After President Trump’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January 2026, there was a mix of relief and skepticism in the Venezuelan diaspora and across the U.S. Trump’s actions without congressional approval marked a turning point in foreign intervention without a clear path forward towards democratic progress. Maduro’s illegitimate…
In this episode, legal director at the Haitian Bridge Alliance, Nicole Phillips, discusses her decades long experiences working in international human rights advocacy, particularly in internal displacement camps (IDB) in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake that devastated the country’s capital, Port au Prince. Nicole and I also explored the importance…
In this episode, Payal Shah’03, Payal defines human rights as “what is needed for individuals to live with dignity” and what that looks like in her role as the director of the program on sexual violence in conflict zones at Physicians for Human Rights. We also explore critical tools that work together…
In this episode, co-founder of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), Brian Concannon, discusses his experiences as a human rights lawyer working hands on in Haiti alongside the Office of International Lawyers (Bureau des avocats internationaux). We also explore the current political state of Haiti, international actors and decisions…
Despite its frequent usage in everyday discourse, the concept and application(s) of human rights can be quite elusive. It is typically assumed that human rights are a set of objective rights that are endowed to every person regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion and citizenship status. Human…
