Category: Faces Interviews

2 April 2021 – conducted by Earth Refuge Correspondent Nikoleta Vasileva

In this podcast, Professor Martin Scheinin – former UN Human Rights Committee member and the first UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism – discusses climate change and human rights with Nikoleta Vasileva. He shares a new line of argument for indigenous peoples’ litigation based on the intergenerational dimension of the right to culture. Referring to the increase in climate change-related human rights litigation, as well as with a fresh reading of older case law, Professor Scheinin explains how once this line of argument has been established, members of non-indigenous or non-minority communities will also be able to rely on it for human rights protection.

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Martin Scheinin is a Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the European University Institute, a British Academy Global Professor at the University of Oxford, and a member of the Scientific Committee of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency. He served as a member of the UN Human Rights Committee (the treaty body acting under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights), and was the first UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism. He is currently working on a four-year project addressing a range of challenges to international human rights law posed by developments in the digital realm, and he retains an interest in human rights adjudication, first and foremost in issues of indigenous peoples’ rights.

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12 March 2021 – conducted by Earth Refuge Correspondent Nikoleta Vasileva

In this interview, Mr Tripathi, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the UNEP New York Office, talks with Nikoleta Vasileva about the connection between climate change and COVID-19, as well as the importance of a green recovery and adaptation measures. He shares what he has learnt about development work during his career of nearly four decades, including the use of ‘private finance for public good’. Focusing on sustainable farming efforts in India, he tells the story of women farmers who should be championed and whose example should be followed elsewhere in the world.

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A development economist and lawyer with over 35 years of varied experience, Satya S. Tripathi has served with the UN since 1998 in key positions in Europe, Asia and Africa in the areas of Climate Change, Human Rights, Democratic Governance and Legal Affairs.

Mr. Tripathi was instrumental in establishing the Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility (TLFF) in Indonesia in 2016 and the Sustainable India Finance Facility (SIFF) in 2017 to leverage ‘private finance for public good’ at mega-scale to achieve transformative social and environmental impact in developing countries.

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26 February 2021 – conducted by James Sedlak

In the following interview, Mali’o discusses her work as a climate adaptation innovator, building communities around equitable solutions and how her work addresses problems of migration. She has over a decade of experience working in academic, government, and non-profit settings to advance program goals, protect healthy ecosystems and ensure community well-being.

5 January 2021 – conducted by Human Rights Pulse

Dr. Boyd is currently serving as the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment. In this discussion with Human Rights Pulse, Dr. Boyd explores the growing movement for a rights-based approach to environmental law.