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Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast

Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast

Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast

A show about human rights coming to you every week from the Cambridge Centre of Governance and Human Rights. Tune in each week as we explore how the concept and practice of human rights can remain fit-for-purpose and co-evolve with the changing world order, joined by fascinating guests from the University of Cambridge and around the world. (All rights reserved, so to speak. Our theme song, "Relative Dimensions", was created by the artificial intelligence at JukeDeck.)
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Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast - Welcome to Season 5

Welcome to Season 5

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11/12/20 • 21 min

In the first episode of Season 5, the new team of panellists sets the stage for a broader discussion of human rights under threat. Through their experience with human rights issues in NGO work, academia as well as their personal lives, they problematise some aspects of human rights while highlighting its immense potential for positive change. This season, the theme of the podcast is "In the Firing Line", where we will invite all of those at the forefront of change within the human rights movement to share their experiences and provide a dialogue around the very principles of human rights itself.

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Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast - Is Human Rights a Fable? (with Professor Samuel Moyn)

Is Human Rights a Fable? (with Professor Samuel Moyn)

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03/26/18 • 53 min

Is Human Rights just a fable? To uncover this question, we venture down 'history' lane with Professor Samuel Moyn. What’s so special about the 1970s, and how does how we think about the emergence of human rights impact how we think of what human rights are, and what they are supposed to do? Join us and find out on this episode of Declarations.
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Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast - What is the 'Copenhagen Declaration'?(with Prof. Başak Çalı)
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07/07/18 • 37 min

The Copenhagen Declaration - adopted April this year - unveiled tensions about the relationship between democracy and human rights. If human rights are universal, then they are not only for voting citizens. The views of the citizen majority in any given nation might not be in support of protecting the rights of minorities – non-citizens who cannot vote are particularly vulnerable. However, the alternative to this can also be viewed as problematic: an independent court that can overrule the decisions of the nation-state is seen by many as having excessive authority and little relevance to domestic concerns. Professor Çalı shared her expertise on what the Declaration (in draft form at the time) means for the state of human rights in Europe. Music on this episode was generated by JukeDeck (theme song), and by Alex Finch ('Seeking Clarity')
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Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast - Justice in Transition: Reclaiming Rights Within and Without States?
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10/06/18 • 90 min

In this special episode, we sat down with Jackson Odong of the Refugee Law Project, and Shama Ams from the Centre of Development Studies, to discuss justice in post-conflict and post-colonial contexts. Jackson describes the important role of documenting memory, while Shama speaks to the possibility for rights and weaponisation of citizenship. Are there alternative routes to justice and rights outside the context of the state? What obligations in terms of justice are owed, when one regime is replaced by another? All of this and more in this episode of declarations.
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In this episode we talked about external borders and internal politics, trying to get to grips with what democracies owe refugees. As a long-standing former policy-maker and MP, Lord Smith helped us shed light on the domestic dimensions of the politics of the Syrian refugee crisis.
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Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast - PROFILE: Dr Alexa Koenig, Berkeley Human Rights Center

PROFILE: Dr Alexa Koenig, Berkeley Human Rights Center

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07/15/18 • 36 min

Declarations went to Washington DC earlier this year to talk to researchers and practitioners who are dealing with disinformation. While there we met Alexa Koenig, Executive Director at the Berkeley Human Rights Center. Alexa has had an illustrious career working in the arts, education and politics, before making the jump to a career in Law and Human Rights in particular. She's the author of the highly rated 'Hiding in Plain Sight: The Pursuit of War Criminals from Nuremberg to the War on Terror', and has helped pioneer one of the most significant human rights "innovations" in the digital age; the Human Rights Investigations Lab. Declarations PROFILE is a new series that covers a wide range of notable and inspiring figures in the human rights world.
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Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast - Is Reclaiming Cultural Heritage an Issue of Human Rights? (With Rodney Kelly)
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11/07/17 • 48 min

What does cultural heritage mean, who can claim it, and what does it have to do with rights? With a significant number of artifacts on display in British museums having been removed from their original owners during periods of colonisation, this episode tackles the intersection between cultural artefacts, and larger issues of justice such as racial inequality, systemic injustice, and property rights. Gweagal activist, Rodney Kelly, joined us from Australia, to speak about his fight for the return of Gweagal spears and shields held by the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology in Cambridge, and the British Museum.
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Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast - Still I Rise: How Can the Language of Human Rights Challenge Injustice?
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10/30/17 • 35 min

What do #TakeAKnee, #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter have in common? In this episode, we explored ongoing debates surrounding the place of rights in redressing structural injustice. We talked about the language of rights, as used by both social movements and institutions, as well as social media and legislation. What are the best practices to advance human rights in an imperfect world? All of this and more, in today's episode.
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Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast - Season 2 Prelude: Protest, Subjugation and Technology

Season 2 Prelude: Protest, Subjugation and Technology

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10/23/17 • 6 min

Welcome to the 2nd season of Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast. With every episode, we’ll be exploring contemporary debates about politics and human rights with people who study them, and people who fight for them — both here in the UK and around the world. Taking on 3 thematic areas, this season focuses on 'protest', 'subjugation', and 'technologies of oppression/liberation'. Our first episode goes live on October 30th 2017 - so tune in!
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Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast - Is Economics About Human Rights? (with Dr Ha-Joon Chang)

Is Economics About Human Rights? (with Dr Ha-Joon Chang)

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05/10/17 • 46 min

We sit down with world-renowned economist Dr Ha-Joon Chang, author of "23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism", to explore economic rights, the welfare state, and neoliberalism in the age of Trump and Brexit. Does the state have an obligation to provide certain goods and services? Can we afford the welfare state? And does the free market even exist?
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How many episodes does Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast have?

Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast currently has 105 episodes available.

What topics does Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast cover?

The podcast is about News and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast?

The episode title 'We Need to Talk: The Prison-Industrial Complex' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast?

The average episode length on Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast is 40 minutes.

How often are episodes of Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast released?

Episodes of Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast are typically released every 8 days, 13 hours.

When was the first episode of Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast?

The first episode of Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast was released on Nov 20, 2016.

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