Human Rights

Harold Hongju Koh: Transnational Legal Process and World Order

Hanan Ashrawi
2003

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harold Hongju Koh, the Dean of the Yale Law School and Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law there. They discuss the role of international law, the meaning of the Iran Contra Affair, the impact of 911, and the prospects for peace on the Korean peninsula.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Koh/koh-con0.html

Key Words: Law, International Law, Human Rights, Korea, Iran Contra Affair, War Crimes,...

Gilles Peress: Images, Reality, and the Curse of History

Gilles Peress
1997

Photographer Gilles Peress talks about the role of photography in the struggle for human rights.

Key Words: Human Rights, Photography, Genocide

Eric Stover: Human Rights Work

Eric Stover
1999

Conversations host Harry Kreisler discusses the evolution of the human rights movement with activist Eric Stover.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Stover/stover-con99-0.html

Key Words: Human Rights

David Rieff: Humanitarianism, the Human Rights Movement, and U.S. Foreign Policy

David Rieff
2003

UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler interviews author David Rieff who talks about his new book A Bed for the Night which analyzes the evolution of humanitarian work in international affairs focusing especially on its relations with the human rights movement and political leaders.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Rieff/

Key Words: Human Rights, Humanitarianism, Imperialism

Barry Scheck: DNA and the Criminal Justice System

Barry Scheck
2003

Barry Scheck, Professor of Law, Yeshiva University, and Co-Director of the Innocence Project, joins Conversations with History host Harry Kreisler in a discussion of DNA evidence and the impact of science on the criminal justice system.

KEYWORDS: Justice, Innocence Project.

Albie Sachs: Suffering, Survival, and Transformation

Albie Sachs
1998

South African Supreme Court Justice Albie Sachs in a conversation with UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler talks about personal survival in the context of the transformation of South Africa.

KEYWORDS: South Africa, Political Prisoners, Political Activism, Justice, Judges.

Akbar Ganji: Islam and Democracy

Akbar Ganji
2006

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Iranian journalist and human rights activist Akbar Ganji for a discussion of the dynamics of change in Iran. Topics covered include the Iranian Revolution in comparative context, the problem of establishing democracy in Islamic societies, power in Iran, and U.S. Iranian Relations.
Ganji also talks about his work as an investigative journalist in Iran and his political imprisonment.

KEYWORDS: Iran, Revolution, Democracy, Political Activism, Dissent, Political Prisoners.

Wole Soyinka: Writing and Political Activism

Wole Soyinka
1998

On this edition of Conversations with History, UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler talks with Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka. In an extraordinarily prolific and rich body of work including plays, novels, poems, and essays, Professor Soyinka draws on both Yoruba and western culture to exquisitely weave a subtle understanding of the tragedy and comedy of the human condition. In this discussion, Soyinka talks about the craft of writing, his work in theatre arts, human rights, and his political activism.

KEYWORDS: Nobel Laureates, Nigeria, Political Activism, Political Prisoners,...