About this episode
Agnès Callamard discusses New Zealand's declining reputation in human rights and urges the government to reclaim its moral leadership.
Amnesty’s top official says New Zealand is losing its reputation as a human-rights leader and warns the governments “Trumpian accent” is being noticed internationally. She urges the government to rediscover the moral courage that once defined its nuclear-free and anti-apartheid stands. Watch the full episode here Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
People in this episode
Host: Guyon Espiner
Guest: Agnès Callamard
Topics covered
- human rights
- government policy
- international reputation
- moral courage
- nuclear-free
- anti-apartheid
Keywords
- human rights
- New Zealand
- Agnès Callamard
- Amnesty
- government policy
- international relations
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Amnesty, RNZ
Places: New Zealand
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