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Defending Global LGBT Rights: In Conversation with Téa Braun
Téa Braun is the Chief Executive of the Human Dignity Trust. She oversees all of the core legal work of the Trust and has been involved...

Abi Dore
16 min read


Lessons From International Tribunals: In Conversation with Anabela Alves
Anabela Alves is a Portuguese lawyer having served as Legal Advisor to Chambers at the ICTY and later as Legal Advisor to the Presidency...

Aidan Johnson
22 min read


Film and Culture in Sudan’s Civil War: In Conversation with Ibrahim Ahmad
Sudanese filmmaker Ibrahim Ahmad exposes human rights abuses through his award-winning films. Chronicling the atrocities in Sudan, his...

Solomon Njombai
17 min read


The Power of Social Movements: In Conversation with Deva Woodly
Deva Woodly is a professor at Brown University. Her research covers media and communication, political understanding of economics, race,...

Eleanor Taylor
22 min read


Youth Activism in Afghanistan: In Conversation with Nila Ibrahimi
Nila Ibrahimi is a 16-year-old Afghan women’s rights activist who narrowly escaped the Taliban following their return in August 2021....

Nadia Jahnecke
15 min read


What Comes After Freedom: In Conversation with Behrouz Boochani
Behrouz Boochani is an award-winning Kurdish writer, journalist, scholar, cultural advocate, and filmmaker. His memoir No Friend But the...

Alexandra Marcy Hall
14 min read


The Legal Battlefield of the Syrian Civil War: In Conversation with Anwar al-Bunni
Anwar al-Bunni is a Syrian human rights defender who has fought for the right to freedom of speech and for democratic reform in Syria. He...

Nour Kachi
15 min read


Freedom to Think in the Age of AI: In Conversation with Susie Alegre
Susie Alegre is a leading international human rights lawyer who has worked on the most challenging legal and political issues of our...

Nadia Jahnecke
23 min read


A Democratic Alternative for Post-Theocracy Iran: In Conversation with Ali Safavi
Ali Safavi is a member of Iran’s Parliament in Exile, National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and President of Near East Policy...

Solomon Njombai
29 min read


The Echoes of Incarceration: In Conversation with Mansour al-Omari
Mansour al-Omari is a Syrian human rights defender and legal researcher. He holds an LLM in Transitional Justice and Conflict. Al-Omari...

Nour Kachi
15 min read


A Palestinian Lawyer’s Battle for Justice: In Conversation with Raji Sourani
Raji Sourani is a Palestinian human rights lawyer and Founder and Director of the Palestinian Centre of Human Rights. He was an Amnesty...

Shahad Alkamas
25 min read


Human Rights and the Russia-Ukraine War: In Conversation with Oleksandra Matviichuk
Oleksandra Matviichuk is a prominent human rights defender, currently leading the Center for Civil Liberties and coordinating the...

Nadia Jahnecke
16 min read


From the ‘Prison of Darkness’ to Guantanamo Bay: In Conversation with Mark P Denbeaux
Professor Mark P Denbeaux is an American attorney, professor, and author. He holds the position of Law Professor at Seton Hall University...

Angelina Spilnyk
24 min read


Exploring Ukrainian Identity: In Conversation with Anastasiia Marushevska
Anastasiia Marushevska is Editor-in-Chief of Ukraїner International. Ukraїner, conceived by journalist and writer Bohdan Lohvynenko as a...

Nour Kachi
21 min read


Behind the Closed Doors of the Syrian Revolution: In Conversation with Wassim Hassan
Wassim Hassan is a Syrian political activist. He is a member of the The Syrian Women's Political Movement and the Mouatana Movement, a...

Nour Kachi
24 min read


Leave the Empire Windrush at the Bottom of the Ocean: In Conversation with Gus John
Gus John is an award-winning writer, education campaigner, and lecturer. His work spans the fields of education policy, management, and...

Donari Yahzid
13 min read


A Journey through the Many Faces of Accountability: In Conversation with the Legal Advisors at eyeWitness to Atrocities
Anna Gallina is a Legal Consultant at eyeWitness to Atrocities. Julianne Romy formerly worked as a Legal Advisor at eyeWitness to...

eyeWitness to Atrocities
24 min read


A Just Sudan: In Conversation with Moneim Adam
Moneim Adam is a human rights attorney and the Gisa Group’s Program Director for the Sudan Human Rights Hub (SHRH). He began his career...

Solomon Njombai
24 min read


Justice Through Information: In Conversation with Francisco B González Centeno
Francisco B González Centeno is an officer for the International Criminal Court (ICC) from Buenos Aries, Argentina. He holds an MSc in...

Nour Kachi
15 min read


The Fight for Justice for Yazidi Women: In Conversation with Nadia Murad
Nadia Murad is a Yazidi human rights activist. In 2014, she was abducted from her hometown in Iraq, Kocho, by the Islamic State, as part...

Nadia Jahnecke
9 min read


Surviving Female Genital Mutilation: In Conversation with Marie-Claire Kakpotia Koulibaly
Marie-Claire Kakpotia Koulibaly is a feminist and activist fighting to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and forced marriages....

Nadia Jahnecke
22 min read


The Challenges and Possibilities of International Criminal Law: In Conversation with Johann Soufi
Johann Soufi is a Franco-Algerian international lawyer and prosecutor, and a former Senior Legal Officer at the United Nations. He has...

Nadia Jahnecke
20 min read


Neither Maid nor Man: In Conversation with Alex Garden
A snapshot in time of English folk music, queer visibility, and gender non-conformity Alex Garden is a fiddle player, guitarist,...

Abi Dore
23 min read


Defending a Navy Nurse in Guantanamo Bay: In Conversation with Ronald W Meister
Ronald W Meister is a distinguished legal professional serving as Senior Counsel at Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman in New York City. Holding...

Nadia Jahnecke
13 min read
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