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Pushback on human rights: defenders speak out

Send us Fan Mail UN investigations have documented war crimes in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan. So why is no one being held accountable? Why do some political leaders talk about human rights as though they were an optional nuisance? In this episode of our ‘Inside Geneva’ podcast, we speak with Phil Lynch and Pooja Patel from the International Service for Human Rights. We discuss impunity, scapegoating, funding cuts, standing up for our rights and much more. Listen to the full interview and subscribe to our Inside Geneva podcast! Get in touch! Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.chTwitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_enThank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva please visit www.swissinfo.ch/ Host: Imogen Foulkes Production assitant: Claire-Marie Germain Distribution: Sara Pasino Marketing: Xin Zhang
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Synthetic fuel can cut emissions without new engines: what's the catch?

What if we told you there was a way to cut emissions from your car and it didn’t involve any changes to the engine? A Swiss chemical engineer is developing a synthetic, “drop‑in” fuel that works with existing vehicle and aircraft parts and infrastructure. In this episode of The Swiss Connection science podcast, host Jo Fahy and SWI swissinfo.ch journalist Simon Bradley find out how the fuel is made and why it isn’t already available at your local petrol pump. Journalist: Simon Bradley Host: Jo Fahy Audio editor: Michele Andina Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang Send us Fan Mail SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.
Jun 9

What’s the point of foreign aid?

Send us Fan Mail On our Inside Geneva podcast this week, we host a debate on a key question: what’s the point of foreign aid? “What’s the point of mobilising taxpayers’ money and sending it to faraway countries to assist vulnerable people? And how do you sell that to your own taxpayers?” says Gilles Carbonnier, former Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). There are more conflicts and greater needs, yet donor countries want to spend less. “What’s the point of mobilising taxpayers’ money and sending it to faraway countries to assist vulnerable people? And how do you sell that to your own taxpayers?” says Gilles Carbonnier, former Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). There are more conflicts and greater needs, yet donor countries want to spend less. Do we think some people’s tragedies are less important than others? If a child is in pain in Khartoum, that’s exactly the same as a child being in pain in New York or London. If a mother is grieving in Gaza, that’s exactly the same as a mother grieving in Geneva,” says Chris Lockyear, former Secretary General of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). How can aid agencies better explain what they do? “What defines us is humanity, and humanity means we cannot stay idle when we see others suffering. We have to act and do something to try to protect them, assist them and prevent suffering, regardless of where this happens,” says Carbonnier. Listen to the full episode on Inside Geneva. Get in touch! Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.chTwitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_enThank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva please visit www.swissinfo.ch/ Host: Imogen Foulkes Production assitant: Claire-Marie Germain Distribution: Sara Pasino Marketing: Xin Zhang
May 26

Is aid failing?

Send us Fan Mail On this week's Inside Geneva podcast episode, we take stock of aid cuts and what they mean for new crises such as Ebola. “It is a catastrophe. It is not an opportunity. But now we have an obligation to transform the system: there’s no other way the humanitarian system can survive this crisis without any change,” says Professor Karl Blanchet from the University of Geneva. A new report says aid delivery must change, but huge cuts are not the way. “The suspension of funding by major donors, not only the United States but also the UK, Germany and others, [means that] there are going to be excess deaths. Millions of people are going to die who should not have died because of these funding cuts,” says Professor Esperanza Martinez from the Australian National University. What happens in a crisis like Ebola if aid funding is driven by ‘anti-diversity’ ideology? “Every process in society follows a gendered pattern, so it is often going to be women who are the caretakers of the sick. It is going to be women who are washing the bodies of the dead and preparing them for burial,” says Hannah Reinl from the Geneva Gender Champions organisation. Who stands to lose the most from the world’s only superpower withdrawing from aid organisations such as the World Health Organization (WHO)? “If the US had not withdrawn from the WHO, then we would have been part of the WHO’s response. Which means that when the WHO learned about this, the US government would have learned about it as well. Instead, [US Secretary of State] Marco Rubio is saying that he did not find out about this until ten days later. Well, maybe we should not have pulled out of the WHO, and we would have found out about it earlier,” says Nicholas Enrich, a former USAID official and author of Into the Wood Chipper. Join Imogen Foulkes on Inside Geneva to listen to the full interviews. Get in touch! Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.chTwitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_enThank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva please visit www.swissinfo.ch/ Host: Imogen Foulkes Production assitant: Claire-Marie Germain Distribution: Sara Pasino Marketing: Xin Zhang
Aug 4

Inside Geneva’s Summer Profiles: Philippe Stoll

Send us Fan Mail Philippe Stoll, the Red Cross’s ‘techplomat’, is Inside Geneva’s Summer Profile this week. “I studied economics and I think I could have been a banker or something like that. A good Swiss indeed! But my mother was a volunteer at the Red Cross, and I think she influenced me a lot about maybe being human or taking care of humans,” he says. He’s helping the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) develop a new digital emblem to warn cyber warriors against attacking protected structures like hospital software, or confidential data. “Cyber attacks are increasingly carried out by machines. It’s a machine talking to another machine, and this certificate is a way to identify something that the machine will understand and not attack.” Such attacks are already happening. “The ICRC suffered from a cyber attack in 2022. It’s not a question of if, it’s more question of when. We know that the ICRC has access to information that is highly interesting for state or non state armed groups,” says Stoll. And they can cause enormous harm, “[such as] the distress of people not being able to get the information online because it was hacked or the fact that some information might put your family or you at risk because you belong to a tribe or clan that is under attack.” Join host Imogen Foulkes for an in-depth discussion – how do we uphold the Geneva Conventions in 21st-century wars? Get in touch! Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.chTwitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_enThank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva please visit www.swissinfo.ch/ Host: Imogen Foulkes Production assitant: Claire-Marie Germain Distribution: Sara Pasino Marketing: Xin Zhang
Jul 14

Life without Big Tech: a Swiss experiment

Switzerland wants greater digital sovereignty. But how easy is it to break free from Google, Apple and Microsoft? Two Swissinfo journalists attempted to replace Big Tech services with Swiss and other European alternatives. Their experiment revealed the hidden dependencies, frustrations and surprising freedoms of life without the tech giants. Journalists: Sara Ibrahim, Kristian Foss Brandt Host: Jo Fahy Audio editor: Michele Andina Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang Send us Fan Mail SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.
Jul 28

AI for everyone: how to open up public debate

Who does AI really serve in the end? Is it the people? The companies that profit from this technology? Or is the truth more nuanced? On this episode of the Swiss Connection podcast, Swissinfo science journalist Sara Ibrahim talks to Tammy Mackenzie, co-founder of The Aula Fellowship, a think tank and NGO with the mission to ensure that everyone can access the conversation on how AI is being implemented in society. Journalists: Sara Ibrahim Host: Jo Fahy Audio editor: Michele Andina Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang Send us Fan Mail SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.
Jul 16 · Video

«Le non à l’initiative ‘Pas de Suisse à 10 millions’ n’a pas réglé la question européenne»

Rien n’est joué pour l’avenir des relations entre Berne et Bruxelles, malgré le refus populaire de plafonner la population helvétique le 14 juin. Un rejet du nouveau paquet d’accords bilatéraux par le peuple suisse reste tout à fait possible, avertissent les invités de notre podcast Let’s Talk.
May 13 · Video

«L’initiative ’Pas de Suisse à 10 millions’ n’empêchera pas les Suisses de l’étranger de rentrer au pays»

La Suisse doit-elle plafonner sa population à 10 millions d’habitants en limitant strictement l’immigration? Dans notre émission Let’s Talk, nous avons débattu des enjeux de l’initiative de l’UDC sur laquelle le peuple votera le 14 juin.
Mar 25

«Depuis la guerre en Ukraine, plus personne ne conteste la nécessité du réarmement»

L’armée suisse reconnaît elle-même qu’elle ne serait pas en mesure de se défendre en cas d’attaque. Comment combler ces lacunes et financer l’effort de réarmement du pays? Nous en avons débattu avec nos deux invités dans le nouvel épisode de notre podcast Let’s Talk.

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