pass, said Allison McManus, research director at the Washington, DC-based group, The Freedom Initiative. The organization represents some Egyptian Americans being detained in Egypt.Related: Public art honoring Egyptian American Moustafa Kassem sends universal human rights message“Because of the place Egypt holds in the international community, it's been very, very difficult and taken a lot of work to see this kind of strong statement and especially to get these allies on board,” she said. “So, yeah, we've been waiting for this, and [there’s] a lot of excitement right now among the folks that care about all of the people who are unjustly detained in Egypt.”She says the joint resolution is the first action to signal that the Biden administration — unlike previous US administrations — no longer believes that it has to tolerate some human rights violations in Egypt in order to maintain stability and security in the region.“So, what we're hoping is that with the Biden administration really centering rights as part of the agenda, that it doesn't have to be a zero-sum game that we choose rights over security, but really believing that we can have both and that indeed, we need both to have either.”Allison McManus, The Freedom Initiative“So, what we're hoping is that with the Biden administration really centering rights as part of the agenda, that it doesn't have to be a zero-sum game that we choose rights over security, but really believing that we can have both and that indeed, we need both to have either,” McManus said.Related: French report reignites debate about colonialism in AlgeriaThe Biden administration will soon have another big opportunity to double down on that approach. By September, Secretary of State Antony Blinken must decide whether to release military aid to Egypt that Congress has made conditional on the release of political prisoners.Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement on Saturday rejecting the joint resolution. The head of the Egyptian Parliament’s Human Rights Committee, Tarek Radwan, said the resolution is part of an agenda pushed by groups hostile to Egypt and isn’t backed up by evidence.

Iris chats to Emily Harle, MSYP for Glasgow Kelvin and Convener of the SYP Equalities & Human Rights Committee. Emily explains what the Scottish Youth Parliament is and talks about her experience as an MSYP. Read the transcript here You can buy her book here: https://etsy.me/2OJijwC

The Indigenous population in urban areas is growing fast. What are cities doing to provide for these populations, to build cities that reflect these communities, and to address the calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission? Would greater autonomy for cities help achieve these goals? To find out, we speak to three Canadian mayors. Mayor Brian Bowman is the mayor of Winnipeg, where the City has established a Human Rights Committee. “I increasingly started seeing Reconciliation through a human rights lens. Because, ultimately, we are just talking about basic human rights for Canadians.” Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark tells us about the Indigenous-led downtown safety pilot that was recently, unanimously approved by council, which would which would see matters of public safety, homelessness, and substance dependance addressed under the guidance of the Saskatoon Tribal Council. “We know this is rooted in a longtime history of colonial thinking, and the impacts of trauma and residential schools... the trick is how do you rebuild a path that breaks those cycles and changes the way we work with people, and changes those outcomes.” And Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca Alty explains the nuances of governing a city under a territorial, as opposed to a provincial, jurisdiction. And, she explains the importance of addressing Indigenous land claims and sovereignty, before we can begin discussing the rights of municipalities within those regions.

Ahmad Abuznaid was recently named the Executive Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights. In the wake of Trayvon Martin's murder in 2012, Ahmad co-founded the Dream Defenders. He has interned at the International Criminal Court, presented before the United Nations' Human Rights Committee and was the Director of the National Network for Arab American Communities. Michael Arria and Dave Reed spoke to him about the future of the Palestine solidarity movement, challenges to expanding BDS work, and how the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights is engaging with Jewish anti-occupation groups. Support Mondoweiss with a tax-deductible donation. Subscribe to THE SHIFT newsletter from Michael Arria. Links: A US human rights group is being sued by pro-Israel organizations over an alleged connection to ‘balloon terror' - Michael Arria WATCH: A conversation on Palestinian solidarity with black communities w/ Ahmad Abuznaid, Noura Erakat, and Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt

Professor Martin Scheinin, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, gives a talk for the Public International Law series. On 13 November 2020, the European Court of Human Rights communicated to 33 governments an application by a group of young Portuguese persons who claim that conduct by the respondent States in respect of the phenomenon and human rights impact of climate change amounts to violations of ECHR Articles 2 and 8, also in conjunction with Article 14. Notably, when communicating the case of Duarte Agostinho and Others to Member States, the Court added Article 3 in the list. The case belongs to a wider trend of efforts to take issues of climate change to human rights fora, and it raises complex issues concerning the interaction between human rights law, climate change law, international environmental law and public international law. There are two interrelated reasons for being open but critical in respect of the prospects of success in climate change cases brought before human rights courts or treaty bodies: (1) Some of the litigation may be ‘strategic' in the sense that the cases are about the use of human rights for the purpose of climate change litigation. What the initiators want in those cases primarily is a pronouncement, as a remedy for a human rights treaty violation established, of a government's obligation radically to reduce its emissions and thereby contribute to the turning of the tide of global warming. (2) In preparing such cases, insufficient thought may have been put into framing the claims for purposes of human rights adjudication, including in respect of (a) the admissibility condition of the victim requirement and (b) the issue of jurisdiction, closely linked to the notion of attribution. The questions posed by the European Court of Human Rights to the respondent governments in Duarte Agostinho suggest that these issues will have a prominent place in the proceedings that will soon follow. We can expect governments arguing that they, sitting perhaps 2000 kilometres away from Portugal in a country of free markets and free enterprise, have no concrete obligations in respect of, and no concrete impact upon, how a 1.5 oC rise in global temperatures would affect the lives and human rights of youths in Portugal. Without wanting to put into question the genuine interest by the ECtHR to address the impact of climate change in respect of substantive human rights, or the prospects of the case of Duarte Agostinho to pass the hurdles of preliminary objections and admissibility, there is a clear need for exploring ways of framing a human rights case so as to avoid being trapped in issues of victim status and jurisdiction. A case to keep an eye on is Billy et al. v. Australia, a complaint by a group of indigenous Torres Strait Islanders, pending before the UN Human Rights Committee. According to a pre-submission press release, the case is about “the threat to their culture and their ability to live on their home islands”. There has also been some informative press coverage, as well as utilization of a new procedure for submitting amicus curiae briefs to the Committee. Billy is a possible game changer in climate change litigation, as it represents a potential of moving past the hurdles of victimhood and jurisdiction. This is because of the prominent place the notion of ‘culture' has in the case and more broadly in indigenous peoples' human rights claims. Culture is by definition intergenerational. Therefore, the right to transmit a culture belongs to the essence of the human right to enjoy one's culture in community with other members of the group (ICCPR Article 27). This right to transmission is a right that belongs both to one or two living generations of today who seek to transmit, and to one or two generations of living individuals who are the recipients of that transmission. Where the right to transmit is frustrated and rendered meaningless –- or ‘denied' in the language of Article 27 ICCPR -- we have ‘victims'. The enjoyment of a culture is also local, usually tied to the particular natural resources and conditions of a place or area. Culture is wide in scope, including traditional or otherwise typical means of livelihood, often collective and intergenerational in nature. It also includes a living language that is learned, used and developed in the context of a community engaging with its culture, including in its intergenerational transmission. And culture is about a way of life, wellbeing and identity. In respect of the territorial State at least, we hence have ‘jurisdiction'. (The issue of attribution in respect of other States would, however, remain.) The elaboration of a line of argument for indigenous peoples' climate change litigation that is based on the intergenerational dimension of the right to culture also has heuristic value beyond the context where it is developed. This is because there is an intergenerational dimension also in general human rights such as Article 8 ECHR and Articles 17 and 23 ICCPR. This has been properly addressed and acknowledged in the Human Rights Committee case of Hopu and Bessert v. France where the Committee decided to treat as a valid reservation the declaration by France of the inapplicability of the minority rights clause in Article 27 but then turned to other, general, provisions of the ICCPR. A fresh reading of the ECtHR case of López Ostra v. Spain suggests that the intergenerational nature of ECHR Article 8 could have had a prominent role in that case. Litigation concerning carefully selected and articulated indigenous peoples' claims concerning the tangible impact of climate change upon their ability to pass on to new generations their culture, way of life, traditional means of livelihood and identity may during this decade spearhead climate-change-related human rights litigation. But once that line of argument has been established and it has produced some result, also members of non-indigenous or non-minority communities can build the same line of argument under Articles 8 and 14 of the ECHR and Articles 17, 23 and 26 of the ICCPR. Professor Martin Scheinin is a British Academy Global Professor at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights. His four-year project addresses a range of challenges to international human rights law posed by developments in the digital realm. Throughout his career, Professor Scheinin has engaged with human rights practice, including by serving eight years as member of the Human Rights Committee, the expert body monitoring States' compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. For six years he was the first United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism. He retains an interest in human rights adjudication, first and foremost in issues of indigenous peoples' rights.

BQ is joined by Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, daughter of the late great Congressman Tom Lantos, and President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights. Both of her parents survived the Holocaust. Her father served as Chairman of the Human Rights Committee while in Congress. She's continuing the legacy. Thank you to John Lester of LesterInsureOne.com for sponsoring!

On episode 14, we are joined by David Feldman, history teacher and chair of the Human Rights Committee of the United Teachers Los Angeles union to talk about the criminal move to reopen unsafe and underfunded schools and about the pandemic in Los Angeles.

In this episode, Vicki Prais speaks with Nathalie Prouvez. The discussion covers Nathalie's route into the human rights world, the importance and value of advanced study and languages, UN Volunteers, securing a UN internship, mentorship and self-care. Nathalie worked at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2002-2020. In 2010, she was appointed Chief of the Rule of Law and Democracy Section. Her previous positions at the UN have included Secretary of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and Secretary of the Human Rights Committee. From 1995-2002, Nathalie was Legal Officer for Europe and Central Asia at the International Commission of Jurists. She started her career as an academic, teaching in universities. She has a PhD in law from Lille University.

US sanctions slowing Syria rebuilding: UN independent expert Netherlands violates nationality rights: UN rights committee Security Council condemns blue helmet killings in CAR

In the first of two episodes created to celebrate Human Rights Day, Martin Sexton, Chair of BASW’s Policy, Ethics and Human Rights Committee, joins Andy McClenaghan to discuss the importance of human rights to social work. They consider the nature of human rights, the international human rights framework, domestic human rights law and the application of human rights to everyday social work practice.

On 9th September 2020, Maura McNally SC, Chair of The Bar of Ireland, and Joseph O'Sullivan BL, Chair of the Human Rights Committee, appeared before the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response to contribute to discussion and provide perspectives on the legal and constitutional issues arising during this fast moving period of legislative response to control the spread of the virus.

This podcast focuses on the need for a national food strategy and why now is the right time to fix the US food system. I'm talking today with two food policy experts who have collaborated on an effort with an ambitious title of Blueprint for a National Food Strategy. They argue it's time to coordinate policymaking that identifies national food systems priorities, and develop a process that gives the public an opportunity to weigh in on the trade offs inherent in food policymaking. Emily Broad Lieb is the Faculty Director of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic. And Laurie Beyranevand is the Director of the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law school.   Interview Summary   So let me ask you both, can you help our listeners understand what you mean by the term National Food strategy? Emily, let's begin with you. Our food system - it's incredibly fragmented in the way that it's regulated because there's so many different agencies that are regulating different aspects of food safety, and production and workers. So what we define as a national food strategy would be a set of food system goals and a coordinated approach that would foster consideration of these goals in law and policymaking that affects the food system. We call it a strategy because it would be setting a roadmap for the long-term goals in terms of health and food safety, food justice, environmental sustainability. Others have written saying, "We need a national food strategy or national food policy, and here's what it should do." The aim of our project has been very much process-based. And we need to set out a process to bring together these different agencies and coordinate them. And especially to make an opportunity for voices from outside government, those of key stakeholders and also of the general public, to participate in that process in saying what the goals should be, so that then government and the agencies regulating the food system can be responsive to that. Laurie, I'd appreciate your input on that same question, and it's interesting that there's not a national food strategy. And I'm wondering if you're getting traction for the basic concept of having such a strategy? Yeah, that's a great question. Emily laid out really well why we focused on a national food strategy and our emphasis on process. It's probably easier for people to connect around the notion of process rather than substance. A lot of the calls on a national food policy were so heavily focused on substance, it allowed people to think about where there were conflicting interests and not get behind it - because it didn't represent everyone's interests. Our focus on process is really to think about how do you have all these various stakeholders come together so that they can develop a National Food Policy, if that's what we want to call it, or a written document that reflects all of these varied interests? And in getting behind the process, it's a matter of saying, "We're committed to figuring out how do we coordinate all of these various law and policy instruments across the food system, in a way that's going to achieve better food system outcome?" So Laurie, let's follow up on this a little bit. So in 2017, you Emily and others created a blueprint for a National US Food Policy, and you've chosen to update it now, in a document that you just released. Back in 2017, you said that the American food system, and I'm quoting here, "Is a poorly coordinated patchwork of federal, state, tribal and local laws, administered by agencies with overlapping duties that results in inefficiencies and unintended consequences." What's happened in the interim that made you want to update it now, and is COVID a player in this? COVID is definitely a player in this. Not a lot has happened in terms of improving this situation, which was why we renewed our call for a national food strategy. A lot of how COVID demonstrated these inconsistencies, the lack of coordination and the really poor food system outcomes that we saw as a result of COVID. But in part it was also due to the upcoming election and an opportunity to get this in front of whichever administration was going to be in office, as a way to start thinking about how to coordinate food law and policy. What's interesting about this as a concept is that it's not unique to the food system. The food system is certainly where we focus but it's not that that's a unique situation in the United States. I mean, we often think of laws as having a discrete focus and then we have agencies that are also similarly discretely focused on the subject matter areas. Where they regulate, we don't have a lot of mechanisms in the US to think about how to account for the possibility that those things might not only be uncoordinated, but they also might be in conflict with each other. Emily, what are some examples of how a national food strategy could work and provide benefits to the food system? I'm glad you asked that, because I think a lot of the work that we've done has been really trying to paint a picture for readers about how it would be unique to have a national food strategy in the US. But national food strategies themselves are not unique, lots of other countries have these, and that was a big piece of our research. But then we also looked at in the US, we've created national strategies on countless different things, and so we examine eight different ones in the US that include everything from the National Strategy for HIV and AIDS, with the National Strategy on Antibiotic Resistance, the 9/11 Commission, which was congressionally created strategy after 911, really to say, what were the lack of coordination or other weaknesses that allowed 9/11 to happen, and then how do we plan going forward? There are lots of examples of other issues in the US where we've said, "This is a complicated topic with real impact on society, and we need to have a mechanism for coordinating amongst agencies to facilitate the best outcomes possible." And I'll just say a little bit about some of the findings, and really what we recommend. Since 2017, there have been a lot of cross agency strategies announced that impacts small specific areas of the food system. So there's been more coordination, in particular memorandums of understanding between USDA and FDA, for example, as the two agencies really share oversight over food safety. And then there's been, for example, a multi-agency initiative on reducing food waste, which was those two same agencies and also the EPA. Leadership & Coordination: Our recommendations from 2017, which were really derived from six different national food strategies in other countries, and eight different national strategies on other topics in the US. And I think that the main recommendations that stand first is around coordination. So, addressing one issue might also have equity problems, or lead to more food and security issues or things like that. And I think we really need to kind of have these regulations that impact the food system being dialogue. So coordination, really having an inter-agency working group. One thing we added on to that recommendation, this time around was leadership. Knowing that there's not really an office or agency out there now that could manage this holistically, and leadership and having an office either within the White House or somehow within the executive, that is managing the process of getting input, putting together a written plan, and then following through on it is crucial. I mean, this really wouldn't be successful without that. Participation: every single strategy that we found that was successful, it was because they did a really great job of realizing that voices from outside government were needed. And again, as we know in the food system, it's so complex, so many different stakeholders are implicated, and having producers, environmental advocates, affected communities that are really struggling with food access and food insecurity, and giving all that input and then seeing where we wind up with goals. Transparency, accountability & enforceability: The last two are one is transparency and accountability. And that is putting something in writing, saying these are our goals, and then following up with regular reporting from agencies to say how they're moving towards those goals. And we added on this time around, this real concept of enforceability as well, giving some authority to the office that's managing the strategy and making sure that they can follow through. Durability: And then lastly, durability. And there's lots of ways to do this, but really thinking about ways to make it flexible and update. And as an example of that the National HIV/AIDS strategy was so successful. After it was released in 2010, then an updated strategy was released in 2015, that really brought in a lot of new goals and built on the foundation of the first strategy. And I think something like that could be really beneficial here as well. Thanks, Emily. So Laurie, are there countries that you think have done especially well at this and what have they done to make their work impressive? One of the countries that we focused on in the original blueprint was the UK. At the time when we were doing our research, they had a really interesting Cabinet Office that was called the Strategy Unit. And the whole purpose of it was to achieve joined up policymaking in the UK, it was doing exactly what we're suggesting would be really useful is looking across all these different agencies, looking across all the decision-making that they're doing and then thinking, "How do we join up their efforts? How do we get them to work together in policymaking so that we're not creating these conflicts and we're avoiding redundancies. And at the time, the UK was in the process of developing what was called Food 2030. And that was their original food strategy paper. They initially intended to have that released over the summer, but because of COVID, they essentially broke that process into two parts, and they created part one of their strategy. And released that this summer when direct response both to COVID and also to Brexit. Their intention is to then release part two of their strategy, which is the big picture National Food strategy in the UK within the next year. So that'll be a really interesting process to follow. Sadly, the strategy unit in the UK fell apart, but a lot of it had to do with agencies not being used to coordinating with each other, and then facing some difficulties really getting past those obstacles and differences in agency culture and agency budgets and getting them to start thinking about coordination as something that they would do regularly. The other country that we focused on, Canada announced their national food policy, after many, many years of grassroots efforts to push the government to create a National Food Policy. Emily just mentioned a few minutes ago that one of our recommendations was around participation. And I think Canada provides a really great example. A bunch of different types of participatory processes were fully designed to elicit comments from a broad range of stakeholders. There was a convening of different types of stakeholder groups. So it included industry, food security, advocacy organizations, and a bunch of different stakeholders that you might not normally see at the table together. And as a result of that came out with a shared set of interests, which I think is so important. In the US, we similarly have a wide variety of stakeholders in the food system, and trying to get them to come together on a set of goals and priorities could be really difficult. And having a process that helps to facilitate those conversations, helps to get people on the same page about what the major goals and priorities are, would be so beneficial. And we have some really good models of that. Well, now that we're thinking about some of the obstacles, you mentioned that there are lots of stakeholders with different interests. And earlier, you both discuss the issue of the responsibility within government falling across lots of different agencies. So are there other obstacles that exists for thinking about a national strategy in the US? Agencies have different mandates, different cultures, different budgets, getting over that hurdle, and trying to get agencies both to appreciate the value of coordination, but also just embracing that as something that's valuable, that's going to require a big shift in the way that agencies think about their jobs. I see that as an obstacle that's certainly not insurmountable, but that would require some work. How to get stakeholders engaged in a way that's really meaningful, that's an obstacle that we need to be really thoughtful about. And how to make sure that we're enabling people that often lack of voice in law and policymaking. And then figuring out how to get them to identify common ground to come together around a shared set of goals and priorities. And then lack of political will. And also there are certain people that benefit from the lack of coordination in the food system. Trying to get to a place where they've perceived benefits in a process like this, that that's going to take some work. And allowing them to see the benefit in airing the trade offs that are inherent in food system on policymaking and allowing for greater public input, that all of that can produce outcomes that are beneficial for everyone. You were talking about issues of territoriality in a way that parts of different agencies are handling things and they have different budgets. And so in some ways, one of the obstacles I'm imagining is that people are people, and people don't want to give up territorial power or authority or whatever you want to call it. So that's one issue. And I'm wondering, does a new structure needed? Should there be some new agency where this work is better consolidated or takes all the work on a specific issue like food safety and parks it in a particular agency rather than divides it? So is there some structural change that you think might be helpful? There's a way to do this that doesn't require agencies to give up authority, but it's more in alignment and some long-term decision making. And I think actually, for some agencies, it might be somewhat relieving to say, "Okay, we know that right now we can't adequately handle certain concerns because they're not really within our mandate, but we feel uncomfortable with the fact that when we're regulating for food safety, that food security isn't really part of that." And then I would say on this question of institutional design and agency building, my take on it would be, there's been a lot of proposals to put all of food safety into one food safety agency. This definitely gets that some of the lack of coordination, particularly across the Food Safety and Inspection Service within USDA, which is in charge of safety for meat, poultry, and some eggs. And then the FDA, which is in charge of food safety for the rest of the food supply. So there's been proposals in the last two administrations, both Trump and Obama, there's been introduced in Congress on this, if the whole endeavor is just to create one agency to just handle food safety, it would be a lot of energy, maybe not worth the cost. That said, I think you kind of hinted at this, Kelly too. But just if the endeavor is to say, "We need an agency that looks at food safety, but also is equipped to balance, food safety and regulations with some of these other issues, like broader food safety, safety on farms, and in food production and food security and food assistance programs, I mean, if that's the endeavor then, I would wholeheartedly support it, because right now, the lack of coordination on these things means that we aren't really able to plan for the long-term. Two other quick things, this point of political will, and circling back to an early question you asked, about the way that COVID has shown and exacerbated these challenges in the food system, I think also makes this a moment where perhaps there is political will. So many people that weren't thinking every day about where their food was coming from, are thinking about it more now. As heartbreaking as it's been, it also gives us a moment, hopefully, we can generate some political will around figuring out how to get out of this crisis, but also plan a little bit for the long-term. So Laurie, what are your feelings about whether structural changes might be necessary to help address these issues? One thing that we suggested is having a lead office or agency that would be in charge of the coordination efforts. But where would the best place be for an office or agency like that? Certainly, there would be some jockeying for position, I would assume between USDA and FDA over something like this. And I don't know that there's a clear or natural leader among either of those. And so maybe it is that there's a different office that gets created that would be responsible for this that could be thinking about all these different agencies that would be involved here. And also would come from a perspective that would be somewhat less entrenched in the agency positions that they already have. But I would agree with Emily, I don't know that you necessarily need an entirely new agency to do something like this. One of the other suggestions that we had, was to think about something like a law similar to the National Environmental Policy Act that requires agencies to be thinking about the environmental impacts of their actions, to have something like the National Food Policy Act that requires agencies to be thinking about the food system impacts of their decision making. And to have an agency that would be responsible for implementing that as a law. So that's certainly another tool that we've thought about as a way to carry forward a strategy like this. Bios Emily M. Broad Leib is a Clinical Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, and Deputy Director of the Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation. As founder of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, Emily launched the first law school clinic in the nation devoted to providing clients with legal and policy solutions to address the health, economic, and environmental challenges facing our food system. Emily focuses her scholarship, teaching, and practice on finding solutions to today's biggest food system issues. She has published scholarly articles in the Wisconsin Law Review, the Harvard Law & Policy Review, the Food & Drug Law Journal, and the Journal of Food Law & Policy, among others. She was named to 2016's list of Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink. The list, released by Fortune and Food & Wine, highlights women who had the most transformative impact in the last year on what the public eats and drinks. Her groundbreaking work on food waste has been covered in such media outlets as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, The Guardian, TIME, Politico, and the Washington Post. Emily has appeared on CBS This Morning, CNN, The Today Show, and MSNBC to discuss the clinic's efforts to reduce food waste.   Laurie J. Beyranevand is the Director of the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems and a Professor of Law at Vermont Law School. The Center for Agriculture and Food Systems trains law and policy students to develop real-world solutions for a more sustainable and just food system. Beyranevand received a BA from Rutgers College in 1999 and a JD from Vermont Law School in 2003. She clerked in the Environmental Division of the Vermont Attorney General's Office and also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Marie E. Lihotz in New Jersey. Prior to joining the faculty at Vermont Law School, Professor Beyranevand was a Staff Attorney at Vermont Legal Aid where she represented adults and children in individual cases and class action litigation advocating for access to health care, education equality, and civil rights. In that capacity, she appeared in state and federal court, as well as before administrative adjudicative bodies, and served as an appointed member of the Human Rights Committee. She is an appointed member of the Food and Drug Law Institute and Georgetown Law School's Food and Drug Law Journal Editorial Advisory Board, a founding member of the Academy of Food Law and Policy, and the Chair Elect of the Agriculture and Food Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools. She is admitted to the New York and Vermont State Bars, as well as the U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. As a first generation American with Iranian and Appalachian roots, diverse food and culture have always been prominent in Professor Beyranevand's life symbolizing the power of food in bringing people together.  

Lord Ian Austin, former Labour MP, now independent peer and chair of Mainstream UK joins Julia to discuss the Equality & Human Rights Commission report into Labour anti-Semitism under Corbyn. Bella Sankey, Director of Detention Action on the latest news about the Channel Migrant deaths. Julia is also joined by Harriet Harman QC, Chair of The Human Rights Committee and Labour MP on Military personnel who commit serious offences will be able to escape justice under legislation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gabrielle Thompson, Executive Director and CEO of Free For Life, who discusses her background and the organization's one-of-a-kind, multi-faceted approach to fighting human trafficking. During the interview, Thompson talks about their programs, success stories, tips for joining the fight against human trafficking, how the work has changed her and words of encouragement for how the community can come together and make a difference.Gabrielle Thompson serves as Free for Life International's Executive Director & CEO. She has a heart for empowerment, justice and vulnerable populations around the globe. In her tenure as CEO, Thompson has expanded the organization's work to 5 countries, seen the rescue of over 600 women and girls, opened one Safe Home, and developed two different prevention and interception curriculums. Thompson currently serves on the Middle Tennessee's Human Trafficking Working Group Steering Committee, the Tennessee Celebration of Human Rights Committee, Vision Trust International's Orphan Care Expert Services Behavioral Health Team, and Providence Worldwide's Orphan Care Collective Team. Thompson was chosen as Nashville Top Professionals ‘30 under 30' in 2018, and Nashville Business Journal's Top Professional's 40 under 40 in 2020.  Thompson was an adjunct professor at Middle Tennessee State University, teaching “Global Issues in Human Trafficking”, and has spoken on behalf of the organization across the United States and in India, Nepal, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Guatemala, and Thailand. Thompson holds a Master's in International Development focused in Gender from Middle Tennessee State University, and previously worked in gender policy development in Istanbul, Turkey, and in Costa Rica for an INGO granting micro-loans for female entrepreneurs.Mission and Vision as an organizationCOVID 19 + Human trafficking update and projectionsOur one-of-kind, mulit-faceted approach to fighting human trafficking. Maybe some stories from the field. How we are addressing the root causes of trafficking, our focus on long term care, survivor centered approaches, and ethical practices when dealing with trafficking.How can people get involved in our work? Host a fundraiser or awareness event, register for a training, Newsletter, Give, Learn from our webinars, Liberation Now Gala, February 2021Learn more: Facebook:             https://www.facebook.com/Freeforlifeintl/Twitter:                  @freeforlifeintlWebsite:                www.freeforlifeintl.orgInstagram:             @freeforlifeintl

This week our guest is Viktor Valentinovich Kogan-Yasny. Viktor Valentinovich is a commentator on public affairs, writer and philosopher. Since 1989 he has been actively involved in public life. He started as an activist of Moscow Tribune and Memorial and in 1990-91 he worked with the Voters' Club of the Academy of Sciences and the Interregional Group of Deputies of the First Congress of Soviet People's Deputies. He was an aide to the chair of the Human Rights Committee of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet. Since 1992, he has been chair of the board of the Society against the Death Penalty and Torture, which has now become the NGO, Regional Civic Initiative - Right to Life and Civil Dignity. Viktor Valentinovich is one of the founders of Memorial Human Rights Centre and a member of its board. Since 1995, he has been an advisor both to the Yabloko party and to Grigory Yavlinsky. Among the topics we discuss in the podcast are the death penality in Russia, Amnesty International, the links between political developments and human rights, the recent apparent poisoning of Aleksei Navalny and events in Khabarovsk and Belarus. Sergei Nikitin writes: Viktor Valentinovich Kogan-Yasny is the latest guest of our podcast. Simon Cosgrove and I spent a very interesting hour with Viktor Valentinovich. I was especially interested to hear his story about how he found premises for Amnesty International in Moscow. In 1991 Marjorie Farquharson, the first representative of the oldest human rights organization in Russia, opened an office for the organisation on Herzen Street with the help of Viktor. The phone number that was allocated to the Amnesty office has remained unchanged for almost 30 years. Victor may not be very familiar to the general public, but he is a very interesting interlocutor. In 1990-91. Viktor Kogan-Yasny was an assistant chair of the Human Rights Committee of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet. It was he who founded the Society against the Death Penalty and Torture, where in 1992 he became chair of the board. I read with great interest the posts of Viktor Kogan-Yasny, one of the oldest members of the Yabloko Party, writer and philosopher.The podcast is in Russian. You can also listen to this podcast on Podcasts.com (www.podcasts.com/simon-sergei-0b5d072c0), Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/7HdmvhzC2P6VQS8ijICNHZ) and Itunes (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/simo...ei/id1495261418). The music is from the Elegy for Solo Viola by Stravinsky, performed by Karolina Herrera.

The women victims of the acid attack in Nepal have demanded that the punishment of the perpetrators should be increased. They also say the sale and distribution of acid should be regulated in the meeting of the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee of the Parliament on Monday. - एसिड आक्रमणबाट पीडित महिलाले पीडकको सजाय बढाइनुपर्ने र एसिडको विक्री वितरण नियमन गरिनुपर्ने माग संसद्को कानून, न्याय तथा मानव अधिकार समितिको बैठकमा सोमबार राखेका छन्।

*Trigger Warning* I get quite heated in the intro discussing current events in Toronto and around the world. After that I have a great discussion with Jonathan regarding his involvement with Canadian Labour Congress, our L. U. Human Rights Committee as well as other things that are going on.  Go here to check out which Native Treaties cover your area. https://native-land.ca  Follow the pod on... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unifyayoungworkerspodcast/?view_public_for=106565767686982 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unifyayoungworkerspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/unifypodcast Did my intro piss you off? Let me know at: unifyayoungworkerspodcast@gmail.com

On this episode I’ll be talking law to Kirsty Brimelow QC An expert in International Human Rights Law, Kirsty is a very senior barrister, part of one of the most eminent sets in the world  Doughty Street Chambers She was also elected the  first female Chair of the Bar  for the Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and completed a six year term in December 2018. Presented by barrister Sally Penni, founder and chair of Women in the Law UK      

Interview with Civil and Human Rights Committee Chair Curtis Johnson also Known as CJ

Hon. Michael Barrett, Conservative MP for Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes & member of the Justice & Human Rights Committee

On this week's episode of Union Matters, we talk to NSGEU's First Vice President, Sandra Mullen; Secretary-Treasurer, Darren McPhee; and Board member & Chair of the Human Rights Committee, Melissa Marsman, about the ways the NSGEU gives back. For a transcript of the podcast, please visit http://nsgeu.ca/union-matters-giving-back/

Stanton Peele and Archie Brodsky joined SMART Recovery for a webinar discussing concepts of addictions with a focus on love and relationships. At the the forefront of redefining addiction as something that goes beyond any particular substance and is, rather, a human phenomenon that can develop along a spectrum of severity in the relationships we form with others, with substances, or with behaviors and activities. In 1975, the ideas in their ground-breaking book, Love and Addiction, were shocking. More recently, much of their work has come to be accepted as common knowledge in the fields of psychology and addiction treatment professions. As the general public recognizes that emotional, cognitive, social and cultural factors all play a role, we will continue to see an evolution in thought regarding addiction, and the best approaches to helping people. Stanton Peele, Ph.D., J.D., is a seminal figure in the field of addiction and recovery. Dr. Peele is a pioneer in applying addiction concepts to include self-cure, harm reduction, and social-environmental causes of addiction. His online Life Process Program has been developed to extend availability of treatment by leveraging technology.  His most recent book, with Ilse Thompson, is Recover! Stop Thinking Like an Addict and Reclaim Your Life with The Life Process. Since publication of Love and Addiction in 1975, he has written twelve books and over 250 professional and popular articles. He continues to lecture internationally on the meaning, treatment, and future of addiction. Additional information and a huge archive of articles can be found at Dr. Peele’s online addiction recovery treatment program website: www.lifeprocessprogram.com. Archie Brodsky is co-founder of the Program in Psychiatry and the Law at Harvard Medical School. In addition to Love and Addiction he has co-authored 15 books, including The Truth about Addiction and Recovery (with Stanton Peele), Preventing Boundary Violations in Clinical Practice, and Clinical Supervision in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling. Mr. Brodsky is on the board of directors of The Influence Foundation, which recently launched the website www.filtermag.org to advocate for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy, and human rights. He is a former chair of the Human Rights Committee at Massachusetts Mental Health Center. DON'T FORGET! SMART Recovery depends on your Donations! Please visit SMART Recovery or Click the Donate button below. © 2018 SMART Recovery®.  Music created and copyright 2017 Donald Sheeley with unlimited use as is donated to SMART Recovery.   

Andrea Thiis-Evensen meets Dr Maria Tanyag, who specialises in the neglect of women’s sexual health in crisis areas, and examines the major consequences this neglect can have on society.  EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Andrea Thiis-Evensen: Hey, my name is Andrea Thiis-Evensen and welcome back to Peace and Gender. In this podcast I am trying to highlight the issues surrounding gendered inequalities. I’m doing this by meeting the people who are actually seeking solutions, trying to get to know both their research and their personal story. These topics may not meet the mainstream media agenda, but they are issues that really deserve attention. Maria Tanyag: You have women who could have lived had they had access to health. Andrea Thiis-Evensen: Today I’m going to talk to Dr Maria Tanyag about the issues around women’s sexual health. Maria is a feminist researcher and she has a PhD in politics and international relations. But first, why did Maria start looking into this issue? Maria Tanyag: Growing up in the Philippines I was specifically motivated to do further research because of the - what I was then observing as gender-specific barriers to women’s health. We have among the strictest laws around abortion, access to contraception. For me, growing up - especially as I was also developing as a person and as a woman, I was seeing these and noticing these inequalities more because it’s very personal and as most feminists would say, the personal is political. When I was starting to observe all these inequalities that women distinctly faced, I was prompted to understand, what are the reasons why these barriers are there in place? Andrea Thiis-Evensen: Despite how far she thought we’d come when it came to gender inequality, Maria started seeing all these inequalities when it came to women and equality. Maria Tanyag: While there is a global push to promote gender equality, and we’ve made significant progress already, we are still yet to understand why many women, and girls, die from pregnancy related complications. Why, despite a broad support and understanding that gender equality matters, we are still seeing the prevalence of, for most parts, preventable maternal deaths in many societies. That to me is a fundamental inequality and it’s a paradox, that we can see a lot of women in many societies, sometimes within the same society, progressing. Yet you have women who could have lived had they access to health care, reliable health information around their own bodies. That is, for me, a global problem that needs urgent attention. Because if we have - if we do not bridge that health gap we are seeing a lot of progress being built on the invisible deaths and sacrifices of women, especially those in crisis settings, who are enduring a lot of this specific violence because of all these broader politics and inequalities that prevent them from accessing health. Andrea Thiis-Evensen: This is what Maria started researching. Maria Tanyag: There’s a lot of talk about inclusive post-disaster recovery, inclusive peace building, and all of these things are important and they matter, but for me the question is why, in all of these things, the hierarchy always put women’s health at the bottom? There seems to be a deliberate neglect, or forgetting that women for women to be able to fully participate in political and economic decision making, they must also, in the first place, be able to have control and decision making over their own bodies. So my research has really shown that women and girls, through dominant peace and security development agendas are being made responsible as well in post-disaster and post-conflict recovery and rehabilitation. But it is being built on their invisible sacrifices because we are not recognising the contributions that they are making. One evidence of that lack of recognition is the lack of support towards sexual and reproductive health, which is so fundamental. Andrea Thiis-Evensen: Even in Australia, if you have gotten an abortion in New South Wales or Queensland, you may actually risk criminal charges. Maria Tanyag: Why is there, up until now and Australia has got a feminist foreign policy or is moving towards being known for having a feminist foreign policy too. But internally, domestically, there are a lot of ongoing debates around abortion rights in Australia. Again there’s a disconnect between - okay we want women to pursue and rise up to the challenge of governance, political governance. But in everyday life, many women face restrictions to reproductive decision making. That’s something that I’m very interested in, understanding why there is a disconnect and what does that mean for how we are progressing for gender equality more broadly. Andrea Thiis-Evensen: So although we’ve come a long way today when it comes to gender equality some inequalities have been overlooked or forgotten, especially in crisis areas. Maria Tanyag: In the Philippines again it’s a very interesting case because we have got a lot of very good gender equality laws. In fact we have been a regional leader in terms of promoting gender equality in security and development agendas. We have got a lot of very strong prominent women in politics as well, but we need to make sure that that is equalised. Especially for those in situations of crisis, in times of disasters and conflicts, that we are not forgetting that there are gender specific inequalities that women and girls face and it’s rooted to [inequal] [sic] access to health. Andrea Thiis-Evensen: Maria has been looking at women in areas of conflict and in areas of crisis, and she says that these two are interconnected. Maria: In the Philippines, violence is seasonal and disasters are violent. So there’s an interesting overlap that showed me some surprising findings, that conflicts are shaped by weather patterns. They are influenced by resource shortages, they are influenced - conflicts erupt intermittently depending on when an election is supposed to occur because it’s about control over power and resources. So people know the likelihood of when a conflict will erupt and when it won’t. It’s kind of like an early warning system, which normally we understand for weather patterns, but they were understanding it in the context of conflicts. Similarly, in the case of disasters, people, especially in - again the Philippines is a very disaster-prone country - in a disaster-prone region, they were saying that disasters are increasingly violent. Many forms of violence, whether physical or structural violence are experienced in times of disasters. So for them disasters are equally violent and there are specific conflicts that are triggered by disasters. For instance, when there are shortages in the distribution of relief assistance communities tend to have infighting among themselves because of jealously and rivalry and status hierarchies, depending on who has access to what resources as part of disaster relief. Andrea Thiis-Evensen: When Maria did her PhD in the Philippines she heard all these stories from women experiencing inequality in post-disaster and conflict areas. Maria Tanyag: For me what really struck me were stories of women giving birth in internal displacement camp. One anecdote of a woman who described herself as - it’s very gruesome, but she described herself as a pig or cattle where she was giving birth, and because it was in a cramped space, other people were watching her give birth, like a show, like an exhibit. For her that made it more traumatic than the conflict itself that displaced her. Because it dehumanised her. Pregnancy for most people is a special moment, and giving birth is a special moment. Maybe between spouses or couples and celebrated by families. But in conditions where it’s inhumane and unsafe, giving birth contributes to a loss of dignity and can actually heighten the risk of death. These are deaths that can occur long after a conflict has erupted, or even after a disaster has happened. For me what was really, in a way heartbreaking but motivates the kind of work we do, is understanding these women and communities have survived disaster and have survived conflict, but they end up dying because of protracted displacement. Isn’t that something that is really unjust? Especially if it could have been prevented if we can be better at doing humanitarian or security responses. Andrea Thiis-Evensen: There are many feminist movements happening, but some of these movements can actually be counterproductive to gender equality. Maria Tanyag: We need to be able to create distinctions between women’s movements that are feminist, meaning that they are interested in promoting women’s rights and women’s groups, or women’s movements that might be expressing their mobilisation, their rhetoric and their campaign in the language of women’s rights.  But are actually counterproductive to feminist’s goals. I’m talking specifically about conservative elite women who are interested in maintaining, or tying, women’s identities to motherhood for instance. That a woman’s worth and function in society is to be the ideal mother. These same groups of conservative women also perpetuate violence against sexual minorities, by virtue of their influence on policy. When we try to understand the global politics of sexual and reproductive health, we must be conscious that there are also women themselves who do not support broader rights for certain groups of women. Andrea Thiis-Evensen: Maria is one of those people out there who has seen an injustice, seen an issue, and now she is seeking a solution. She has put her words and her research into action. Maria Tanyag: In 2016 I presented evidence from my research to the Commission on Human Rights in the Philippines to emphasise the kind of experiences and human rights violations occurring in internal displacement when the state, or the government, fails to progressively ensure sexual and reproductive health in internal displacements. That is now an ongoing process that’s a Human Rights Committee enquiry on the Philippines to ensure that what is happening in crisis situations, the barriers that are in place there, are understood as a broader structural problem around an inequal [sic] access to health in the Philippines. In fact the neglect of that feeds into the invisibility of sexual and gender-based violence that are occurring in times of crises. Then when you neglect the - or render invisible the violence that women distinctly experience in times of crises, you also indirectly prevent broader groups of women from participating and equally benefiting from what happens after conflict and after disasters. Andrea Thiis-Evensen:  That was Maria Tanyag, thank you so much for listening to this episode of Peace and Gender. My name is Andrea Thiis-Evensen, and this podcast was produced for Monash Gender Peace and Security and Mojo News. Music: "Solitude" by Broke for free –  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License Artwork: Shayla Rance

Hamas hacks I.D.F. phones Hamas cyber-spies have just managed to successfully hack hundreds of smartphones belonging to Israeli soldiers stationed near the Gaza border. According to the I-D-F, this operation was detected relatively quickly, and before it erupted into a major security breach. 4.1 magnitude earthquake wakes up the North Shlomi Adar, Global Crisis Professional speaking at ILTV Studio about the problem that Israel is terribly underprepared for the major earthquake coming our way. Netanyahu to meet Putin next week Prime Minister Netanyahu is taking Russian President Vladimir Putin up on his offer and will come to Moscow next week for a front-row seat to the world cup semifinals game but Netanyahu didn't immediately accept the invite when it was made last week. That's probably because of one of the other people confirmed on the guest list, Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Iran willing to remain in ‘nuclear deal' With the JCPOA Iran ‘nuclear deal' still very much in limbo, Iran's president has just announced that he is willing to stay in the deal as long as Iranian interests are still met. This would require Europe, Russia and China to offer a new economic deal to offset incoming American sanctions following President Trump's withdrawal from the deal nearly two months ago. Knesset approves law in Yemenite children affair The Knesset has just passed a new law with potentially groundbreaking implications for families involved in the Yemenite children affair. Families say that their infants were stolen from them in the hospital, after being told the child had suddenly died but according to the families, the children were actually given up for adoption to Jewish Ashkenazi immigrants and this bill allows families to access adoption records to see if this, indeed, was the case. Israeli man makes first at the U.N. For the first time ever, an Israeli has been chosen to head the U.N.'s Human Rights Committee. This committee is different from U.N.'s Human Rights Council but still, this is a major benchmark, nonetheless. Law Professor Yuval Shany who is also a Deputy President of the Israel Democracy Institute will be making history as the country's first head of the human rights committee. Why invest in Israel? Shelly Hod Moyal, Founding Partner at Iangels speaking at ILTV Studio about the world's most capital-efficient startup ecosystem for early stage investors. Seven nation Netta? The writer's of Netta Bazrzilai's Eurovision-winning song ‘Toy' are being accused of plagiarizing the song! Not only that, they've just been hit with a letter from Universal Music saying that Universal is preparing to take this to court. The letter claims that ‘toy' was copied from the well-known song by the white stripes, ‘seven nation army'. Israeli tennis star knocked out of Wimbledon Going up against the world's number 1 seed in tennis is quite the honor or a nightmare depending who you ask. For Israeli tennis star Dudi Sela, it was the latter as 17-time grand slam winner Rafael Nadal defeated him seemingly with ease, ending Sela's hopes of advancing at Wimbledon. 2,000-year-old pottery found in Galilee Israeli excavators have just uncovered an amazing find in the Western Galilee of a large cooking pot, wine jars, and other ceramic pottery vessels dating back over 2000 years. The discovery was made in a small cave off a sheer cliff in the nature reserve along the northern Israeli border with Lebanon. Hebrew word Of The Day: P'GISHA | פְּגִישָׁה = MEETING Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today's word is "Pgisha" which means "meeting" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we talk about the law, politics, and human rights implications of drones and targeted killings. What can international humanitarian law tell us about the legal status of rights? Can human rights prevent drone strikes? Should they - and if so, how? We were joined by Christof Heyns, the former U.N. Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Today, he serves on the U.N. Human Rights Committee and is Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Pretoria.

 Wednesday Breakfast Rundown 15th Of November 2017With Judith Peppard, Nick Wallis and Patrick Beggs.Northcote by-election  Laura Chipp from Reason, the new pardy on the scene, drops into the studio to tell us their stance. Toronto Opens SIFThe first of three Safe injecting centres opened in Toronto, Canada, last week. In a story broadcast cast on The Wire on August 31st last year, Shane Hopkins from Toronto Public Health spoke with Judith about why they are needed. A similar centre is planned for North Richmond in Melbourne in 2018Australia on the UN Human rights council?Amy Frew Human Rights Law Centre, joins us via phone to talk about the the UN's response to the Australian NGO Coalition Submission to the Human Rights Committee.  Pine Gap Pilgrims trialJudith updates us on the Pine Gap Pilgrims trial Alice Springs refers to Open letter Saturday Paper, Northern Territory News Richard Tantor Analysis etc. Alternative News: This is our look at the news cycle, using alternative sources, covering the stories you aren’t hearing about in the mainstream media, as well as reading the big papers, so you don’t have to.Where Next?Dr Graham Willett who is a cultural Historian, an activist and a key role in establishing the Australian lesbian and gayarchives, joins us to talk on where to next post same Sex marriage surveyNorthcote by-election  We speak with Nevena Spirovska who is running as an Independent to get insight into why. Songs, aired. - Able8 by Neon Flight. - The Chris Commerford Band's track "Stay" of their latest album. Launching this Friday the 17th of Nov @the Penny Black from 8.30.

Sergey Golubok is an attorney based in St. Petersburg, Russia. Since 2011, he has been representing parties in cases heard before the Russian courts, including the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court, and before courts in Belarus, European Court of Human Rights, Committee against Torture, and Human Rights Committee. In addition to representing applicants in the proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights, he also acts for the authors of communications lodged against various States (including Russia, Belarus, and Sri Lanka) with the UN human rights treaty bodies, such as the Human Rights Committee and the Committee against Torture, as well as the special procedures of the UN Human Rights Council. Dr. Golubok writes extensively on topical issues of international human rights law and international criminal law in both English and Russian and comments on legal issues of public significance for leading Russian periodicals and TV channels.

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