Over the last decade, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and its Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement partners, as well as other humanitarian actors responding to sexual violence, have increasingly raised concerns about mandatory reporting policies and whether they may, in fact, be harming rather than helping victims/survivors of sexual- and gend ... Show More
Nov 20
Reaffirming the obligation to protect medical facilities and support their functioning
Restrictions on movement and access to medical supplies have become an often-unseen threat to health care in today’s armed conflicts. Even where hospitals are not attacked, the quiet tightening of supply routes can deprive them of the medicines, equipment, and basic services they ... Show More
17m 26s
Nov 13
Outsourcing humanity? International law, humane treatment, and artificial intelligence in detention operations
As artificial intelligence (AI) begins to shape decisions about who is detained in armed conflict and how detention facilities are managed, questions once reserved for science fiction are now urgent matters of law and ethics. The drive to harness data and optimize efficiency risk ... Show More
17m 20s
Nov 11
Divided together: how families of the missing build peace
When people go missing in war, their absence lingers far beyond the battlefield – splintering families, deepening social divides, and haunting political transitions. Yet amid this grief, the families of the missing often become unlikely peacebuilders: their search for truth draws ... Show More
16m 37s
Apr 2025
Démantèlement de l'USAID : impacts sur le système humanitaire mondial. Avec Olivier Routeau | Entretiens géopo
Alors que les États ont tendance à réduire leurs budgets consacrés à l’aide humanitaire mondiale, celle-ci subit de plein fouet l’investiture de Donald Trump. Quelques mois seulement après sa prise de poste, le président américain et son administration ont démantelé l’USAID (Agen ... Show More
25m 54s
Sep 2024
Speaking Law to War | Kathleen Cavanaugh
What are the key legal principles that govern the conduct of war and protect human rights? In this episode, we speak with Professor Kathleen Cavanaugh, the Executive Director of the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, and Senior Instructional Professor in the College at UChicag ... Show More
54m 3s
Nov 6
What's behind the COP climate circus | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The UN climate summit, COP30, is getting under way in Brazil, with global temperatures rising – and global cooperation under deep strain. Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, the UN Secretary-General warns that the world has missed its targets to limit global temperature rise. ... Show More
48m 35s
Apr 2025
S4E3 Conflict-related Sexual Violence - Centering Survivors
Conflict zones are places of immense hardship - with people facing displacement, broken healthcare systems, and separation from families and communities. But when sexual violence is added to the equation, the challenges for survivors become even greater. Conflict-related sexual v ... Show More
38m 50s
Oct 2024
12 PM ET: Hamas leader's death investigated, Liam Payne 911 call, clergy abuse settlement & more
Israeli Army Radio reports Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is believed to have been killed, while Israeli officials work to officially confirm his death. The 2024 candidates continue their campaign blitz, while GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance is criticizing Vice President Kama ... Show More
6m 42s
Apr 2025
CBS Evening News, 04/16/25
President Trump authorized turning a 700-mile stretch of federal land, from New Mexico to California, into a military installation to allow troops to detain migrants crossing the southern border. At the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, researchers are testing how ... Show More
23m 28s