Inside Geneva
133 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago -A podcast from SWI swissinfo.ch, a multilingual international public service media company from Switzerland, where Imogen Foulkes puts big questions facing the world to the experts working to tackle them in Switzerland’s international city.
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Q&A on migration, asylum, and refugees
November 15, 2022 09:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBSend us a Text Message. This week on the Inside Geneva podcast, we answer questions from our listeners about migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees. Our listeners asked us the following questions: What’s the difference between asylum seekers, stateless populations, and undocumented migrants? How does third country resettlement work? Does the United Nations Refugee Agency, or the International Organization for Migration, have the power to prosecute countries if they violate their obligatio...
Inside Geneva: Q&A on migration, asylum, and refugees
November 15, 2022 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBThis week on the Inside Geneva podcast, we answer questions from our listeners about migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees. Our listeners asked us the following questions: What’s the difference between asylum seekers, stateless populations, and undocumented migrants? How does third country resettlement work? Does the United Nations Refugee Agency, or the International Organization for Migration, have the power to prosecute countries if they violate their obligations to UN conventions? P...
COP27, climate change, and health
November 01, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBSend us a Text Message. The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) is due to start this Sunday in Egypt. Evidence shows too little is done against climate change. What does this mean for our health? In this podcast episode, host Imogen Foulkes is joined by health and climate experts. “A 1 degree or 0.5 degree [Celsius] increase has an exponential direct impact on the number of cases of cholera or the number of people dying from heatwaves,” says Ninni Ikkala Nyman of the Internat...
Helping Ukraine: lessons and challenges
October 18, 2022 08:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBSend us a Text Message. In this podcast episode, host Imogen Foulkes together with Swiss Solidarity ask: what are the challenges of delivering aid to Ukraine? “In the early days, it just looked like, five or six days, and Ukraine will be taken,” says Zuzana Brezinova, Ukraine country director at Swiss Church Aid HEKS. How do neutral, impartial humanitarian organisations really work in a war zone? “Because we’re a neutral organisation we cannot sign memorandums of understanding with milit...
Defending human rights in Russia
October 04, 2022 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Russia is diplomatically isolated. In this podcast episode, host Imogen Foulkes asks: what about Russian human rights defenders? “Right now, in Russia there are few means left to defend human rights, and to address human rights violations. It’s really hard,” says Violetta Fitsner, a Russian human rights defender. In Geneva, Russia has been expelled from the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). “Excluding Russia from various organisations: Council of Europe, Human Rights...
What is the ITU and why does it matter?
September 20, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode, host Imogen Foulkes explores the most important UN agency most of us have never heard of. Malcolm Johnson, deputy secretary general, ITU: ‘Telephony, radio and tv broadcasting , satellite communications, the internet, they wouldn’t have developed.’ So what has the International Telecommunications Union ever done for us? Fiona Alexander, IT expert: ‘If you’re a beneficiary of any modern day communications network, you have benefitted from som...
Day of the Disappeared
September 06, 2022 09:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBSend us a Text Message. For more than 150 years the ICRC has been re-uniting those separated by war and natural disaster. Inside Geneva visits the Central Tracing Agency. Florence Anselmo, Head of the Central Tracing Agency: "People going missing, families getting separated, families not knowing what has happened to their loved ones." Now it’s busy letting Russian and Ukrainian families know what has happened to their sons. Anastasia Kushleyko, CTA: "I’m calling from the ICRC, I’...
Syria: the forgotten crisis
August 23, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBSend us a Text Message. While the spotlight is on Ukraine, the UN says humanitarian needs in Syria are greater than ever. Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by humanitarian experts. “The World Food Programme had to reduce by 13% their food rations because of funding,” says Sanjana Quazi, head of office at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Turkey. The UN budget for Syria is underfunded and further devalued by rising food a...
Women, peace, and security
August 09, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBSend us a Text Message. From war to food insecurity and climate change; would the world be a better, safer place if women took more decisions? Inside Geneva podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by women peace and security experts. “Participation of women in peace and security, obviously must go beyond an ‘add-women-and-stir’ approach,” says Julia Hofstetter, president of Women in International Security, Switzerland. How well are women represented in security discussions?...
What do rights groups want from the UN?
July 26, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBSend us a Text Message. By the end of this month, the UN will have a new human rights chief. It’s sometimes called the UN’s toughest job. Inside Geneva host Imogen Foulkes talks exclusively to the leaders of the world’s top human rights groups, and asks them how they see the job. Ken Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch: "The High Commissioner has no aid budget, they have no army, they have no way to influence anybody, other than through their public reporting and their public vo...
What does it take to lead the UN human rights office?
July 12, 2022 09:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBSend us a Text Message. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will leave office at the end of August. The hunt is on for the world’s new human rights leader. Podcast host Imogen Foulkes asks former United Nations human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein what it is like to do the job. “Most of my time I was writing to governments, talking to them, calling them, but I had no hesitation of going public when I felt we needed to go public,” says Zeid. Does he have any adv...
Drought and food insecurity
June 28, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Millions of people are going hungry due to severe droughts in the Sahel and in East Africa. The Inside Geneva podcast looks at how the international community should help, now and in the future. Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by climate and humanitarian experts. “Two boys, twins, they’re one year old. They’re severely malnourished, the children and the mother. And she walked 160 kilometres to reach an area where there is some food distributio...
Refugee policy: the good, the bad, and the ugly
June 14, 2022 09:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Europe has shown a big welcome to refugees from Ukraine. The Inside Geneva podcast asks whether this generosity will be extended to others. Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by refugee policy experts. “The Ukraine crisis has really humanised the refugee issue, people have been able to see women, children, men in extremely difficult circumstances,” says Jeff Crisp, an expert on refugee policy with the University of Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre...
Neutrality, NATO, and the new world order
May 31, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBSend us a Text Message. This week on Inside Geneva host Imogen Foulkes discusses NATO, neutrality, and the new world order. Is neutrality even possible in response to the invasion of Ukraine? Sara Hellmüller, Geneva Graduate Institute: "The law of neutrality is very clear, so the law of neutrality applies to the military domain and says that a country is not allowed to participate in an armed conflict either directly or indirectly." Neutral Finland and Sweden want to join NATO. What does...
World Health Assembly: lessons learned from the pandemic?
May 17, 2022 10:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by global health experts. “We should look at why zoonotic events happen, and maybe start banning wildlife trading. A new pandemic treaty should address the way we grow food and breed animals,” says Nicoletta Dentico, head of the global health programme at the Society for International Development (SID). Zoonotic diseases involve germs spreading between animals and humans. How can we prevent another devastating p...
Press freedom: more important than ever?
May 03, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBSend us a Text Message. May 3rd is Press Freedom Day, but around the world, journalists are being harassed, oppressed, even attacked. This Inside Geneve podcast looks how at what more can be done to better journalists. Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this by episode by journalists and NGOs that defend press freedom. “We need to work on ending the culture of impunity that governments seem to enjoy when it comes to targeting and harassing journalists,” says Clayton Weimers, Repor...
Ukraine: can sanctions or war crimes investigations stop the war?
April 19, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Evidence of atrocities in Ukraine has been met with accusations of war crimes and tougher sanctions against Russia. The Inside Geneva podcast looks at what this means. Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by human rights and sanctions experts. “Putin has made Russia a pariah, we have to deal with that at this moment. There are no humanitarian or human rights laws being respected by the Russian government now,” says analyst Daniel Warner. Can sanct...
How Ukraine affects other humanitarian crises
April 05, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBSend us a Text Message. In a few short weeks, a quarter of Ukraine’s population has been displaced. The Inside Geneva podcast asks what this means for other refugee crises. Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by humanitarian experts. “We will respond wherever there are humanitarian needs, regardless of where they are, and we urge that this compassion really be extended to all people who’ve been forced to flee,” says Shabia Mantoo, spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency...
What to expect from the UN Human Rights Office’s visit to China?
March 22, 2022 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBSend us a Text Message. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights will visit China, but can she get an accurate picture of the situation? Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by experts on China and human rights. Rights groups accuse Beijing of having interned over a million Uyghurs in so-called “re-education camps” in Xinjiang. “Michelle Bachelet will be the first UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to set foot in China in 17 years,” says Sophie Richardson, China dire...
War in Ukraine
March 08, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by international history and human rights experts. “If Russia tries to occupy all of Ukraine, that’s going to end up in a total disaster, and an ongoing civil conflict for years on end. If they divide the country, that’s just going to breed new conflict,” says Jussi Hanhimäki, professor of international history and politics at the Graduate Institute Geneva (IHEID). Can human rights be protected? “If this moves ...
What does the Human Rights Council mean to victims of atrocities?
February 22, 2022 10:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBPodcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by human rights defenders and investigators. Human rights advocates bring their testimonies of atrocities to the UN – often at great risk to themselves – because it often is their last and only hope. “I survived, I was able to finally leave the country, but if I hadn’t been able to do that, I would have ended up in jail, or tortured in prison,” says Khin Ohmar, a human rights defender from Myanmar. “The feeling is always there, that se...
What does the Human Rights Council mean to victims of atrocities?
February 22, 2022 10:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBSend us a Text Message. Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by human rights defenders and investigators. Human rights advocates bring their testimonies of atrocities to the UN – often at great risk to themselves – because it often is their last and only hope. “I survived, I was able to finally leave the country, but if I hadn’t been able to do that, I would have ended up in jail, or tortured in prison,” says Khin Ohmar, a human rights defender from Myanmar. “The feeling...
Cyber-attacks: what are the risks for aid agencies?
February 08, 2022 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBSend us a Text Message. In January the ICRC was hacked, compromising the data of half a million vulnerable people. But how vulnerable are aid agencies themselves to cyber-attacks? Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by cybersecurity and humanitarian experts. “It’s an attack on people who are already living in the anxiety of being separated from their family members and their loved ones. It’s an attack on their dignity, it’s an attack on their privacy,” says Massimo Marel...
War and humanitarian aid in the 21st century
January 25, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Henry Dunant witnessed the horrors of the battle of Solferino in 1859. This gave birth to his vision for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the first Geneva Convention. But how relevant is his vision in the 21st century? Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by humanitarian and international law experts. “Outer space, cyberspace and information space. Warfare is dramatically spreading across three new surfaces,” says Hugo Slim, ...
What does 2022 hold for Afghanistan?
January 11, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Millions of Afghans have not been paid for months as foreign aid – which used to fund 75% of Afghanistan’s public spending – was frozen following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021. Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by humanitarian aid workers. “You see girls being essentially sold, girls as young as six, seven, eight. You see children being sold into labour. Already, I’ve seen more malnourished children in the past three, four...
2021: a crisis upon a crisis for humanitarian agencies
December 28, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBSend us a Text Message. It’s been a tough year: Covid as well as crises in Afghanistan and in Myanmar, to name but three. "You see the kind of populist rhetoric, and the xenophobia and racism and so on infecting what were supposedly advanced democracies," Rupert Colville of UN Human Rights tells host Imogen Foulkes. Despite the grim events of the past year, Geneva-based aid agencies do have hopes for a better year ahead. "I hope we can see a bit more empathy and compassion from the rest...
What happened in ‘International Geneva’ in 2021?
December 14, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBSend us a Text Message. The Covid-19 pandemic, a Biden-Putin face-to-face summit and record humanitarian crises: Geneva-based journalists reflect on a busy year and offer a glimpse into the future. Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by fellow Geneva-based correspondents who work for international news outlets. Covid-19 dominated the news for the second year in a row. As the world prepares to enter “Year Three” of the pandemic, the future remains uncertain. “There is no...
Do we need a pandemic treaty?
November 30, 2021 09:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Covid-19 has dominated our lives for almost two years. Vaccines have been developed in record time, yet nearly half the world’s population has not received a single dose. What has gone wrong? Imogen Foulkes is joined in this podcast episode by global health and policy experts. “How do you solve this in the longer term? You don’t want to be in this situation when this happens again. This could happen next month, if the wrong variant comes out,” says Bruce Aylward, s...
Do we need to decolonize aid?
November 16, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Decolonization has become a buzzword of late, especially in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and the toppling of statues of figures tied to a nation's colonial past. Humanitarian work is also being more closely scrutinized. What does it tell us about our colonial history? Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by policy experts and aid workers. "If we were to think of aid as a form of reparation, as a form of social justice for historical and contin...
COP26: Why the climate crisis is also a humanitarian crisis
November 02, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBSend us a Text Message. The increase in extreme weather events worldwide is evidence that climate change is already impacting our lives. The hardest hit of the global population are people in developing countries. Host Imogen Foulkes puts the spotlight in this episode on what humanitarian agencies are expecting from leaders at COP26, the UN Climate Change conference taking place in Glasgow. "Ninety per cent of the world's refugees originate from countries that are on the front lines of th...
The SDGs: Can we solve all of the world's problems?
October 21, 2021 14:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBSend us a Text Message. In 2015 the world set itself 17 very ambitious targets: the Sustainable Development Goals. To end hunger, eradicate poverty, ensure health and education for all. But are the SDGs over ambitious? And who decides who is meeting them, and who is backsliding? These are just two of the questions that host Imogen Foulkes puts to: Martin Gutmann, Editor of a multi-author research project on the history of the SDGs, and lecture at the Lucerne University of Applied Arts. Cl...
How to prevent a cold war in science
October 11, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBSend us a Text Message. Diplomats and scientists often live in different worlds and don’t have open access to each other’s community. A new foundation known as the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) hopes to bring the two sides together. It took a first step by holding its first summit in the Swiss city from October 7-9. Host Imogen Foulkes went to the event and spoke to Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, former Nestlé CEO, and chairman of GESDA, as well as Fabiola Gianotti, Director-G...
Extinction: old work habits and hierarchies?
October 05, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Covid 19 has changed the way we work. But has it changed how we value work? Host Imogen Foulkes asks if our old workplace habits and hierarchies are about to become extinct. She speaks to Chidi King, head of gender diversity and inclusion at the International Labour Organisation. "Re-examining what we deem as a true value of a job has to be one of the outcomes of this pandemic," says King. Cedric Dupont, Professor of International Relations at the Graduate Insti...
Killer robots: should algorithms decide who lives or dies?
September 21, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBSend us a Text Message. In Geneva, complex negotiations are underway to decide if a treaty is needed to control, or even ban, lethal autonomous weapons – or killer robots. Imogen Foulkes talks to experts, lawyers, and campaigners. "It’s about the risk of leaving life and death decisions to a machine process. An algorithm shouldn’t decide who lives or dies," says Neil Davison, Senior Policy Adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross. "Do you hold the commander responsible, wh...
How 9/11 has eroded our human rights
September 07, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBSend us a Text Message. How have our attitudes to human rights changed since 9/11? What about our laws? Imogen Foulkes is joined by Fionnuala Ni Aolain, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counterterrorism, and Gerald Staberock, Secretary-General of the World Organisation Against Torture. Has it become harder to defend human rights? Fionnuala Ni Aolain: The criminalisation of lawful acts: speech, assembly, political participation, those are all defined, by multiple governments, as...
Afghanistan: aid agencies are staying
August 24, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBSend us a Text Message. The troops have left Afghanistan but aid agencies say they’re staying. How will that work, with the Taliban back in control? Join host Imogen Foulkes and regular analyst Daniel Warner who are joined by Marie Lequin of Geneva Call, an NGO that works to protect civilians caught up in armed conflicts, Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, and Irwin Loy, Asia Editor of The New Humanitarian, a non-profit newsroom that reports from conflict and crisis-hit ar...
Chocolate, gold, human rights: what’s the Swiss Connection?
August 10, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode Imogen Foulkes is joined by Susan Misicka, host of sister podcast The Swiss Connection. We take a deep dive into what one country – Switzerland – is doing to honour the United Nations principles on business respecting human rights. How much child labour is used to produce Swiss chocolate? Why is so much gold refined in Switzerland? And what happens to that gold before it ends up on your finger? Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- t...
Afghanistan: The forever war?
July 27, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Some call the war in Afghanistan "the forever war". But now the US and NATO are leaving. The conflict is escalating. Inside Geneva tries to figure out what the future might look like. In this episode, host Imogen Foulkes talks to Firouzeh Mitchell, acting head of mission in Afghanistan for Geneva Call; Forozan Rasooli, Deputy Director of Equality for Peace and Democracy; and Vicki Aken, Afghanistan Country Director, International Rescue Committee. Please listen and...
Human rights: Holding businesses to account
July 13, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Ten years ago, the United Nations adopted a landmark set of guiding principles on business and human rights. "Those who have been harmed by business activity have a right to seek effective remedy through effective process." (Lene Wendland, Chief, Business and Human Rights Section, UN Human Rights Office) But how can we make sure guiding principles are followed? "The UN cannot regulate things at an international level that states already haven’t agreed to regulate ...
War crimes: holding perpetrators to account
June 29, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBHow do we bring war criminals to justice? Who can bring prosecutions? The country where the crimes took place? The International Criminal Court? Or anyone? In this week's episode, Imogen Foulkes talks to Philip Grant, executive director of Trial International, Gerald Staberock, secretary-general of the World Organisation against Torture, and swissinfo.ch journalist, Julia Crawford.
War crimes: Holding perpetrators to account
June 29, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBSend us a Text Message. How do we bring war criminals to justice? Who can bring prosecutions? The country where the crimes took place? The International Criminal Court? Or anyone? In this week's episode, Imogen Foulkes talks to Philip Grant, executive director of Trial International, Gerald Staberock, secretary-general of the World Organisation against Torture, and swissinfo.ch journalist, Julia Crawford. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in...
Biden-Putin: The Geneva summit expectations
June 14, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Geneva is welcoming two of the most powerful men in the world: US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. What do they hope to gain? In this episode host Imogen Foulkes talks to former US ambassador to Finland Charles Adams, Professor of International Relations Jussi Hanhimaki, and analyst Daniel Warner. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @Im...
Biden-Putin: the Geneva summit expectations
June 14, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBGeneva is welcoming two of the most powerful men in the world: US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. What do they hope to gain? In this episode host Imogen Foulkes talks to former US ambassador to Finland Charles Adams, Professor of International Relations Jussi Hanhimaki, and analyst Daniel Warner.
Education: Making it a priority in humanitarian emergencies
June 01, 2021 08:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Education is fundamental to the life of every child. Not being in school puts children at immediate risk and it ruins their futures. So why does education seem to come a poor second during humanitarian crises? In this episode of Inside Geneva host Imogen Foulkes talks to experts on education in emergencies, including Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Julienne Vipond, head of the Unicef-led education cluster in Sudan, and Manuel Bessler, head of...
Education: making it a priority in humanitarian emergencies
June 01, 2021 08:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBEducation is fundamental to the life of every child. Not being in school puts children at immediate risk and it ruins their futures. So why does education seem to come a poor second during humanitarian crises? In this episode of Inside Geneva host Imogen Foulkes talks to experts on education in emergencies, including Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Julienne Vipond, head of the Unicef-led education cluster in Sudan, and Manuel Bessler, head of Swiss Humanitarian Aid. ...
Finding common ground to battle future pandemics
May 18, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBSend us a Text Message. The 194 members of the World Health Organisation will meet for the annual World Health Assembly from May 24. The body decides global health policy. What could be more important in this pandemic year? In this episode host Imogen Foulkes looks at the challenges that lie ahead. Her guests are Suerie Moon of Geneva’s Global Health Centre, Maria Guevara of Medecins sans Frontieres and Thomas Cueni of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers. Please li...
Defending the Disappeared
May 04, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Not knowing the fate of a loved one causes unimaginable heartbreak and anxiety for families. People go missing in wars and natural disasters, but they are also forcibly disappeared. What can families do? In this episode host Imogen Foulkes looks at the United Nations Convention on Enforced Disappearances. How does it work? Does it help prevent disappearances? And why are so many countries reluctant to ratify it? Imogen is joined by Cordula Droege of the Internationa...
Is the United Nations' top job for men only?
April 20, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBSend us a Text Message. The United Nations is 75 years old – but there has never been a woman Secretary General. Now Antonio Guterres is standing for a second term, so it will likely be another five years before a woman candidate can have a chance at the UN’s top job. Why is it taking so long? Does Guterres’ record even merit a second term? And why are some senior UN positions traditionally reserved for certain countries? In this episode host Imogen Foulkes talks to Heather Barr, co-directo...
Genocide: why we apply the term sparingly
April 06, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBSend us a Text Message. It is regarded as the worst of all crimes, but what constitutes genocide? How does it differ from crimes against humanity? How are the atrocities of 1970’s Cambodia different from 1990’s Rwanda? What about Myanmar, or Xinjiang in China? Why have so few people ever been convicted of genocide? And why do human rights groups themselves use the term so carefully? In this episode host Imogen Foulkes puts those questions to Paola Gaeta, Professor of International Law at Ge...
Syria, a decade of war
March 23, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBSend us a Text Message. The war in Syria began 10 years ago this month. Throughout that decade, Geneva has been at the heart of diplomatic efforts towards peace, and at the heart of the humanitarian operation. Were chances for peace missed? Did we expect too much from the aid agencies? Host Imogen Foulkes is joined by Fabrizio Carboni of the ICRC, Jan Egeland, former head of the UN’s humanitarian taskforce for Syria, and Ayman Gharaibeh, of the UN Refugee Agency. Please listen and subscrib...