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

Lina Chawaf, CEO of Radio Rozana, discusses her experience refusing to propagate government propaganda during the Arab Spring, the state of press freedom globally, Radio Rozana’s focus on women’s voices, the importance of citizen journalism in areas with authoritarian control, her perspective on the future of media freedom in the U.S., and her insights into the recent changes going on in Syria following Assad’s ouster.

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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

Maggie Gates

Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

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Mathias Risse

Faculty Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy

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Aminta Ossom

Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Clinical Instructor, International Human Rights Clinic