Miranda is a senior legal fellow and podcast host for the Just Access NGO
She interviews legal experts, academics and human rights advocates about the future of human rights and improving access to justice for all. Our motto is “Everyone can be a human rights defender!”
Interviewees bring unique and important perspectives to understand the current state of human rights, where and why justice is lacking, and offer ideas for how we can all help. We’ve been honoured to speak to over 60 experts, and counting!
Check out our season 3 launch to learn more about the origins of Just Access, how we make the podcast, and some guests we hope to someday speak to!
Liz Evenson, Human Rights Watch
Introducing Human Rights Watch and her perspectives on improving access to justice.
Professor Fernand de Varennes, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues (former)
How are minority rights under threat? How can minority rights be better protected?
Dunja Mijatovic, Commissioner for Human Rights for the Council of Europe (outgoing)
Status of human rights in Europe
Ashfaq Khalfan, Director of Climate Justice, Oxfam USA
Will the courts save us from climate change? Can strategic litigation remove barriers to protecting climate?
Nani Jansen Reventlow, Systemic Justice
Yasmina Gourchane, Coalition for the International Criminal Court
How does the CICC support the International Criminal Court and victims voices?
Kathryne Bomberger, International Commission on Missing Persons
How did Missing Persons become a human rights issue? Why do people go missing and how can we help?
Andreas Schüller, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
How can NGOs help protect constitutional and human rights? How are rights and access to justice in and into Europe being contested?
Andrea James, National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
How to protect incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women & girls?
Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
Dr. Kathrin Zangerl, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health
Why do children need to be at the centre of climate change adaptation?
Dr. Marika Sosnowski,Dr. Sanja Badanjak (PeaceRep), and Dr. Miranda Melcher
How does data shape the way we understand peace agreements? What can ceasefires really achieve in today’s conflicts?
Dr. Tom Sparks & Dr. Lucas Sanchez, Just Access
Just Access vs. Climate Injustice: why is adaptation a legal necessity? Climate Justice for Children: what legal action is Just Access undertaking in Germany?
Dr. Iva Vukusic, Utrecht University
How important are archives for justice? Also, understanding Serbian militias.
Olexandra Romantsova, Center for Civil Liberties
Mirjana Lazarova-Trajkovska, Supreme Court of North Macedonia
How to curb corruption? What is the future of the International Criminal Court?
Marina Aksenova, IE University Madrid
How can we expand international law?
Judge Professor Helen Keller, University of Zurich
What has the ECHR decided about climate change?
Dr. Virginie Collombier and Dr. Wolfram Lacher
Discussing Violence and Social Transformation in Libya, what might the future of Libya look like?
Dr. Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
What is, and what has, happened in Yemen’s conflict(s)?
Ida Manton, expert on negotiation and mediation
What is negotiation and mediation? How to get involved in negotiations?
Dr. Miranda Melcher
Why research civil wars and how can we write better peace treaties to end them?
Amy Rose, Global Director of Litigation at Client Earth
What is it like to do strategic litigation on climate change? Where are we currently at with climate change litigation?
Dr. Kate Cronin-Furman, University College London
How do actors resist accountability and accusations of hypocrisy after atrocities?
Phil Lynch, International Service for Human Rights
What does the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) do? How can human rights defenders be supported?
Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast
Behind-the-scenes with Asymmetrical Haircuts! What have you learned from the project?
Wassem & Nourfan, Maat for Peace
What is it like to be young women on the frontline of human rights defense?
Amy Kaslow
How to Tell a Post-Conflict Story?
Mirjam Herrmann, activist & Juanita van Lunen, lawyer
What are climate protests and what’s happening with them in Germany and the Netherlands?
Martin Perron, the Government of Canada
How can coding transform the way we understand law? Can technology democratise legal knowledge?
Dana Rösiger, human rights photographer
Defending women's rights though sports and photography
Bora Un & Anne Schroeter, Art Works Projects
How can human rights stories be told collaboratively? How can visual storytelling promote human rights?
Joel Bakan, Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia
Why look at corporations to understand inequality and how are corporations eroding democracy?
Dr.Chidi Oguamanam, University of Ottawa
How is intellectual property an access to justice issue? How can Indigenous knowledge be more fairly included in international law?
Stay tuned for future episodes!
Get in touch with any future episode ideas at podcast@just-access.de!
Dr. Louise King & Dr. Christopher Robertson
Professor Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change
How is climate change a human rights issue? Climate change and children’s rights.
Luca Broca, Just Access fellow
Holding States Accountable: Environmental Law at the European Court of Human Rights
Professors Jane Bailey and Valerie Steeves, eQuality project
Why human rights should be the heart of discussions on technology and challenging surveillance and empowering youth to claim their rights