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On Human Rights
Podcast by The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
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Arpine Matevosyan on the implementation of digital tools into court operations
In this episode, our guest is Arpine Matevosyan, a passionate human rights advocate whose work sits at the intersection of law, technology, and social...
Matthew Scott and Laura Milne on the Rights-Based Climate Adaptation in Armenia and Georgia initiative
This episode is part of the Rights-Based Climate Adaptation in Armenia and Georgia initiative, designed to support public sector professionals to adva...
Narine Gasparyan on property restitution and human rights
In this episode, Narine Gasparyan, a human rights lawyer, academic, and PhD
researcher, shares insights from her work on the restitution of prop...
Annika Rudman & Alejandro Fuentes on Women’s Rights, Inequality, and Intersectional Vulnerabilities in Africa
This episode features Professor Annika Rudman and RWI Senior Researcher Alejandro Fuentes in a discussion on women’s rights, gender inequality, and in...
Nazeela Elmi on the status of human rights and women’s situation under the Taliban rule.
In this episode, we are joined by Nazeela Elmi, a human rights scholar specializing in conflict-affected regions, particularly focusing on gender, tra...
Defend-Bio project (episode 2): with Carol Rask and Alvaro Amaya
In this second episode we are joined by Carol Rask and Alvaro Amaya, our partners from the Danish Institute for Human Rights. In the Defend-Bio projec...
Rohullah Esmati on Human Rights and mining sector economic development
Today, we are joined by Rohullah Esmati, a lawyer and expert in humanitarian and development affairs. His expertise spans the rule of law, local gover...
Mustafa Raheal on Inequalities in Aid Distribution in Afghanistan
Mohammad Mustafa Raheal is a dedicated activist and researcher specializing in human rights and social development. He holds a Master’s degree in Inte...
Defend-Bio Project (episode 1): Dr Elisabeth Bürgi and Dr Judith Schäli
In this episode, we are joined by Dr Elisabeth Bürgi and Dr Judith Schäli, our two partners from the Centre for Development and Environment of the Uni...
Yalda Bari on Afghan Women Entrepreneurs and Human Rights in Crisis
In this episode of On Human Rights, we speak with Yalda Bari, a human rights advocate and expert in women’s economic empowerment from Afghanistan.
Kaweh Kerami on Journalism and Human Rights Violations in Afghanistan
Kaweh Kerami is a political scientist whose work bridges politics, (digital) media and human rights. He earned his PhD in Development Studies from SOA...
Hafizullah Saeedi on Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Afghanistan
Hafizullah Saeedi is an independent researcher and a human rights defender. He holds a Master of Arts in Global Studies from Leipzig University, Germa...
Fatema Ahmadi on Human Rights, Peacebuilding, and Advocacy for Afghanistan’s Future
In this episode, we’re joined by Fatema D. Ahmadi, a proficient human rights advocate with over a decade of experience working on the frontlines of ge...
Atal Ahmadzai on the Nexus Between Climate Shocks and Human Rights in Afghanistan
Dr. Atal Ahmadzai has been a dedicated advocate for environmental security and human rights. He earned his degree from Kabul University before pursuin...
Roya Mahboob on amplifying the voices of Afghan women and girls
This podcast episode features a conversation sparked by a newly premiered 2025 film Rule Breakers, which follows Afghanistan’s first all-girls robotic...
Mark Gibney on Redefining Accountability in Human Rights
Mark Gibney is the Carol Belk Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Asheville and the Aff...
Olof Skoog - EU Special Representative for Human Rights.
Ambassador Olof Skoog, since March 2024, has been the EU Special Representative for Human Rights. He is a Swedish diplomat with extensive experience r...
Olof Skoog - The Strategy of Human Rights (2024 Anna Lindh Lecture)
Ambassador Olof Skoog, EU Special Representative for Human Rights, delivered the 2024 annual Anna Lindh Lecture on 19 November on the theme of “The St...
Maliha Shirzay - Uzbek women in Afghanistan: a story of empowerment
Maliha Shirzay-Research Fellow, RWI Afghanistan Programme in 2024 is collaborating with other research fellows to support the mandate of the Special R...
Hamid A. Formuli on International Accountability on Human Rights Violations
Hamid A. Formuli is a human rights practitioner, former career diplomat and a Research Fellow with RWI's Afghanistan program in 2024. His tenure at th...
Humaira Rasuli on Support to Survivors of Gender Based Violence in Afghanistan.
Humaira Rasuli is an Afghan human rights lawyer, women empowerment activist and the Co-Founder and Director of Women for Justice...
Mitra Tanomand on Women's Protection Shelters in Afghanistan.
Mitra Tanomand, Research Fellow with RWI Afghanistan Programme is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Global Development with a focus on Education in the UK...
Kobra Moradi on Accountability and Reconciliation for Sustainable Peace
Kobra Moradi is Research Fellow with RWI's Afghanistan Programme and in this episode is sharing insights from her research on Afghan communities acces...
Haroun Rahimi on the gender dynamic of religious education in Afghanistan..
Haroun Rahimi is an affiliate associate professor at UW School of Law. Concurrently, Rahimi is an Associate Professor of Law and the chair of the Law...
Anna Bruce on systemic challenges to the implementation of the CRPD in Sweden
Anna Bruce, Senior Researcher at RWI, shares insights from her participation in the review of Sweden by the CRPD Committee and her work on Sweden's cu...
Ehsan Qaane on the ICC's Afghanistan Investigation
Ehsan Qaane was a Research Fellow for the Afghanistan Programme in 2023. Prior to this, he worked with Afghanistan Analysts Network, a policy research...
David Cingranelli on Labour Rights and Accountability
David Cingranelli is a Professor of Political Science at Binghamton University of the State University of New York. He also is the Co-director of the...
"Jump on Board the Vaka" Vishal Prasad on climate justice and the ICJ advisory opinion
Mr. Vishal Prasad is the Campaign Director of the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, a youth-led organization campaigning for an adviso...
Tanzila Khan- On Activism, Entrepreneurship and Disability
She is a Pakistani activist, entrepreneur, writer, and disability rights advocate, known for her efforts to promote inclusivity and equality for peopl...
Hanifa Girowal - Women's Rights Violations in Afghanistan and the Need for Accountability
Hanifa Girowal was a young female politician, and human rights advocate who served as Kabul’s deputy governor on socio-economic and development affair...
Connecting the dots between biosphere defenders, women's rights and just transitions
Dr. Claudia Ituarte-Lima is Leader of the Human Rights and the Environment thematic area and senior researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Hu...
Matthew Scott on Human Mobility and Climate Change Adaptation
Matthew Scott is senior researcher and leader of the Human Rights and the Environment thematic area at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights...
Mahmouda Sonia Eqbal - Shedding light to women and girls education in Afghanistan.
Mahmouda Sonia Eqbal is a Research Fellow at RWI Afghanistan Programme shares insights on her latest research report titled "Afghan constitutions and...
Women, life, freedom: talking to an activist on Nobel Peace Prize 2023 winner Narges Mohammadi
In this podcast we talk with a human rights activist within the Women! Life! Freedom! movement about Narges Mohammadi and her lifelong work. She is th...
Evelyn Adzovi Addor on Communication and Climate Negotiations in Ghana
Ms. Evelyn Adzovi Addor is a Climate Youth Negotiators Programme-trained Loss and Damage Negotiator for Ghana and the African Group of Negotiators. Sh...
Neshan Gunasekera - Earth Trusteeship, ecocide and climate action
Neshan’s professional experience includes engagements with Government, non-government, bilateral and multilateral sectors and was a former member of t...
Civic Space in Afghanistan under the Taliban
Mohammad Abul Ahrar Ramizpoor is an Afghan academic, Peace and Human Rights activist who has served as a lecturer at Kabul University, Sharia and Law...
María Carolina Romero Lares - World Maritime Day 2023
With firsthand professional experience both as a delegate at international forums representing her homeland and in the classroom, Prof. Romero brings...
Alyn Ware - Peace Educator and Nuclear Disarmament Consultant
Alyn Ware is a peace educator and nuclear disarmament consultant from New Zealand. In 2009, he received the Right Livelihood Award for his vast effort...
Jules Han Amm - Trans Rights are Human Rights
Jules Han Amm is a PhD candidate at Uppsala University with most of their work focusing on the trans community and its internal disputes as well as le...