Human Rights Unscripted

Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Unscripted is a podcast from the American University Washington College of Law that takes a deep dive into the human rights field through candid interviews with professionals, professors, and students.

  1. Highlighting the Experiences of Stateless People with Karina Ambartsoumian-Clough

    6 DAYS AGO

    Highlighting the Experiences of Stateless People with Karina Ambartsoumian-Clough

    Today on Unscripted, we speak with Executive Director of United Stateless Karina Ambartsoumian-Clough about her family's personal difficulties fleeing their homeland, growing up without a country, and the legal difficulties she experienced while trying to receive the most basic documentation and support. Learn more about United Stateless, including the Award-Winning Film 'Citizens of Nowhere,' at https://www.unitedstateless.org/

    32 min
  2. The Human Rights Implications of Technology, Censorship, and Surveillance with Professor Eduardo Bertoni

    27 JAN

    The Human Rights Implications of Technology, Censorship, and Surveillance with Professor Eduardo Bertoni

    Many of us can't imagine daily life without modern technologies like social media, cameras, and AI. Despite the budding debates on the utility of these emerging technologies, human rights practitioners are grappling with the uncertainty on exactly how they will impact autonomy, privacy, and the human condition. On this episode of Unscripted, Professor Eduardo Bertoni discusses both his trepidation and tentative hope regarding emerging technology regulation.

    41 min
  3. Climate Change and Human Rights Lawyering

    16/01/2025

    Climate Change and Human Rights Lawyering

    Climate change is a human rights crisis that affects all of us. We sat down with Professor David Hunter to discuss the risks these disasters pose, how communities can build resilience against their worst impacts, and the legal battles against the world’s largest polluters.

    30 min

  4. 14/05/2024

    Women's Rights in Iran with Shima Bozorgi

    Shima Bozorgi is pursuing her S.J.D. from American University Washington College of Law.  She is working on her dissertation, reviewing the nexus of human rights and national security in the Middle East. After earning her law degree from the University of Tehran, Shima worked on children’s rights and child labor issues. She has over ten years of experience with government and non-government organizations.  She is currently a Coordinating and Executive Committees Member and Vice President of the Phoenix Project of Iran - a non-profit organization conducting interdisciplinary research into sociopolitical, economic, and environmental aspects of Iran.

    34 min

  5. 22/04/2024

    Indigenous Rights & the Environment with Professor Ezra Rosser

    Ezra Rosser is a Professor at American University Washington College of Law.  He has taught courses in Federal Indian Law, Poverty Law, Land Use, Housing Law, Wills, Trusts, & Estates,  and Property Law.  He is the author of A Nation Within: Navajo Land and Economic Development published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.  He is a past chair of the AALS Property Law, Poverty Law, and Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Sections.  His articles have appeared in journals including the California Law Review, the Harvard Law & Policy Review, Washington University Law Review, Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal, Environmental Law, and the American Indian Law Review.   This interview was conducted by Christine Cha, Human Rights Brief Junior Staffer and student at American University Washington College of Law.

    33 min

  6. 15/04/2024

    Dr. Marija Jovanovic: Modern Slavery

    Marija Jovanović is an Associate Professor at the Essex Law School in the UK. Her research focuses on modern slavery and its intersection with different legal regimes, such as human rights law, criminal law, labour law, immigration law, and international trade and business regulation. She is the author of State Responsibility for ‘Modern Slavery’ in Human Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2023). Dr Jovanović is currently leading a research project on the experiences of modern slavery survivors in the UK prisons. This interview was conducted by Veronica Dulin, Human Rights Brief Junior Staffer and student at American University Washington College of Law.

    33 min
  7. International Human Rights: Law and Labor

    19/03/2023

    International Human Rights: Law and Labor

    Join us for a conversation with Professor of Law David Snyder on the intersection of international contracts, commercial law, and human rights. In addition to being a professor of law at the Washington College of Law and the director of the Business Law Program, Professor Snyder is an elected member of the American Law Institute, a member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, and has served on the board of directors of the Washington Foreign Law Society and the board of editors of the American Journal of Comparative Law. To learn more about Professor Snyder, click here.

    26 min
  8. Polina Sidelnikova: Russia's Homefront - Human Rights

    03/03/2023

    Polina Sidelnikova: Russia's Homefront - Human Rights

    Join us for a conversation with Humphrey Fellow and Russian attorney Polina Sidelnikova for an in-depth discussion of human rights in Russia in the wake of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

    29 min
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Human Rights Unscripted is a podcast from the American University Washington College of Law that takes a deep dive into the human rights field through candid interviews with professionals, professors, and students.

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  • Creator
    Human Rights Brief
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    16
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