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International human rights law should protect and promote every individual’s human rights. But the reality is that international covenants on human rights appear remote and unattainable for the vast majority of ordinary people. This perception is supported by the structure of international human rights law, which is based on agreements between States and on the expectation that States will be true to their obligations in relation to the human rights of their own citizens. This podcast, however, recounts how international human rights can become a collaborative project, with individuals and civil society working from the grassroots upwards and from the international sphere downwards to develop and enforce human rights obligations on States. The subject matter of this journey is one of central importance: the care and education of the youngest amongst us. Our interviewees today have been a part of a process of advocating for and advancing the protection of early childhood education as a human right through collaborative ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ approaches. We will be speaking with project partners from a variety of organisations who share their experience of shaping human rights law interpretation and enforcement through practical advocacy, particularly on the right to ECCE. In the second episode of this series we speak to Ann Skelton, a South African jurist and children's rights activist, and former chairperson of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), Rajakumari Michaelsamy, programme manager at Right to Education Initiative (RTE) and Africa Early Childhood Network (AfECN) representatives Alicia Lutomia and Esther Nyamatini. RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub. The Executive Producer is Meghan Campbell. This episode was produced, edited and hosted by me, Sophie Smith. Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann. Subscribe to this podcast wherever you like to listen to your favourite podcasts.

In this episode, Meghan Campbell talks with Dorothy Estrada-Tanck, Chairperson of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, about the concept of gender apartheid in light of the horrific denial of the equality and human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. Dorothy and other members of the Working Group have been advocating for understanding this violation as gender apartheid. In our conversation, we explore what this concept means, what salience it has in thinking more broadly about the current backlash against women's rights and how gender apartheid can be utilized to fight for women's equality. RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub. This episode was produced in partnership with the EUniWell Fund and the University of Birmingham. Executive produced and hosted by Meghan Campbell. Produced and edited by Sophie Smith. Music for the series is by Rosemary Allman.

Virtually all constitutions guarantee women's right to equality, yet, there is a rise in backlash against legal, political, economic, social and cultural efforts to achieve women's equality. This podcast series speaks with leading legal scholars from the US, Canada, South Africa and India to explore how constitutions can frustrate efforts to achieve women's equality, and to imagine a new constitutionalism that places women as equal actors and participants in the constitutional project. On today's episode Meghan Campbell is joined by Professor Jennifer Koshan, from the University of Calgary, to discuss women in the Canadian Constitution. RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub. This series, Women in Constitutions, was produced in partnership with the British Academy and the University of Birmingham. Executive produced and hosted by Megan Campbell. Produced and edited by Sophie Smith. Music for the series is by Rosemary Allman.

Virtually all constitutions guarantee women's right to equality, yet, there is a rise in backlash against legal, political, economic, social and cultural efforts to achieve women's equality. This podcast series speaks with leading legal scholars from the US, Canada, South Africa and India to explore how constitutions can frustrate efforts to achieve women's equality, and to imagine a new constitutionalism that places women as equal actors and participants in the constitutional project. On today's episode Meghan Campbell is joined by Professor Julie Suk from Fordham University to discuss women in the US Constitution. RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub. This series, Women in Constitutions, was produced in partnership with the British Academy and the University of Birmingham. Executive produced and hosted by Megan Campbell. Produced and edited by Sophie Smith. Music for the series is by Rosemary Allman.

This is the third episode in a four part series on the project "Rebuilding Ukraine For All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine," led by Professor Freya Baetens, Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia, and Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko. Today’s podcast explores the scope of an inclusive economic recovery for Ukraine led by Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko. Joining the discussion is Yurii Gaidai, a Senior Economist at the Kyiv-based independent think tank the Centre for Economic Strategy. This series is supported by the Oxford Policy Engagement Network Seed Fund. RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub. Executive Produced by Meghan Campbell. Produced, edited and narrated by Sophie Smith. Hosted by Daryna Dvornichenko. Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann.

This is the first episode in a four part series on the project "Rebuilding Ukraine For All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine," led by Professor Freya Baetens, Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia, and Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko. Today’s podcast explores the environmental dimensions of Ukraine’s recovery led by Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia. Joining the discussion is Anna Ackermann, a policy analyst at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, working on Ukraine's green reconstruction and Doug Weir, a Research and Policy Director of Conflict and Environment Observatory. This series is supported by the Oxford Policy Engagement Network Seed Fund. RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub. Executive Produced by Meghan Campbell. Produced, edited and narrated by Sophie Smith Hosted by Ievgeniia Kopytsia. Music for this series is by Rosemary Allmann.

In today's episode, we'll be talking to Olivier De Schutter, a Belgian legal scholar specialising in economic and social rights. Mr De Schutter was appointed as the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights by the Human Rights Council at its 43rd session in March 2020. The discussion today focuses on his recent submission to the UN Human Rights Council on eradicating poverty beyond growth. RightsUp is brought to you by the Oxford Human Rights Hub, https: //ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/ Executive produced by Meghan Campbell Produced and edited by Sophie Smith Hosted by Francis Hand Music for this series is by Rosemary Allman

In this episode, we are exploring some of the key themes in Professor Sandra Fredman’s monograph, Discrimination Law – the new, third edition of which was published by Oxford University Press in December 2022. Sandra Fredman FBA KC is Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the USA at Oxford University, a fellow of Pembroke College Oxford, and Director of the Oxford Human Rights Hub. She is joined in conversation by Rosalie Abella, formerly a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada; Jayna Kothari, a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India; and Helen Mountfield KC, a barrister practising at Matrix Chambers in the UK and Principal of Mansfield College Oxford.