Reimagining influence

How can National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) impact on politics?

In conversation with Debbie Kohner

We continue the series with a conversation about spheres of influence in politics. We do this together with Debbie Kohner* who talks about NHRI and their monitoring role in enabling rights-based politics. Some of the questions we asked: How can human rights monitoring influence new ways of thinking and doing politics? Are NHRIs inevitably politicised? How can NHRIs help reverse practices that negatively affect the space and activities of civil society organisations and human rights defenders?

* Debbie Kohner has been Secretary General of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions since 2013.

Reimagining spaces

The importance of making room for rights-based politics

In conversation with Morten Kjaerum

In this episode, recorded during the FRA FORUM in Vienna, we focus on practicing human rights-based politics in institutional structures and spaces. Morten Kjaerum* brings in his professional and personal perspective to respond to the following questions: what space is there for human rights in politics? Are there new or regenerated ideas that can drive more rights-based politics?

* Morten Kjaerum was Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) in Sweden from 2015 to 2024. Before joining RWI, he was the Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights in Vienna from 2008 to 2015.

Euronews Tech Talks — Should we accept the cookies?

Think about what you did yesterday with your phone. Did you look for an address? Did you order food? Did you read a newspaper? Did you listen to a podcast? Did you open an app or take a photo? It's all registered. Today, it's almost impossible to live without leaving a digital footprint.

How can we be sure this very long trail of data protects us and does not violate our privacy?

In this special episode, we travelled to Vienna, the capital of Austria, to find answers at the Fundamental Rights Forum 2024.

Data protection in the EU: Children, migrants, and EU Commission – Euractiv

This week, together with the European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski, we look at data protection issues, including the regulation concerning the detection and removal of online child sexual abuse material, as well as Frontex’s handling of migrants’ data, and the recent news regarding the European Commission’s violation of data protection rules in its use of Microsoft.

This week’s episode was recorded at the Fundamental Rights Forum, which took place in Vienna on the 11th and 12th of March, organised by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.

2024 cybersecurity landscape: heightened risks on the horizon – Euractiv

This week, together with Pavlina Pavlova, Public Policy Advisor at the CyberPeace Institute, we look at cybersecurity issues, such as the 2024 Munich Security Report’s revelation of heightened cyber-attack risks, the phone hacking of the European Parliament’s defence committee, predictions for the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the United Nations Cybercrime Convention.

This week’s episode was recorded at the Fundamental Rights Forum, which took place in Vienna on the 11th and 12th of March, organised by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.

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