54. Human Rights: The Symposium is ending – what did we learn?

What are the big takeaways from five years of conversation between 200 human rights leaders from nearly 70 countries?  How did activism and solidarity get sidelined as vehicle for human rights work, in favour of the multilateral review bodies and government advocacy? Why do many younger leaders avoid creating organisations? And what do activists from the US civil rights movement or South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement have to teach today’s activists?   These and other questions get an airing as the moderators of The Symposium on Strength and Solidarity for Human Rights, look back over the project and reflect on its final meeting.

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Quick Links

• Click here to read the Episode 54 Transcript.

• The Symposium website and bios

• About Symposium Moderators:

  • Chris Stone, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

  • Samson Itodo, YIAGA Africa

  • Alberto Vasquez, Mad Thinking

  • Emilie Palamy Pradichit, Manushya

  • Nani Jansen Reventlow: Systemic Justice

• Strength&Solidarity podcast:

  • Episodes 1-50 shows and transcripts

  • Episodes 51 onwards, shows and transcripts

  • The Symposium Reader: The Symposium on Strength and Solidarity for Human Rights: A Reader