JUST PLANET: Laws, Life and Global Crises
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -We are beset by global crises. They didn't arise in a vacuum, and the coronavirus pandemic only compounds other crises like anti-black and anti-indigenous racism, climate change, extreme inequality, authoritarianism and surveillance. Is there a way out? Can law make a difference? Join host and award-winning international lawyer Sukanya Pillay as she speaks with global experts from around the world, bringing you the stories behind the issues at stake, and identifying concrete solutions rooted in upholding human dignity and rights. Together, we can target steps that individuals, corporations, and States (including governments and police forces), can take to move towards a truly Just Planet.
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How to legally release Meng Wanzhou in order to bring home Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor: Gar Pardy
September 27, 2020 17:45 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBCanada arrested Meng Wanzhou who was passing through Vancouver airport in transit on December 1, 2018. Why? Because the United States asked Canada to do so, in order to extradite her to the U.S. so she could be prosecuted for fraud charges. China objected to the arrest and demanded that Canada release Mme. Meng. Ten days later, following Canada's refusal and comments that it was holding Mme. Meng pursuant to the "rule of law", China arrested two Canadians for crimes allegedly co...
Building Up the Human Rights City - Elizabeth McIsaac
September 17, 2020 03:55 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBWhen COVID-19 hit Canada in March 2020, Maytree took action to protect the rights of all peoples. In this episode, Elizabeth McIsaac speaks with host Sukanya Pillay about Maytree's strategies: to protect people from being evicted, in joining with other organizations on strategic litigation to protect the rights of persons living in homelessness to provide income security when jobs were being lost or suspended, on why Maytree insists on listening and learning from people with l...
How COVID-19 Exposes Canadian and Global Injustices against Migrant Agricultural Farm Workers: Syed Hussan
August 27, 2020 04:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBCanada's Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program and Temporary Farm Workers Program creates a system that perpetuates exploitation. Every year, tens of thousands of migrant workers come to work on Canadian farms. But too many migrant farm workers live in squalid conditions, working long hours, doing demanding work for sub-standard pay, and denied fundamental rights and respect for their dignity. Routes to permanent residence or citizenship are obstructed. Migrant farm workers ha...
Are Spies, Spyware and NSO Malware tempting Governments during Coronavirus?
July 30, 2020 00:40 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBWe speak today with expert John Scott Railton, an academic and researcher at the internationally renowned Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto. His work focuses on technological threats to civil society, including targeted malware operations, cyber militias, and online disinformation. His greatest hits include a collaboration with colleague Bill Marczak that uncovered the the systematic use of Pegasus spyware to target civil society in several countries, including Mexico and...
ACLU's Esha Bhandari on protecting American civil liberties during coronavirus
July 24, 2020 00:12 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBWe start remembering the late John Lewis RIP. And then, Esha Bhandari of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) walks us through understanding the impact and implications of Federal and State government responses on civil rights and civil liberties. She speaks about contact tracing, tech companies and ACLU's proactive white paper with guidelines and surveillance, Esha also fills us in on ACLU litigation and efforts regarding voting rights, reproductive rights, racial injusic...
What's Canada doing right and wrong on Coronavirus? Blair Bigham
July 16, 2020 23:31 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBSo far Canada is doing much better in its COVID-19 numbers than our neighbour the United States, but that's a pretty low bar. Why were nursing homes ravaged by the virus? What about prisons? Why are migrant farm workers being infected or dying? What did Canada do or not do following the lessons from SARS and other epidemics? Did we have enough Personal Protective Equipment? Did we implement the right lessons from SARS or not? What can we do for this country and the world going fo...
Syria Besieged by COVID-19 and War
July 10, 2020 11:37 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBJoin us for our 2nd episode of JUST PLANET where Host Sukanya Pillay interviews award-winning journalist, author and expert on Syria Sam Dagher. In the 1st few minutes: Sukanya sets up the discussion bringing us up to speed on the July 7th, 2020 Russia-China veto of extending UN Security Council Resolution 2503, ending ability to provide humanitarian assistance including food supplies to IDLIB, the beleaugered northwest province in Syria. Sukanya also tells us a bit about the July...
Patriotism, COVID-19 and Sheltering in Place
July 02, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBJOIN US FOR OUR FIRST SHOW WITH HOST SUKANYA PILLAY reflecting this Canada Day not only on the brutal killing of George Floyd in the United States, but on Canada’s own record of anti-black and anti-indigenous racism. NEXT, WE SPEAK WITH LEILANI FARHA, who just finished 6 years as the UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO HOUSING 8 weeks ago, is the lead in the award-winning documentary “PUSH”, and head of the global movement to make “THE SHIFT”. We catch up with Leilani in her ...
Just Planet - Trailer
June 09, 2020 22:05 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBWe are excited to bring you Season 1 of Just Planet - Laws, Life and Global Crises.