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In this episode, legal director at the Haitian Bridge Alliance, Nicole Phillips, discusses her decades long experiences working in international human rights advocacy, particularly in internal displacement camps (IDB) in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake that devastated the country's capital, Port au Prince. Nicole and I also explored the importance of adopting an anti-imperialist approach in this field of work which was especially pertinent given the racial and language power dynamics that existed between her team and the Haitian citizens that they were interviewing.
This episode was written and produced by Destiny Rosulmé.
In this episode, Payal Shah'03, Payal defines human rights as "what is needed for individuals to live with dignity" and what that looks like in her role as the director of the program on sexual violence in conflict zones at Physicians for Human Rights. We also explore critical tools that work together to support survivors from the international level to community-based accountability efforts.
This episode was written and produced by Destiny Rosulmé.
In this episode, co-founder of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), Brian Concannon, discusses his experiences as a human rights lawyer working hands on in Haiti alongside the Office of International Lawyers (Bureau des avocats internationaux). We also explore the current political state of Haiti, international actors and decisions that have kept Haiti poor and what American citizens can do to uplift the needs and voices of Haitians.
This episode was written and produced by Destiny Rosulmé
Despite its frequent usage in everyday discourse, the concept and application(s) of human rights can be quite elusive. It is typically assumed that human rights are a set of objective rights that are endowed to every person regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion and citizenship status. Human rights are also believed to be established and protected by the United Nations—another seemingly objective organization. In this podcast series, I sought to a) critique the imagined universality of human rights by contextualizing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and b) provide tangible applications of human rights by interviewing three significant contributors to this field. Each interview covers a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, international structures that keep Haiti poor (Ep: 1 Brian Concannon Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti), the importance of community based approaches in supporting survivors of sexual violence both domestically and internationally (Ep: 2 Payal Shah '03 Physicians for Human Rights) and a buddhist’s approach to international human rights advocacy (Ep: 3 Nicole Phillips Haitian Bridge Alliance),
This episode was written and produced by Destiny Rosulmé
As part of a project connecting to Professor of Political Science Emily Paddon-Rhoads’ class on the Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa, several Swatties examine the role of music in Ugandan politics....
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On September 25th, the semi-autonomous Kurds of Northern Iraq called a referendum for independence. Since ISIS was pushed from the country, the Iraqi Kurds’ President Masoud Barzani thought the...
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In August, clashes between the Burmese government and the ethnic minority Rohingya intensified, leaving casualties and many Rohingya people vulnerable to violence. Since then, over 500,000 Rohingya...
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