Justice, law and human rights

Ӧzlem Altıok assesses the makeup of Turkey’s new parliament and what it means for women’s rights in the country. …Read more

Busra Nisa Sarac shows how silence was a form of empowerment for Yazidi women living in ISIS-controlled territories. …Read more

Folúkẹ́ Adébísí, author of 'Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge', discusses why the implementation of decolonisation in UK higher education has been inconsistent and misused and suggests we need a new language to prevent continuing injustice. …Read more

Rhetta Moran and Grainne McMahon chart the pernicious attempt by the Government to pit the British public against people seeking refuge. …Read more

Richard Machin looks at the UK’s response to the financial & housing needs of Ukrainian refugees, more than a year on from the Russian invasion, and argues that a stronger safety net is needed.…Read more

Ӧzlem Altıok explains how gender politics is intrinsic to the most critical election in Turkey’s history. …Read more

Rachel Vipond, author of 'A Guide to Prisons and Penal Policy', shares the findings of a report on the ongoing COVID-19 measures in prisons, which offer like scope for rehabilitation.…Read more

In this episode, Chris Cunneen talks about the broad need to defund the police.…Read more

Chris Cunneen, author of 'Defund the Police', regrets the limits of the Casey report proposals and suggests that they follow a well-trodden path of police reformism which leaves the nature of police power unchanged. …Read more

Ross Bellaby, author of 'The Ethics of Hacking', asserts that it is vital to understand the ethical value that hackers can play in society, and judge them for their use of cyberspace to protect people from harm.…Read more