Listen as human rights defenders, leading experts, advocates, and government officials address one of the most pressing issues of our time.
Please note that the opinions expressed in these interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Museum.
David Kaye, executive director of the International Human Rights Program at UCLA's law school, discusses the record of the International Criminal Court and how it might be improved moving forward.
Adam Nossiter, the West Africa Bureau Chief for The New York Times, describes the situation on the ground in Côte d’Ivoire, as post-election violence draws the nation into civil war.
Bec Hamilton discusses her new book, “Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide,” and the successes and missteps of the Darfur advocacy movement.
Speaking from Juba in South Sudan, Edmund Yakani, Coordinator for Sudanese Network for Democratic Elections, provides an eyewitness account of the historic South Sudan referendum vote.
Judge Thomas Buergenthal discusses his life, from surviving Auschwitz, to becoming a leading expert in international law, a journey that would take him from Europe, to the United States, to Latin American and beyond.
This month marks the fifteenth anniversary of the agreement that ended the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The National Endowment for Democracy's Ivana Howard offers insights on how this agreement has structured post-war Bosnia and why it is inadequate to take the country into the future.
Former Chief UN Investigator on the Congo, Jason Stearns provides expert insight into the draft UN report that raises concerns of genocide in Congo. You can read the extended transcript of this interview here.
In August, Rwanda votes in presidential elections. Leslie Haskell, Rwanda Researcher for Human Rights Watch, discusses the state of justice, politics, and media in the post-genocide nation.
Beba Hadzic, from Srebrenica, describes how she lead women survivors from the 1992 – 1995 Bosnian war to create Bosfam, a knitting collective that functions to generate income, provide support, and seek answers to the questions that remain central to survivors’ struggles.
National elections concluded, how will Sudan face the possibility of an independent South? USIP’s Jon Temin analyzes the prospects.
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