Just Access Podcast: Your Gateway to Global Human Rights Conversations Welcome to the Just Access Podcast, where we delve into the dynamic world of human rights with compelling conversations and insightful interviews. Hosted by Dr. Miranda Melcher, our podcast brings you closer to the heart of human rights advocacy, featuring in-depth discussions with a diverse array of notable figures—from academics and international officials to frontline human rights defenders. About the Just Access Podca ...
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A just state for everyone? Researching access to administrative justice in the digital era
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In this podcast I will give insights into my research project on access to justice in the context of increasing digitalization of public services. The project's starting point is the observation that the digital transformation of public services comes along with two interlinked challenges: the risk of social groups being excluded from these services (digital inequality) and, as a result, restricted access to justice - a fundamental right that is also a prerequisite to exercising other rights ...
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Why Study Peace Treaties and Post-Conflict Militaries?
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In this episode, we have something special for you. We have placed our podcast host, Dr. Miranda Melcher, on the other side of the microphone, to allow our audience to get to know her and her academic work better. Dr Melcher is interviewed by Nalenhle Moyo, the new Donor and Communication Specialist at Just Access. Dr. Melcher recently published a …
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"Planet Palm" - Human Rights Abuses by the Global Palm Oil Industry
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Join host Dr Miranda Melcher in this compelling episode of Just Access as she sits down with acclaimed writer and editor Jocelyn Zuckerman to discuss her groundbreaking book, Planet Palm. Published in 2021, this exposé delves into the environmental and social abuses rampant in the global palm oil industry. Key Highlights: Learn About Palm Oil: Lear…
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Episode 5: Interview with two sociologists in the Caribbean
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In this episode I have the pleasure of introducing to you two sociologists who live and work in the Caribbean and whom I had the great pleasure to meet during my field research stay in the beginning of 2024. Elly Helings in Curaçao and Raymond Jessurun in Sint Maarten will share with us their perspectives on the digitalization of public services in…
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Access to Justice is Crucial for Ending Conflicts
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In this episode, we have the pleasure of continuing the conversation with Donatella Rovera, who is Senior Crisis Response Advisor at Amnesty International. For more than 20 years, she has been a key member of Amnesty's on the ground investigative efforts in war, crisis, and other situations of human rights abuse. Listen to this episode as Donatella…
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What is it like to investigate human rights violations?
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In this episode, Dr Miranda Melcher, Senior Legal Fellow at Just Access, engages in a profound conversation with Donatella Rovera, Senior Crisis Response Advisor at Amnesty International. With her extensive experience in investigating human rights abuses in conflict zones such as Gaza, Syria, and Iraq, Donatella provides an in-depth look into the c…
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What has the ECHR decided about climate change
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In this episode, we have an extra special interview about the just-decided European Court of Human Rights cases on climate change. We have an incredible expert with us to help us understand these decisions that came out just a few hours ago by the time of the recording. Judge Professor Helen Keller is Chair of International and Public Law at the Un…
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How to Tell a Post-Conflict Story?
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In this episode, we get to talk to Amy Kaslow. She is a writer and photographer with a lens on at-risk societies worldwide. She's spent the past four decades writing, broadcasting, and photographing in the world's trouble spots, chronicling the immediate aftermath of conflict and well into the post-war period. She also does work within the United S…
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Human Rights in Europe today
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In this episode, we have the opportunity to speak to Dunja Mijatović, the outgoing Commissioner for Human Rights for the Council of Europe, a position she served in from 2018 to 2024. Listen to this episode to find out about her thoughts on the position and the state of human rights in Europe today. Enjoy listening! Don’t forget to rate us, recomme…
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How can minority rights be better protected?
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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Professor Fernand de Varennes, who has just finished serving as the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues and is currently a visiting professor at the Université Catholique de Lyon and the University of Sarajevo. Our discussion in this episode builds on our conversation from the previous episode…
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How are minority rights under threat?
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In this episode, we get the opportunity to speak to Professor Fernand de Varennes, who just finished his role of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, and served from 2017 to 2023. Professor Fernand de Varennes is currently visiting professor at the Université Catholique at Lyon and at the University of Sarajevo. In this first episo…
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How can we expand international law?
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In this episode, we speak to Dr. Marina Aksenova. She's a professor of comparative and international criminal law at the IE University in Madrid. In this discussion, we go over her research background, her research interests that bring together not just international criminal law as is traditionally thought of, but many more aspects as well, and ta…
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Episode 4: Indigenous people and public services in Canada
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In this episode I share with you some insights from my case studies in Canada, concretely in the Northwest Territories and Quebec. I focus on some of the challenges that Indigenous people are confronted with in the context of public service provision and access and more generally the complex relation of Indigenous peoples and the different orders o…
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Nani Jansen Reventlow on Justice Gaps and Possible Solutions
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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Nani Jansen Reventlow, who is an award-winning human rights lawyer specializing in strategic litigation at the intersection of human rights, social justice, and technology. Our discussion in this episode builds on our conversation in the previous episode, where we discussed Nani's background and he…
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Introducing Nani Jansen Reventlow and Systemic Justice
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Over the next two episodes, we talk to Nani Jansen Reventlow who is an award winning human rights lawyer specializing in strategic litigation at the intersection of human rights, social justice, and technology. In this first episode, we focus on her background and the organization she's founded called Systemic Justice, and the work that she and her…
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Understanding the Present and Future of Libya
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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Dr. Virginie Collombier and Dr. Wolfram Lacher, who are the editors of the recent book, 'Violence and Social Transformation in Libya', published by Hurst in 2023. In the first episode, we focused on how the book came to be and some of its core arguments and contributions. In this second part of our…
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Violence and Social Transformation in Libya
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Over the next two episodes, we speak with Dr. Virginie Collombier and Dr. Wolfram Lacher, who are the editors of the recent book, 'Violence and Social Transformation in Libya', published by Hurst in 2023. In this first episode, we focus on how the book came to be and some of its core arguments and contributions. In the second episode, we will focus…
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Episode 3: Thoughts on the first case study: imposed digitalization
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In this edpisode I’ll first talk a little about my current issues in methodology and data collection, and then discuss some preliminary findings from the first case study which was in Quebec, the French speaking province of Canada. I talked to staff of the public ombuds institution, to citizens as well as to NGO and government representatives to ge…
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Episode 23 - How can human rights defenders be supported?
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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Phil Lynch, the Director of the International Service for Human Rights. Our discussion builds on our conversation in the last episode, when we discussed his career and explored some of the behind the scenes work of the organization. In this episode, we discuss institutional interactions and access …
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Episode 22 - What does the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) do?
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Over the next two episodes, we talk with Phil Lynch, the Director of the International Service for Human Rights. In this first episode, we focus on Phil's background and his work at the International Service for Human Rights. In the second episode, we look at the organization's interactions with the United Nations and Phil's perspective on justice …
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Episode 2: Research design & field access
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In this episode I will explain the research design and methodology for this project, which will build primarily on interviews and participatory observation. I will talk about case study selection, my comparative approach, the particularities of doing research in public bodies, and the challenges of gaining access to the research field; that is, fir…
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Welcome to the first episode of this podcast about my research project which started in February 2023. In this introductory episode I will explain my research interest and approach. The study focuses on the digital transformation of public services and two major interlinked challenges that come along with this development: the risk of social groups…
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Episode 21 - The Future of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska. She is currently nominated as a judge candidate to the International Criminal Court, as she serves as a judge on the Supreme Court of North Macedonia, and she formerly was a judge on the European Court of Human Rights, and at the Constitutional Court of North Macedonia,…
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Episode 20 - How to curb corruption and improve access to justice?
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Over the next two episodes, we talk to Mirjana Lazarova-Trajkovska. She is nominated as a judge candidate for the International Criminal Court. She currently serves as a judge on the Supreme Court of North Macedonia, and she formerly was a judge at the European Court of Human Rights and at the Constitutional Court of North Macedonia among many othe…
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Episode 19 - What have you learned from hosting Asymmetrical Haircuts?
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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, who are the hosts of the Asymmetrical Haircuts Podcast. Their podcast covers all sorts of topics, including justice for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and international law more broadly seeking especially to highlight the voices of female e…
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Episode 18 - Behind-the-scenes with Asymmetrical Haircuts
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Over the next two episodes, we talk to Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, who are the hosts of the Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast, which speaks to mainly female experts and commentators about topics including justice for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and much, much more. In this first episode, we focus on some of the behind-…
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Episode 17 - How are rights and access to justice in and into Europe being contested?
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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Andreas Schüller, Director of the International Crimes and Accountability Program at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the ECCHR. Our discussion in this episode builds on our conversation in the last episode when Andreas explained what he does at the organization and how the …
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Episode 16 - How can NGOs help protect constitutional and human rights?
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In this and our following episode, we speak with Andreas Schüller. He's the Director of the International Crimes and Accountability Program at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the ECCHR. In this episode, we focus on the ECCHR and his work there to understand how the organization works and what kinds of efforts they're making…
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Episode 15 - Access to Archives, Access to Justice?
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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Dr. Iva Vukušić about her work. She is an Assistant Professor in International History at the Center for Conflict Studies at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and a visiting Research Fellow at the Department of War Studies at Kings College London. Our discussion in this episode builds on our co…
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Episode 14 - Why states outsource violence and archives keep the secrets?
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Over the next two episodes, we talk to Dr. Iva Vukušić, an Assistant Professor in International History at the Center for Conflict Studies at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and a visiting research fellow at the Department of War Studies at Kings College London. In this first episode, we focus on some of the main findings of her book titled …
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Episode 13 - Pursuing Justice Amid War
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In this episode, we continue the conversation with Dr. Stacey Philbrick Yadav, an associate professor of international relations at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Our discussion in this episode builds on our conversation in the previous episode. In that episode, we talked about her research practice and some of the main findings of her book tit…
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Episode 12 - Yemen in the Shadow of Transition
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In this episode we talk with Dr. Stacey Yadav. She's an Associate Professor of International Relations at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. We focus on her research practice and some of the main findings of her recently published book. The book is titled "Yemen in the Shadow of Transition, pursuing Justice Amid War", and it came out in 2022 from H…
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Episode 11 - Hypocrisy and Human Rights - Resisting Accountability for Mass Atrocities
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In this episode, we speak with Dr. Kate Cronin-Furman, an Associate Professor of Human Rights at the University College of London - UCL. We focus on some of the main findings of her book, recently published by Cornell University Press in 2022 and titled Hypocrisy and Human Rights - Resisting Accountability for Mass Atrocities. We talk about quasi-c…
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Episode 10 - How are war crimes being documented in Ukraine?
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In this episode we speak with Olexandra Romantsova from the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL) in Ukraine - the NGO that won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022. One of her key responsibilities is working to document war crimes and advocate for victims of human rights violations in Ukraine. We focus on introducing Olexandra and her career, as well as her …
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Episode 9 - Young women on the frontline of human rights defense
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In this episode, we introduce you to Wessam Farid and Nourhan Moustafa from MAAT for Peace Development and Human Rights, an NGO based in Egypt. They respectively work in the organization in a number of capacities and are here today to tell us all about their work and this amazing organization that does so much for human rights, sustainable developm…
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Episode 8 - Why people go missing and how to contribute to addressing the issue?
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In this episode we continue the conversation with Kathryne Bomberger, the Director General of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP). Our discussion builds on our conversation in the last episode to investigate more in depth the problem of missing persons and learn from Kathryne's expertise and insight on this important topic. We ta…
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Episode 7 - Evolution of Missing Persons from a Humanitarian to a Human Rights Issue
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In this Episode we introduce you to Kathryne Bomberger, the Director General of the International Commission on Missing Persons - the ICMP, and talk about ICMP's work and Kathryn's role at the organization. We focuse on how the issue of missing persons evolved over time from a humanitarian to a human rights issue, how the ICMP was created and the c…
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Episode 6 - How does the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) support the International Criminal Court (ICC) & provide a platform for civil society to give victims a voice
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In this episode, we continue our conversation with Yasmina Gourchane, Advocacy Officer at the Coalition for the International Criminal Court. We go behind the scenes into the broader work of the organization and it's relationship with civil society. For more on the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, go to: https://www.coalitionfortheic…
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Episode 5 - Introducing the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC)
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In this episode, we introduce you to Yasmina Gourchane. She's an Advocacy Officer at the Coalition for the International Criminal Court. We focus on Yasmina's entry into civil society advocacy and her work at the CICC. In the next episode, we will go behind the scenes into the broader work of the organization. For more on the Coalition for the Inte…
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Episode 4 - How to Engage in Protecting Incarcerated & Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls
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In this episode we continue our conversation with Andrea James, founder and Executive Director of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, founder of Families for Justice As Healing, author of "Upper Bunks Unite: And Other Thoughts on the Politics of Mass Incarceration”, 2015 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2016 R…
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Episode 3 - Protecting Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls
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In this episode we talk with Andrea James. She is the founder and Executive Director of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls and the founder of Families for Justice as Healing. She's also the author of "Upper Bunkies Unite: And Other Thoughts on the Politics of Mass Incarceration". She was a 2015 Soros Jus…
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Episode 2 - Improving Access to Justice
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In the first episode, we introduced you to Ms. Liz Evenson, International Justice Director at Human Rights Watch and we talked about her role at HRW. In this episode we continue our conversation with Liz and focus on her recommendations for improving access to justice, especially at and via the International Criminal Court, or the ICC. For more inf…
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Episode 1 - Introducing the work of Human Rights Watch (HRW)
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In our very first episode, we introduce you to Ms. Liz Evenson, International Justice Director at Human Rights Watch, or HRW and we talk about her role. In the second episode, we'll focus on her recommendations for improving access to justice, especially at and via the International Criminal Court, or the ICC. For more info on Liz Evenson go to: ht…
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Welcome to Just Access! In this podcast we talk to fascinating people, legal experts, academics, human rights advocates, and many more, exploring the future of #humanrights and improving #accesstojustice for all. Stay tuned! Support the Show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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