Justice Matters

Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, discusses gun violence and policy with Executive Director of the Carr Center, Sushma Raman.

North Korean defector, Joseph Kim, and Director of the Human Freedom Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute, Lindsay Lloyd, share personal and policy-oriented accounts of circumstances in North Korea.

Matthew Smith – co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fortify Rights, and Fellow at the Carr Center – discusses the Rohingya crisis, the importance of documentation, and the role of power in constructing narratives around human rights.

John Shattuck, Senior Fellow at the Carr Center and Professor of Practice in Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, discusses the evolution, threats, and impetus for renewing rights and responsibilities in the United States.

Mark Latonero – Carr Center Technology and Human Rights Fellow, and Research Lead for the Human Rights and AI on the Ground Initiatives at Data & Society – discusses ethics, privacy, and human rights implications around the use of artificial intelligence.

Timothy McCarthy — award-winning scholar, teacher, activist, and public servant — discusses the intersection of communication, power, and stories in the fight for human rights.

Nat Kretchun, Deputy Director of the Open Technology Fund, discusses the many ways in which technology both obstructs and empowers groups in North Korea.

Michael Abramowitz, President of Freedom House, discusses the growth and retreat of democracy around the globe. Before joining Freedom House in February 2017, he was director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Levine Institute for Holocaust Education. He led the museum’s genocide prevention efforts and later oversaw its public education programs. He was previously National Editor and then White House correspondent for the Washington Post. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and former fellow at the German Marshall Fund and the Hoover Institution. A graduate of Harvard College, he is also a board member of the National Security Archive.

Desmond Patton, Professor at Columbia University Safe Lab and Public Interest Technologist, discusses the intersection of social media, ethics, and human rights.

Sarah Margon, Washington director at Human Rights Watch, discusses how the organization addresses human rights violations, authoritarianism, and policy changes from the local to global level.

Luís Roberto Barroso, jurist and justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil, and Senior Fellow at the Carr Center, discusses the intersection of human rights and corruption in Brazil.

Vivek Krishnamurthy, Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Counsel in the Boston office of Foley Hoag LLP and an Affiliate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, discusses the complex challenges of the human rights movement in the face of emerging technology and artificial intelligence.

Erica Chenoweth, Ph.D., a Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the importance, evolution, and nuances of protests and social movements with Carr Center's Executive Director Sushma Raman.

Salil Shetty, former Secretary-General of Amnesty International, discusses the history and progress of the human rights movement, citizen engagement, and global leadership with Carr Center's Executive Director Sushma Raman.

In this episode of Justice Matters, Elisa Massimino, former CEO and Executive Director of Human Rights First, discusses immigration policy, refugee rights, and the continued impact of Guantanamo with Carr Center's Executive Director Sushma Raman. "Most Americans want to live up to our ideals of being a welcoming country…respecting human rights and human dignity for anyone who wants to come and work hard…Most people understand that this is good for the country...But we need to have political courage for this to happen."

Join us for this special episode of Justice Matters, produced in collaboration with Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast. In this episode, we interview Malachy Browne, Senior Story Producer at the New York Times. Malachy focuses on visual and open source investigations. About Malachy Browne: Malachy Browne is a senior story producer with The New York Times. He specializes in social journalism with a focus on international reporting and breaking news. https://www.nytimes.com/by/malachy-browne About Sushma Raman, Executive Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights: https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/people/sushma-raman About Declarations Podcast: A show about human rights coming to you every week from the Cambridge Centre of Governance and Human Rights. Tune in each week as our panel explores the rights and wrongs of contemporary politics, joined by fascinating guests from the University of Cambridge and around the world. This episode features Declaration's Matthew Mahmoudi and Max Curtis. More:@Declaratio

In the latest episode of Justice Matters, Carr Center Executive Director Sushma Raman talks with Professor Jacqueline Bhabha about refugees, war, persecution, the stateless, and immigration. But no human being is illegal. What are our obligations and duties towards migrants and refugees? How do we approach DACA given our political climate? And how do we lay this groundwork through a lens of human rights?

The latest episode of Justice Matters with Steven Livingston examines the technological revolution: Both its implications for good, as well as its impacts on human rights outcomes. Steven Livingston is Professor of Media and Public Affairs and International Affairs with appointments in the School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA) and the Elliott School of International Affairs (ESIA) at the George Washington University. Livingston's research and teaching focus on media/information technology, national security and global politics. He is particularly interested in the role of information technologies and media on governance, development, accountability and human rights. Beginning in the fall of 2016, Livingston was appointed a Senior Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.

In the second episode of Justice Matters, Carr Center's Executive Director Sushma Raman interviews Senior Fellow Alberto Mora on the U.S. policy to use torture under the Bush administration, its impacts on US/international relations, and U.S. sentiment on the use of torture. Alberto J. Mora is a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, where he teaches and conducts research on issues related to human rights, foreign policy, and national security strategy. Mora retired in August 2013 from Mars, Incorporated, which he joined in 2008 as Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel. During his tenure, he served as the senior legal advisor to the Board of Directors, the CEO, and the other members of the CEO’s corporate leadership team and had oversight and management responsibility for all Mars legal strategies, issues, matters, services and resources. Mora’s career prior to joining Mars includes broad experience in the law, industry, and government. From

A monthly podcast from the Carr Center for Human Rights. In this episode, Carr Center Executive Director Sushma Raman interviews Professor Kathryn Sikkink on why there is evidence for hope - and why knowing more about human rights is critical.