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 light on the realities facing persons with disabilities in Afghanistan today, exploring the human rights challenges, discrimination, exclusion, and barriers they face in accessing education, employment, public life, and essential services. Richard and Benafsha discuss the voices and experiences that are often overlooked, particularly those of women and girls with disabilities, as well as the urgent need to protect the rights of persons with disabilities and ensure that no one is left behind.

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 facing LGBTIQ+ people in Afghanistan today, exploring the human rights challenges, discrimination, persecution, and profound risks they face under the current regime. Richard and Artemis discuss the voices and experiences that are too often silenced, as well as the urgent need to protect LGBTIQ+ rights and ensure that no one is left behind.

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 mitigate the degradation of these ecosystems.

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.