In this episode, Lara Zand speaks with Professor Karen Pita Loor of Boston University, whose work focuses on protest policing and police violence. They discuss important developments in US state-enacted protest legislation, the wildly different

Protests Series: Protests in France with Dr Pauline Trouillard

20 days ago 18m 48s

In this episode, Lara Zand speaks with Dr Pauline Trouillard, a lecturer and researcher at the University of Rennes and affiliated fellow of Yale Law School. They discuss the relationship between police and protestor in recent demonstrations in

Protests Series: Protests in the UK with Katy Watts

25 days ago 28m 48s

In this episode, Lara Zand speaks with Katy Watts, a human rights lawyer at Liberty, a civil liberties group in the UK. They discuss political attacks on protest, recent influential judgments that will be particularly significant for collective

Protests Series: Protests in the UK with Professor David Mead

27 days ago 32m 18s

In this episode, Lara Zand speaks with Professor David Mead, who teaches human rights at the University of East Anglia. They discuss the implications of new legislation targeting protest, recent changes in the ways that collective action is car

Homelessness and Modern Slavery

Oct 18th, 2022 32m 20s

To raise awareness on Anti-Slavery Day, we are publishing this episode in which Emily Hobhouse speaks with Dr Júlia Tomás the Anti-Slavery Coordinator at The Passage, a homelessness charity based in Westminster fiercely fighting for the rights

What does it mean to be a British citizen?

Oct 14th, 2021 43m 57s

In this episode, Hannah Anson speaks with Professor Thom Brooks, an award winning author, policy adviser and columnist and the Dean of Durham Law School. They discuss the Life in the UK Citizenship Test and explore questions of “British” identi

Sea No Evil - Human Rights at Sea

Feb 26th, 2021 15m 28s

In this episode, Sam Grimley speaks to David Hammond and Elizabeth Mavropoulou from the NGO Human Rights at Sea. They discuss the unique human rights challenges faced by those at sea, and what HRAS is doing to help.www.humanrightsatsea.orgwww

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