Rights Talk
With authoritarianism, nationalism, and xenophobia on the rise, gaping global wealth disparities, and the accelerating climate emergency, human rights appear increasingly fragile. Rights Talk is devoted to engaging contemporary challenges around the world across the human rights spectrum of civil and political rights; economic, social, and cultural rights; and solidarity rights, including to a safe and healthy environment. The podcast invites critical perspectives and questions the future of rights in the twenty-first century. __________________________________________________ Music Carefree by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefreeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights Talk
E13: Mass Atrocities, Protection, and Cooperation with GCR2P's Savita Pawnday
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CCNY Downtown
This episode features Savita Pawnday, Deputy Executive Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P), an international advocacy and research NGO housed at the CUNY Graduate Center. The conversation engages the themes of mass atrocity crimes, the responsibility of states and the international community to protect populations from gross human rights violations, atrocity prevention, and global cooperation. It also includes discussion of COVID-19, the rise of nationalism, social media and hate speech, and climate change.