Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Video cover logo

Human rights: the case for the defence

1h 0m · Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Video · 07 May 00:00

Contributor(s): Bee Rowlatt, Professor Conor Gearty, Baroness Chakrabarti | Baroness Chakrabarti's latest book, Human Rights: The Case for the Defence outlines the historic national and international struggles for human rights, from the fall of Babylon to the present day. Her intervention engages both sceptics and supporters and equips believers in the battle of ideas whilst persuading doubters to think again. For human rights to survive, they must be far better understood by everyone.

The episode Human rights: the case for the defence from the podcast Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Video has a duration of 1:00:00. It was first published 07 May 00:00. The cover art and the content belong to their respective owners.

More episodes from Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Video

Shadows without bodies: war, revolutionary nostalgia, and the challenges of internationalism

Contributor(s): Dr Christina Heatherton | She discusses how war, nationalism, and revolutionary nostalgia have confounded the development of an internationalist consciousness. In revisiting the radical theories and visions developed in an earlier era of global solidarity, she considers how we might now imagine otherwise.

The importance of central bank reserves

Contributor(s): Dr Andrew Bailey | He discusses implications for the future of the Bank’s balance sheet.

The sixth suspect: Stephen Lawrence, investigative journalism and racial inequality

Contributor(s): Dr. Clive James Nwonka, Ann-Marie Cousins, Daniel De Simone | The panel explore the potential of contemporary investigative journalism practices in uncovering historical institutional failings and intervening in structural racial inequalities.

Data grab: the new colonialism of big tech and how to fight back

Contributor(s): Professor Ulises Ali Mejias, Professor Nick Couldry | Every time we click ‘Accept’ on Terms and Conditions, we allow our most personal information to be repackaged by Big Tech companies for their own profit. In this searing, cutting-edge guide, two leading global researchers – and leading proponents of the concept of data colonialism – reveal how history can help us both to understand the emerging future and to fight back.

Are universities creating a new political divide?

Contributor(s): Professor Maria Sobolewska, Dr Elizabeth Simon, Professor Jonathan Hopkin | Is the level of education now becoming a central political cleavage? And is it displacing long-established cleavages like social class?

Every Podcast » Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Video » Human rights: the case for the defence