Justice Matters

By Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

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Investigating matters of human rights at home and abroad. Listen to the podcast by the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights at the Harvard Kennedy School, hosted by Executive Director Maggie Gates, Mathias Risse, Aminta Ossom, and Diego Garcia Blum. The views expressed are those of each speaker individually and not necessarily those of others in this recording, the Carr-Ryan Center, or Harvard Kennedy School. We support free speech as the cornerstone of learning and democracy and share these perspectives to foster open debate.

Episode Date
Uncovering Forced Labor
Apr 06, 2026
Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement
Mar 16, 2026
An International AI BIll of Human Rights
Mar 02, 2026
Indigenous Water Justice
Feb 16, 2026
Advocating for Prisoners of Conscience
Feb 02, 2026
The Future of Tibet
Jan 19, 2026
Attacks on Education Around the Globe
Jan 05, 2026
Human Rights Day 2025: Rethinking Rights for a New Era
Dec 10, 2025
How Alaskan Communities are Meeting the Climate Crisis
Dec 01, 2025
The Impact of Anti-DEI Legislation
Nov 17, 2025
Holding World Leaders Accountable
Nov 03, 2025
Governing Ireland Through Transformational Change
Oct 20, 2025
Black Women and the Making of Human Rights
Oct 06, 2025
Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments
Sep 15, 2025
Misinformation and Digital Threats in the War in Ukraine
Sep 01, 2025
Making LGBTQI+ Rights a Global Priority
Aug 18, 2025
Collective Healing: Lessons from Women Human Rights Defenders in Egypt and Tunisia
Aug 04, 2025
Digital Rights Across Borders: EU vs. US on Consumer Data Protection
Jul 14, 2025
Educating Women in Afghanistan Today
Jul 01, 2025
Protecting Pride: Deval Patrick on the Fight for LGBTQI+ Rights
Jun 24, 2025
Bringing Orban’s Playbook to America?
Jun 16, 2025
Global Pride: Foreign Policy and LGBTQI+ Rights
Jun 02, 2025
Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis
May 15, 2025
Climate Change and Human Rights
May 01, 2025
Surviving Mariupol: A Firsthand Account of the Russian Invasion in Ukraine
Apr 14, 2025
DEI, Affirmative Action, and the Future of the Black Middle Class
Mar 31, 2025
Pursuing Profits While Protecting Human Rights
Mar 17, 2025
A Life in Human Rights
Mar 03, 2025
Standing Up for LGBTQI+ Rights in Uganda
Feb 18, 2025
The Untold History of Slavery and Resistance in California
Feb 03, 2025
Radio as a Tool for Change in Syria
Jan 23, 2025
Championing Democracy in Myanmar: Three Years After the Military Coup
Jan 13, 2025
Mobilizing Black Germany
Dec 16, 2024
Fighting the Stigmas Against Intersex Peoples
Dec 03, 2024
Finding Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nov 18, 2024
Building Just Technologies of the Future
Nov 04, 2024
(Re)Building Nations with Indigenous Governance
Oct 14, 2024
Rainbow Railroad: Relocating LGBTQI+ Refugees to Safety
Oct 08, 2024
What’s at Stake in the U.S. Presidential Election
Sep 30, 2024
Moral Universalism, Interventionism, and Human Rights as Politics
Sep 03, 2024
A New Theory of Systemic Police Terrorism
Aug 15, 2024
Dismantling the Global Anti-LGBTQI Movement
Aug 01, 2024
Racial Justice Without Borders
Jul 15, 2024
Diversity Matters: The Importance of Inclusivity in Business
Jul 01, 2024
Poetry as a Means of Defending Human Rights in Uganda
Jun 17, 2024
Reversing the Global Backlash Against LGBTQI+ Rights
Jun 03, 2024
From the Frontlines: Reflections on Decades of the Racial Justice Movement
May 15, 2024
Justice for Victims: Lessons from Around the World
May 01, 2024
Indigenous Sovereignty and Human Rights in the United States
Apr 15, 2024
A Human Rights-Based Approach to Mental Health
Apr 01, 2024
Human Rights and Indigenous Rights in New Zealand
Mar 15, 2024
The Human Rights Violations of Abortion Bans
Mar 01, 2024
The UN Business & Human Rights Forum: Twelve Years and Counting
Feb 15, 2024
A New Civil Rights Movement
Feb 01, 2024
Just Hierarchy
Jan 15, 2024
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Dec 15, 2023
Your Holiday Gift Guide with Human Rights in Mind
Dec 01, 2023
The Birth of US Human Rights Policy
Nov 15, 2023
"Hot Labor Summer" and the State of International Labor Rights
Nov 01, 2023
Do Human Rights Still Hold Power in the World?
Oct 02, 2023
Introducing Strength & Solidarity - A show exploring the tools and tactics of human rights movements
Sep 19, 2023
Justice Matters returns this October
Sep 12, 2023
Haiti and the Origins of Black Internationalism
Dec 15, 2022
The Rise of Human Rights Cities
Nov 28, 2022
Understanding Critical Race Theory
Oct 28, 2022
Black Witnessing, Smartphones, and the New Protest Journalism
Sep 23, 2022
Corporate Accountability for Human Rights
Jul 29, 2022
Gender and Violence
Jun 30, 2022
Police Reform in the Americas
May 31, 2022
Education and Gender Equality in South Africa and Beyond
Apr 29, 2022
Accountability, Justice, and Human Rights in Afghanistan
Mar 21, 2022
Black History Month: Progress, Promise, and the Future
Feb 22, 2022
Race and the Making of Modern Urban America
Jan 27, 2022
The Algorithmic is Political
Dec 16, 2021
Defending Human Rights in Uganda
Nov 29, 2021
Disinformation and the Digital Public Sphere
Oct 29, 2021
Democracy and Authoritarianism
Sep 30, 2021
Holding Global Leaders to Account
Sep 01, 2021
The Impact of Media on Racial Hate
Jul 30, 2021
Technologies of Humility
Jun 29, 2021
Fighting the Hate
May 28, 2021
Leadership, Support, and Activism in the Human Rights Arena
Apr 30, 2021
The Quest for a More Just Society
Mar 26, 2021
Building an America as Good as its Ideals
Feb 26, 2021
Our Fragile Information Ecosystem
Jan 29, 2021
Integrating Forgiveness into the Justice System
Dec 11, 2020
On Justice
Nov 23, 2020
Philanthropy, Money, and Power
Oct 14, 2020
Situating Black Internationalism at Home and Abroad
Aug 31, 2020
Explaining the Dream
Jul 25, 2020
Imagining Radical Solutions
Jun 30, 2020
Kerry Kennedy, Human Rights, and Speaking Truth to Power
May 29, 2020
Immigrants' Rights, Tech, and the Prison Industrial Complex
Apr 30, 2020
Systemic Discrimination and the LGBTQ+ Community
Feb 28, 2020
Talking Progress and Challenges with UN High Commissioner Bachelet
Dec 30, 2019
The NRA's Worst Nightmare
Nov 26, 2019
Notes from a North Korean Defector
Oct 30, 2019
The Politics of Documentation: Narrative and the Rohingya Crisis
Sep 30, 2019
Renewing our Rights and Responsibilities
Aug 28, 2019
Ethics and Privacy in the Age of AI
Jul 30, 2019
Language and Power in the Fight for Human Rights
Jun 21, 2019
The Power of Technology in North Korea
May 28, 2019
The Retreat of Democracy
Apr 29, 2019
The Role of Social Media in Shaping Gang Violence
Mar 29, 2019
Advancing Human Rights Policy and Practice
Feb 26, 2019
Corruption in Brazil
Jan 30, 2019
Human Rights in the Face of Emerging Technology
Dec 21, 2018
The Evolution of Public Protest
Nov 15, 2018
Citizen Engagement and Global Leadership
Oct 13, 2018
Immigration Policy, Refugees, and Guantanamo
Sep 16, 2018
Open Source Investigations: Special Episode with New York Times Malachy Browne and Declarations Podcast
Jun 08, 2018
Tackling the Migration Crisis
May 08, 2018
Analyzing the Technological Revolution
Apr 01, 2018
U.S. Torture Policy
Mar 02, 2018
A Hopeful Approach to Human Rights
Jan 30, 2018