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
E17: The Holocaust, Refugees, Children, and "Choiceless Choices" with CUNY CHGCAH Director Debórah Dwork
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CCNY Downtown
April 2021 is a month with three genocide commemorations - Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah); the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda; and Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. This episode focuses on the scholarship of historian Dr. Debórah Dwork, Director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity (CHGCAH) at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies of the CUNY Graduate Center. The conversation engages her work on Jewish refugees, children, and the special vulnerabilities they faced during the Holocaust and its aftermath.