On Human Rights

With Torsten Krause, the discussion explores the complexities of socio-ecological systems , bringing together contextualised perspectives to better understand the relationships between just green transitions, sustainability and rights of biosphere defenders.

This episode is hosted by Richard Bennett, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and Visiting Professor with the RWI Afghanistan Programme. He is joined by Benafsha Yaqoobi, Director of The RAHYAB Initiative, human rights and disability rights advocate, and former Commissioner of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. The episode shines a l...

This episode is hosted by Richard Bennett, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and Visiting Professor with the RWI Afghanistan Programme. He is joined by Artemis Akbary, Executive Director of the Afghanistan LGBTIQ+ Organization (ALO) and a passionate LGBTIQ+ rights activist and refugee rights advocate. The episode shines a light on the realities facin...

This episode is the 9th in the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Business and Human Rights in Ukraine podcast series, produced as part of the BHR4Ukraine project in collaboration with Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. It is hosted by Kateryna Shapovalova and she is joined by Nicolas Bueno.

This episode is the 8th in the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Business and Human Rights in Ukraine podcast series, produced as part of the BHR4Ukraine project in collaboration with Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. It is hosted by Kateryna Shapovalova, a mentee in the BHR4Ukraine project, and she is joined by Angelica Bonfanti, who is a mentor in the project.

In this podcast Maryam Safi, RWI 2025 Fellow for the Afghanistan Programme, talk about her research.

Today we are joined by Liliana Lizarazo Rodríguez and Martha Robles Ustariz, our partners from the Brussels School of Governance. In the Defend-Bio project, they focus on the area “Litigation in Latin American and the Caribbean countries”, trying to identify, analyze and conceptualize the role played by regional and national courts regarding the actions of biosphere defenders seeking to prevent or...

This episode is the 7th in the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Business and Human Rights in Ukraine podcast series, produced as part of the BHR4Ukraine project in collaboration with Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. It is hosted by Tamara Horbachevska-Konstankevych, co-coordinator in the BHR4Ukraine project, and Anna Tsuvina, who is a mentee in the project.

This episode is the sixth in the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Business and Human Rights in Ukraine podcast series, produced as part of the BHR4Ukraine project in collaboration with Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. It is hosted by Olena Uvarova, Associate Professor at the university, and features Kateryna Shapovalova, a mentee in the project.

This episode is the fifth in the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Business and Human Rights in Ukraine podcast series, produced as part of the BHR4Ukraine project in collaboration with Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. It is hosted by Olena Uvarova, Associate Professor at the university, and features Mariia Vasylechko, a mentee in the project.

This episode is the fourth in the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Business and Human Rights in Ukraine podcast series, produced as part of the BHR4Ukraine project in collaboration with Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. It is hosted by Horbachevska-Konstankevych, co-coordinator in the BHR4Ukraine project, and Nadia Bernaz, who is a mentor in the project. In this podcast episode, Nadia discusses...

This episode is the third podcast in the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Business and Human Rights in Ukraine podcast series, produced as part of the BHR4Ukraine project in collaboration with Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. It is hosted by Olena Uvarova, Associate Professor at the university, and features Tamara Horbachevska-Konstankevych, co-coordinator in the project.

This episode is the second podcast in the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Business and Human Rights in Ukraine podcast series, produced as part of the BHR4Ukraine project in collaboration with Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. The epiosde is an extension of the first episode where we meet Snizhana Shevchenko again, but this time together with Oleksandra Panasiek, Program Coordinator at Reskill...

This episode is the first in the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s Business and Human Rights in Ukraine podcast series, produced as part of the BHR4Ukraine project in collaboration with Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. It is hosted by Olena Uvarova, Associate Professor at the university, and features Snizhana Shevchenko, a mentee in the BHR4Ukraine project.

In this podcast, RWI research fellows Tahmina Sobat and Mohammad Mustafa Raheal reflect on their year-long fellowship at RWI and share their key takeaways.

This latest episode in our series highlighting Defend-Bio focuses on environmental justice, human rights, and their relationship to biodiversity and climate change. RWI's thematic leader on Human Rights and the Environment Claudia Ituarte-Lima sat down with Anna Maria Vargas, Valentina Lomanto and Juan Antonio Samper to talk about the journey so far in developing the Defend-Bio transnational legal...

Andrea Boggio delivered the annual Fulbright Lecture yesterday on the topic: “Science Has No Homeland: The Duty of International Scientific Cooperation in Human Rights Law”

Today’s episode takes on a special format. We will be sharing with our listeners a recording of the 2025 Anna Lindh Lecture as it was delivered. The Anna Lindh Lecture is an annual public event co-organized by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, the Anna Lindh Memorial Foundation, Lund University and Lund University Association of Foreign Affairs. It commemorates the late Anna Lindh, a Swedish Ministe...

In this episode, our guest is Arpine Matevosyan, a passionate human rights advocate whose work sits at the intersection of law, technology, and social justice. She holds a Master’s in Human Rights and Social Justice from the American University of Armenia, and brings a thoughtful, cross-disciplinary approach to the field.

This episode is part of the Rights-Based Climate Adaptation in Armenia and Georgia initiative, designed to support public sector professionals to advance their contextual understanding of human rights and gender equality dimensions of the climate change-related challenges and associated adaptation initiatives taking place in their countries.

In this episode, Narine Gasparyan, a human rights lawyer, academic, and PhD researcher, shares insights from her work on the restitution of property rights for victims of armed conflicts in Europe. Drawing on over two decades of experience in legal reform, international litigation, and human rights advocacy, Narine explores how the European Court of Human Rights has addressed land and housing righ...

This episode features Professor Annika Rudman and RWI Senior Researcher Alejandro Fuentes in a discussion on women’s rights, gender inequality, and intersectional vulnerabilities. It is part of RWI’s Regional Africa Programme and connects to our newly published book marking 20 years since the adoption of the Maputo Protocol. The publication explores what substantive transformative equality means i...

In this episode, we are joined by Nazeela Elmi, a human rights scholar specializing in conflict-affected regions, particularly focusing on gender, transitional justice and inclusive peace-building. She has served as a Professional Specialist at the Afghanistan Policy Lab at Princeton University, where she centred her work around human rights advocacy and policy research. Nazeela’s lived experience...

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 project, they focus on the work package 6 analyzing the citizen-generated data and legal empowerment, starting from the co-development of legal empowerment tool to capacity building and data collection, data analysis and finally, data-driven policy influen...

Today, we are joined by Rohullah Esmati, a lawyer and expert in humanitarian and development affairs. His expertise spans the rule of law, local governance, decentralization, human rights advocacy, institutional reform or even human rights-based approach to sustainable development. Beyond consultancy roles, Esmati has managed programs focused on peacebuilding and governance.