Best Helen Ngo Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 11 - What is it like to investigate human rights violations with Donatella Rovera? 27:46

4d ago27:46

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In this episode, we have the huge pleasure of speaking to Donatella Rovera, who is Senior Crisis Response Advisor at Amnesty International. Her focus has primarily been the Middle East, and she has investigated abuses in Gaza, Syria, Iraq under the control of the Islamic State, and numerous other trouble spots. Her work routinely puts her in a posi…

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Episode 10 - What has the ECHR decided about climate change, with Judge Helen Keller 39:36

16d ago39:36

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In this episode, we have an extra special interview about the just-decided European Court of Human Rights cases on climate change. We have an incredible expert with us to help us understand these decisions that came out just a few hours ago by the time of the recording. Judge Professor Helen Keller is Chair of International and Public Law at the Un…

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The 5 Cases Podcast - Episode 7 19:01

23d ago19:01

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A podcast series by Sophie Anderson, Paul Coady and Caitlin Akthar, with some special guests. Each episode will summarise 5 cases relevant to criminal lawyers in NSW. In this episode, Caitlin goes solo to highlight the following cases: Jenkinson v R [2024] NSWCCA 34 R v IP [2023] NSWCCA 314 Lupton v R [2024] NSWCCA 29 Khanat v R (Cth) [2024] NSWCCA…

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Episode 9 - How to Tell a Post-Conflict Story? Through the Lens of Journalist, Writer and Photographer Amy Kaslow 40:59

26d ago40:59

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In this episode, we get to talk to Amy Kaslow. She is a writer and photographer with a lens on at-risk societies worldwide. She's spent the past four decades writing, broadcasting, and photographing in the world's trouble spots, chronicling the immediate aftermath of conflict and well into the post-war period. She also does work within the United S…

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The Child Sexual Offence Evidence Program - with Leanne Mellor, Nguyen Ngo and Helen Shaw 51:31

1M ago51:31

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This episode of the podcast discusses the state-wide expansion of the Child Sexual Offence Evidence Program (CSOEP). This follows the extended pilot program at Sydney and Newcastle District Courts and is established by the Criminal Procedure Amendment (Child Sexual Offence Evidence) Act 2023 (NSW). This podcast features three of Legal Aid's more ex…

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Episode 8 - Human Rights in Europe today - view from the Commissioner for Human Rights 21:35

1M ago21:35

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In this episode, we have the opportunity to speak to Dunja Mijatović, the outgoing Commissioner for Human Rights for the Council of Europe, a position she served in from 2018 to 2024. Listen to this episode to find out about her thoughts on the position and the state of human rights in Europe today. Enjoy listening! Don’t forget to rate us, recomme…

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The 5 Cases Podcast - Episode 6 23:03

1M ago23:03

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A podcast series by Caitlin Akthar, Sophie Anderson and Paul Coady, with some special guests. Each episode will summarise 5 cases relevant to criminal lawyers in NSW. In this episode, Sophie and Caitlin highlight the following cases: R v Narouz [2024] NSWCCA 14 Wells v R [2024] NSWCCA 8 Hickey v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2024] NSWSC 19…

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Episode 7 - How can minority rights be better protected? Challenges and opportunities from a former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Rights 30:53

2M ago30:53

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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Professor Fernand de Varennes, who has just finished serving as the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues and is currently a visiting professor at the Université Catholique de Lyon and the University of Sarajevo. Our discussion in this episode builds on our conversation from the previous episode…

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Episode 6 - How are minority rights under threat? Insights from a UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Rights 22:32

2M ago22:32

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In this episode, we get the opportunity to speak to Professor Fernand de Varennes, who just finished his role of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, and served from 2017 to 2023. Professor Fernand de Varennes is currently visiting professor at the Université Catholique at Lyon and at the University of Sarajevo. In this first episo…

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Episode 5 - How can we expand international law? 29:10

3M ago29:10

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In this episode, we speak to Dr. Marina Aksenova. She's a professor of comparative and international criminal law at the IE University in Madrid. In this discussion, we go over her research background, her research interests that bring together not just international criminal law as is traditionally thought of, but many more aspects as well, and ta…

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Episode 4 - Nani Jansen Reventlow on Justice Gaps and Possible Solutions 14:52

3M ago14:52

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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Nani Jansen Reventlow, who is an award-winning human rights lawyer specializing in strategic litigation at the intersection of human rights, social justice, and technology. Our discussion in this episode builds on our conversation in the previous episode, where we discussed Nani's background and he…

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Episode 3 - Introducing Nani Jansen Reventlow and Systemic Justice 23:52

4M ago23:52

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Over the next two episodes, we talk to Nani Jansen Reventlow who is an award winning human rights lawyer specializing in strategic litigation at the intersection of human rights, social justice, and technology. In this first episode, we focus on her background and the organization she's founded called Systemic Justice, and the work that she and her…

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Episode 2 - Understanding the Present and Future of Libya 21:42

4M ago21:42

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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Dr. Virginie Collombier and Dr. Wolfram Lacher, who are the editors of the recent book, 'Violence and Social Transformation in Libya', published by Hurst in 2023. In the first episode, we focused on how the book came to be and some of its core arguments and contributions. In this second part of our…

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Episode 1 - Violence and Social Transformation in Libya 37:20

5M ago37:20

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Over the next two episodes, we speak with Dr. Virginie Collombier and Dr. Wolfram Lacher, who are the editors of the recent book, 'Violence and Social Transformation in Libya', published by Hurst in 2023. In this first episode, we focus on how the book came to be and some of its core arguments and contributions. In the second episode, we will focus…

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The 5 Cases Podcast - Episode 5 22:49

5M ago22:49

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A podcast series by Caitlin Akthar, Sophie Anderson and Paul Coady, with some special guests. Each episode will summarise 5 cases relevant to criminal lawyers in NSW. In this episode, Sophie and Caitlin highlight the following cases: Elwood v Director of Public Prosecutions [2023] NSWSC 772 Tuxford v Director of Public Prosecutions [2023] NSWSC 130…

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Episode 23 - How can human rights defenders be supported? 18:22

6M ago18:22

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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Phil Lynch, the Director of the International Service for Human Rights. Our discussion builds on our conversation in the last episode, when we discussed his career and explored some of the behind the scenes work of the organization. In this episode, we discuss institutional interactions and access …

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Episode 22 - What does the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) do? 17:05

7M ago17:05

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Over the next two episodes, we talk with Phil Lynch, the Director of the International Service for Human Rights. In this first episode, we focus on Phil's background and his work at the International Service for Human Rights. In the second episode, we look at the organization's interactions with the United Nations and Phil's perspective on justice …

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The 5 Cases Podcast - Episode 4 16:36

7M ago16:36

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A podcast series by Paul Coady, Caitlin Akthar and Sophie Anderson with some special guests. Each episode will summarise 5 cases relevant to criminal lawyers in NSW. In this episode, Caitlin and Paul highlight the following cases: ZXT (a pseudonym) v R [2023] NSWCCA 222 TM v R [2023] NSWCCA 185 Waldron v R [2023] NSWCCA 128 Ngo v R [2023] NSWCCA 20…

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Episode 21 - The Future of the International Criminal Court (ICC) 16:27

7M ago16:27

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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska. She is currently nominated as a judge candidate to the International Criminal Court, as she serves as a judge on the Supreme Court of North Macedonia, and she formerly was a judge on the European Court of Human Rights, and at the Constitutional Court of North Macedonia,…

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The 5 case Podcast Episode 3 37:43

7M ago37:43

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A podcast series by Paul Coady, Caitlin Akthar and Sophie Anderson, with some special guests. Each episode will summarise 5 cases relevant to criminal lawyers in NSW. In this episode Paul and Sophie highlight the following cases: BDO v The Queen [2023] HCA 16 AB v R [2023] NSWCCA 165 XU v R [2023] NSWCCA 93 Al-Salmani v King [2023] NSWCCA 83 Commis…

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Episode 20 - How to curb corruption and improve access to justice? 23:51

8M ago23:51

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Over the next two episodes, we talk to Mirjana Lazarova-Trajkovska. She is nominated as a judge candidate for the International Criminal Court. She currently serves as a judge on the Supreme Court of North Macedonia, and she formerly was a judge at the European Court of Human Rights and at the Constitutional Court of North Macedonia among many othe…

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Zero: What to expect in this series 2:02

8M ago2:02

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A short introduction to what you'll get out of these episodes!By 80000 Hours

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One: Brian Christian on the alignment problem 2:55:46

8M ago2:55:46

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Originally released in March 2021. Brian Christian is a bestselling author with a particular knack for accurately communicating difficult or technical ideas from both mathematics and computer science. Listeners loved our episode about his book Algorithms to Live By — so when the team read his new book, The Alignment Problem, and found it to be an i…

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Two: Ajeya Cotra on accidentally teaching AI models to deceive us 2:49:40

8M ago2:49:40

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Originally released in May 2023. Imagine you are an orphaned eight-year-old whose parents left you a $1 trillion company, and no trusted adult to serve as your guide to the world. You have to hire a smart adult to run that company, guide your life the way that a parent would, and administer your vast wealth. You have to hire that adult based on a w…

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Three: Paul Christiano on finding real solutions to the AI alignment problem 3:51:51

8M ago3:51:51

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Originally released in October 2018. Paul Christiano is one of the smartest people I know. After our first session produced such great material, we decided to do a second recording, resulting in our longest interview so far. While challenging at times I can strongly recommend listening - Paul works on AI himself and has a very unusually thought thr…

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Four: Rohin Shah on DeepMind and trying to fairly hear out both AI doomers and doubters 3:09:42

8M ago3:09:42

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Can there be a more exciting and strange place to work today than a leading AI lab? Your CEO has said they're worried your research could cause human extinction. The government is setting up meetings to discuss how this outcome can be avoided. Some of your colleagues think this is all overblown; others are more anxious still. Today's guest — machin…

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Five: Chris Olah on what the hell is going on inside neural networks 3:09:21

8M ago3:09:21

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Originally released in August 2021. Chris Olah has had a fascinating and unconventional career path. Most people who want to pursue a research career feel they need a degree to get taken seriously. But Chris not only doesn't have a PhD, but doesn’t even have an undergraduate degree. After dropping out of university to help defend an acquaintance wh…

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Six: Richard Ngo on large language models, OpenAI, and striving to make the future go well 2:44:19

8M ago2:44:19

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Originally released in December 2022. Large language models like GPT-3, and now ChatGPT, are neural networks trained on a large fraction of all text available on the internet to do one thing: predict the next word in a passage. This simple technique has led to something extraordinary — black boxes able to write TV scripts, explain jokes, produce sa…

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Seven: Ben Garfinkel on scrutinising classic AI risk arguments 2:38:28

8M ago2:38:28

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Originally released in July 2020. 80,000 Hours, along with many other members of the effective altruism movement, has argued that helping to positively shape the development of artificial intelligence may be one of the best ways to have a lasting, positive impact on the long-term future. Millions of dollars in philanthropic spending, as well as lot…

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Eight: Tom Davidson on how quickly AI could transform the world 3:01:59

8M ago3:01:59

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Originally released in May 2023. It’s easy to dismiss alarming AI-related predictions when you don’t know where the numbers came from. For example: what if we told you that within 15 years, it’s likely that we’ll see a 1,000x improvement in AI capabilities in a single year? And what if we then told you that those improvements would lead to explosiv…

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Nine: Helen Toner on emerging technology, national security, and China 1:54:57

8M ago1:54:57

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Originally released in July 2019. From 1870 to 1950, the introduction of electricity transformed life in the US and UK, as people gained access to lighting, radio and a wide range of household appliances for the first time. Electricity turned out to be a general purpose technology that could help with almost everything people did. Some think this i…

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Ten: Nova DasSarma on why information security may be critical to the safe development of AI systems 2:42:27

8M ago2:42:27

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Originally released in June 2022. If a business has spent $100 million developing a product, it's a fair bet that they don't want it stolen in two seconds and uploaded to the web where anyone can use it for free. This problem exists in extreme form for AI companies. These days, the electricity and equipment required to train cutting-edge machine le…

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Eleven: Catherine Olsson & Daniel Ziegler on the fast path into high-impact ML engineering roles 2:04:50

8M ago2:04:50

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Originally released in November 2018. After dropping out of a machine learning PhD at Stanford, Daniel Ziegler needed to decide what to do next. He’d always enjoyed building stuff and wanted to shape the development of AI, so he thought a research engineering position at an org dedicated to aligning AI with human interests could be his best option.…

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Bonus: Preventing an AI-related catastrophe (Article) 2:24:18

8M ago2:24:18

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Originally released in August 2022. Today’s release is a professional reading of our new problem profile on preventing an AI-related catastrophe, written by Benjamin Hilton. We expect that there will be substantial progress in AI in the next few decades, potentially even to the point where machines come to outperform humans in many, if not all, tas…

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Bonus: China-related AI safety and governance paths (Article) 47:42

8M ago47:42

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Article originally published February 2022. In this episode of 80k After Hours, Perrin Walker reads our career review of China-related AI safety and governance paths. Here’s the original piece if you’d like to learn more. You might also want to check out Benjamin Todd and Brian Tse's article on Improving China-Western coordination on global catastr…

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Episode 19 - What have you learned from hosting Asymmetrical Haircuts? 37:36

8M ago37:36

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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, who are the hosts of the Asymmetrical Haircuts Podcast. Their podcast covers all sorts of topics, including justice for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and international law more broadly seeking especially to highlight the voices of female e…

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Episode 18 - Behind-the-scenes with Asymmetrical Haircuts 36:54

9M ago36:54

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Over the next two episodes, we talk to Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, who are the hosts of the Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast, which speaks to mainly female experts and commentators about topics including justice for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and much, much more. In this first episode, we focus on some of the behind-…

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Episode 17 - How are rights and access to justice in and into Europe being contested? 23:51

9M ago23:51

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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Andreas Schüller, Director of the International Crimes and Accountability Program at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the ECCHR. Our discussion in this episode builds on our conversation in the last episode when Andreas explained what he does at the organization and how the …

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The 5 cases Podcast Episode 2 20:51

10M ago20:51

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A podcast series by Paul Coady, Caitlin Akthar and Sophie Anderson, with some special guests. Each episode will summarise 5 cases relevant to criminal lawyers in NSW. In this episode Caitlin and Sophie highlight the following cases: R v Dyson [2023] NSWCCA 132 Ritchie v R [2023] NSWCCA 153 AD v State of NSW [2023] NSWCA 115 McQuillan v R (No 2) [20…

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Episode 16 - How can NGOs help protect constitutional and human rights? 22:57

10M ago22:57

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In this and our following episode, we speak with Andreas Schüller. He's the Director of the International Crimes and Accountability Program at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the ECCHR. In this episode, we focus on the ECCHR and his work there to understand how the organization works and what kinds of efforts they're making…

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Yarning with an inmate: a perspective from inside 1:03:13

10M ago1:03:13

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Disclaimer: the views in this podcast may not reflect the views of Legal Aid NSW. This podcast contains reference to drug use, violence and trauma, listener discretion is advised. Cody Baxter sits down with Brad, a Dharug and Kamilaroi man, father and former inmate. Brad shares his experience of being a young Aboriginal man in custody, advice for l…

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Episode 15 - Access to Archives, Access to Justice? 31:48

10M ago31:48

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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Dr. Iva Vukušić about her work. She is an Assistant Professor in International History at the Center for Conflict Studies at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and a visiting Research Fellow at the Department of War Studies at Kings College London. Our discussion in this episode builds on our co…

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The 5 cases Podcast: Episode 1 15:01

11M ago15:01

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A podcast by Paul Coady, Caitlin Akthar and Sophie Anderson, with some special guests. Each episode will summarise 5 cases relevant to criminal lawyers in NSW. In this episode Paul and Caitlin highlight the following cases: BA v King [2023] HCA 14 PJ v R [2023] NSWCCA 105 Zheng v R [2023] NSWCCA 64 Lawrence v R [2023] NSWCCA 110 DPP v Rotumah [2022…

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Episode 14 - Why states outsource violence and archives keep the secrets? 21:03

11M ago21:03

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Over the next two episodes, we talk to Dr. Iva Vukušić, an Assistant Professor in International History at the Center for Conflict Studies at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and a visiting research fellow at the Department of War Studies at Kings College London. In this first episode, we focus on some of the main findings of her book titled …

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Episode 13 - Pursuing Justice Amid War 35:51

11M ago35:51

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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Dr. Stacey Philbrick Yadav, an associate professor of international relations at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Our discussion in this episode builds on our conversation in the previous episode. In that episode, we talked about her research practice and some of the main findings of her book tit…

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Episode 12 - Yemen in the Shadow of Transition 30:53

12M ago30:53

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In this episode we talk with Dr. Stacey Yadav. She's an Associate Professor of International Relations at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. We focus on her research practice and some of the main findings of her recently published book. The book is titled "Yemen in the Shadow of Transition, pursuing Justice Amid War", and it came out in 2022 from H…

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Episode 11 - Hypocrisy and Human Rights - Resisting Accountability for Mass Atrocities 29:18

12M ago29:18

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In this episode, we speak with Dr. Kate Cronin-Furman, an Associate Professor of Human Rights at the University College of London - UCL. We focus on some of the main findings of her book, recently published by Cornell University Press in 2022 and titled Hypocrisy and Human Rights - Resisting Accountability for Mass Atrocities. We talk about quasi-c…

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Episode 10 - How are war crimes being documented in Ukraine? 23:54

1y ago23:54

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In this episode we speak with Olexandra Romantsova from the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL) in Ukraine - the NGO that won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022. One of her key responsibilities is working to document war crimes and advocate for victims of human rights violations in Ukraine. We focus on introducing Olexandra and her career, as well as her …

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Episode 9 - Young women on the frontline of human rights defense 37:17

1y ago37:17

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In this episode, we introduce you to Wessam Farid and Nourhan Moustafa from MAAT for Peace Development and Human Rights, an NGO based in Egypt. They respectively work in the organization in a number of capacities and are here today to tell us all about their work and this amazing organization that does so much for human rights, sustainable developm…

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Episode 8 - Why people go missing and how to contribute to addressing the issue? 25:55

1y ago25:55

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In this episode we continue the conversation with Kathryne Bomberger, the Director General of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP). Our discussion builds on our conversation in the last episode to investigate more in depth the problem of missing persons and learn from Kathryne's expertise and insight on this important topic. We ta…

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