Our bi-monthly podcast, Justice Matters, investigates global human rights issues, from the ethics of AI to the sources of systemic discrimination.
The latest episodes
Disability in the Corporate Workplace
Reid Jewett Smith discusses her work that focuses on disability and corporate sustainability, both as a measure of human impact and bottom line performance.
The Ethics of AI
Former OpenAI researcher Zoë Hitzig discusses her decision to leave the company over ethical concerns about its emerging advertising strategy.
The Rebirth of White Rage
Heather Ann Thompson- Pulitzer Prize winning author and Professor of History at the University of Michigan - about her new book “Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage”.
The Art of Mediation
Neha Sanghrajka, Kenyan negotiator, mediator, and scholar, discusses working alongside Kofi Annan during Kenya's 2007 post-election crisis to serving as a key architect of the landmark 2019 Maputo Accord that ended decades of conflict in Mozambique.
Inside Physicians for Human Rights Israel
Tirza Leibowitz, Deputy Director of Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), discusses the organization's decades of work providing medical services in Israel-Palestine.
Telling the Story of October 7
Cousins Omer Shem Tov and Leah Corinne Unger discus life in the wake of his ordeal as an October 7 hostage and her advocacy for hostages and their families.
How a Humanitarian Aid Organization Navigates Political Conflicts
A conversation with Dr. Christos Christou, outgoing president of Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières or MSF) about his career humanitarian medical work
Uncovering Forced Labor
Laura Murphy, leading global expert on forced labor and professor at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK, speaks about forced labor and human rights.
Explore our past episodes
Investigating matters of human rights at home and abroad, exploring topics like abortion bans, the UN Business & Human Rights Forum, and the civil rights movement. Listen to all the episodes of Justice Matters, hosted by Maggie Gates, Mathias Risse, and Aminta Ossom.
Our Hosts
Maggie Gates
Executive Director, Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Policy
Mathias Risse
Faculty Director, Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Policy
Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy
Aminta Ossom
Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Clinical Instructor, International Human Rights Clinic
Diego Garcia Blum
Program Director, Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights