Confronting, challenging, and exploring human rights issues.
Justice Matters investigates global human rights issues, from the ethics of AI to the sources of systemic discrimination.
New episodes, presented by Carr Center Executive Director Maggie Gates, bring in a diverse group of guests from the field of human rights policy to explore human rights matters through a multidisciplinary lens.
LATEST EPISODE
Michael Ignatieff, former president of the Central European University and founding director of the Carr Center, discusses the state of human rights in the world today and revisited topics from his Tanner Lecture series—given at the turn of the 21st century—including the politics of human rights, moral universalism, and American exceptionalism.
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 Center for Human Rights Policy
Mathias Risse
Faculty Director, Carr 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