Intersections: Where Human Rights and Democracy Meet Podcast
1) Democratic Dividends: Kenya’s Close Presidential Election
This week’s episode focuses on human rights and democracy news from across Africa: the results of the presidential election in Kenya, the release of the U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa, and th...Show More
2) Intensifying Repression: Pro-Democracy Activists Executed in Myanmar
This week’s episode focuses on the shocking executions of four pro-democracy activists in Myanmar. To understand the implications of this event for Myanmar and U.S. policy in Southeast Asia, we speak ...Show More
3) Litigating Internet Freedoms: Governments and Social Media Companies Go to Court
This week’s episode is focused on two important court cases – in India and West Africa – that will help define the relationship between social media companies and government regulation in efforts to p...Show More
Litigating Internet Freedoms: Governments and Social Media Companies Go to Court
32:15 | Jul 26th, 2022
4) A Privilege, Not A Right: U.S. Reengagement with the UN Human Rights Council
How do international institutions and fora help defend human rights? This episode discusses the human rights-related outcomes of the G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau, the first arrest warrants to come out o...Show More
A Privilege, Not A Right: U.S. Reengagement with the UN Human Rights Council
32:14 | Jul 12th, 2022
5) Sportswashing: The Human Rights Implications of Mega Sporting Events
This episode of Intersections reviews the human rights news of the week, including the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act going into effect, and the initiative by the UK government to send asylum seek...Show More
6) U.S. and European Strategies to Tackle Human Rights in Global Supply Chains
Ignoring human rights risks in supply chains comes with serious consequences, both for companies and the global economy. In a live event hosted on May 10, 2022, Human Rights Initiative Director Marti ...Show More
U.S. and European Strategies to Tackle Human Rights in Global Supply Chains
51:52 | May 17th, 2022
7) Strategic Solidarity: Worker Organizing in the United States & Mexico
What's driving the current wave of worker organizing across the United States and around the world? How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed the game for how companies and governments engage with workers...Show More
8) Just and Equitable Policing: Human Rights and Security Services Reform
This episode of Intersections discusses the global reverberations of the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and what that has meant for efforts to address bias in policing. Dr. Tracie Keesee and Ojeaku Nw...Show More
9) Free, Prior, and Informed Consent: Navigating Indigenous Land Rights and the Clean Energy Sector
How can we protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples to make decisions about their lands and livelihoods amidst growing demand for land-intensive renewable energy and critical minerals? Join us as we d...Show More
10) A Well-Founded Fear: Protecting the Rights of Refugees in Times of Crisis
What rights do refugees have, and how can states protect them? The first episode of Intersections discusses Ukraine, Afghanistan, the two-year anniversary of Title 42 and the global health crisis, and...Show More