Justice Matters

Justice Matters

Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Episodes 119
Avg. Duration 33m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (23)
Since Jan 2018
Latest Episode Jun 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
82%
Hosting
feeds.simplecast.com

About This Podcast

Investigating matters of human rights at home and abroad. Listen to the podcast by the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights at the Harvard Kennedy School, hosted by Executive Director Maggie Gates, Mathias Risse, Aminta Ossom, and Diego Garcia Blum. The views expressed are those of each speaker individually and not necessarily those of others in this recording, the Carr-Ryan Center, or Harvard Kennedy School. We support free speech as the cornerstone of learning and democracy and share these perspectives to foster open debate.

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Recent Episodes

The Art of Mediation

Jun 01, 2026 45m

On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates speaks with Neha Sanghrajka, Kenyan negotiator, mediator, and scholar whose career has shaped some of the most consequential peace…

Inside Physicians for Human Rights Israel

May 18, 2026 38m

On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Tirza Leibowitz, Deputy Director of Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) about the organization's decades of work…

Telling the Story of October 7th

May 04, 2026 1h 6m

On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates welcomes Omer Shem Tov and Leat Corinne Unger, cousins who rose to prominence following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023.…

How a Humanitarian Aid Organization Navigates Political Conflicts

Apr 20, 2026 35m

On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Dr. Christos Christou, outgoing president of Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières or MSF) a medical humanitarian…

Uncovering Forced Labor

Apr 06, 2026 1h 10m

On today’s episode of Justice Matters, guest host Timothy Patrick McCarthy - faculty chair of the Global LGBTQI plus Human Rights Program - speaks with Laura Murphy, about forced labor and human…

Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement

Mar 16, 2026 40m

On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Brandon Terry, a political theorist at Harvard University whose work seeks to reshape how we understand African-American…

An International AI BIll of Human Rights

Mar 02, 2026 34m

On today's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Yuval Shany, fellow at the Ethics in AI Institute at the University of Oxford. They discuss his recent white paper, “The Need…

Indigenous Water Justice

Feb 16, 2026 33m

On today's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Dr. Kelsey Leonard, a water scientist and legal scholar from the Shinnecock Indian Nation. They discuss the fundamental role…

Advocating for Prisoners of Conscience

Feb 02, 2026 50m

On today's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates speaks with Judith Abitan, international human rights advocate and the executive director of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights,…

The Future of Tibet

Jan 19, 2026 28m

On today's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Lobsang Sangay - political leader of the Tibetan administration in exile from 2011 to 2021 - about Tibet’s future. His…

Attacks on Education Around the Globe

Jan 05, 2026 47m

On today’s episode of Justice Matters, host Phuong Pham - associate professor at the Harvard Medical School, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, affiliated faculty member of the Carr-Ryan Center, and…

Human Rights Day 2025: Rethinking Rights for a New Era

Dec 10, 2025 41m

On today’s episode of Justice Matters, we’re marking Human Rights Day, observed every year on December 10th to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General…

How Alaskan Communities are Meeting the Climate Crisis

Dec 01, 2025 30m

On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Robin Bronen, co-founder of the Alaska Institute for Justice (AIJ) about the pressing effects of climate change on communities…

The Impact of Anti-DEI Legislation

Nov 17, 2025 28m

On today's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates speaks with Antonio Ingram II, Senior Counsel at the Legal Defense Fund, about the impact of anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)…

Holding World Leaders Accountable

Nov 03, 2025 37m

On today's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji who served as president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2018-2021. Together they discuss…

Governing Ireland Through Transformational Change

Oct 20, 2025 54m

On today's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Timothy Patrick McCarthy speaks with Dr. Leo Varadkar, the former Taoiseach, or Prime Minister, of Ireland from 2017-2020 and again from 2022-2024.…

Black Women and the Making of Human Rights

Oct 06, 2025 37m

On today's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates speaks with Dr. Keisha Blain, Professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University, about her new book “Without Fear: Black Women…

Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments

Sep 15, 2025 40m

On today’s episode of Justice Matters co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Ken Roth, former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch about his new book “Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines…

Misinformation and Digital Threats in the War in Ukraine

Sep 01, 2025 39m

On today’s episode of Justice Matters co-host Maggie Gates speaks with Anna Romandash about the impacts of misinformation in the global narrative around the war in Ukraine.Anna Romandash is an…

Making LGBTQI+ Rights a Global Priority

Aug 18, 2025 34m

Justice Matters is celebrating its 100th episode today with co-host Mathias Risse's conversation with Jessica Stern about the state of LGBTQI+ rights around the world.Jessica Stern is one of the…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Justice Matters have?

Justice Matters has published 119 episodes since January 2018, covering topics in Education, Government.

Is Justice Matters still active?

Justice Matters is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 33m.

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