Resources

For International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we talked with Professor Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.

We covered topics such as a human rights-based approach to tackling poverty, the effectiveness of anti-poverty strategies and how poverty interacts with the criminal justice system.

We spoke to Dr Orna Young from FactCheckNI, discussing misinformation and disinformation and their impact on human rights and society.

For International Youth Day, we had the opportunity to talk to Sarah and Ronan and hear more about the work that they’re doing to tackle climate change as members of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People.

This opening episode of the second season of our Shared Goals podcast coincides with International Women’s Day and features an interview with Aoife Mallon, Research and Engagement Associate at the University of Ulster.

This episode of 'Shared Goals' features an interview with Mencap NI ambassador, award-winning actor and barista James Martin MBE alongside Mencap NI’s Senior Marketing, Communications and Influencing Lead, Karen Gilgunn.

This episode of Shared Goals features an interview with Marie Brown, CEO of Foyle Women’s Aid and the Foyle Family Justice Centre, who has successfully led key developments and a wide range of projects supporting women, children and young people who are victims and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse across the Foyle area.

This ‘Shared Goals’ podcast episode explores the topic of poverty and human rights and marks International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Staff from the Commission are joined in discussion by Jonny Currie, NI Network Lead at the Trussell Trust.

This 'Shared Goals' podcast episode explores the topic of climate change and human rights and features an interview with Dr Ian Fry, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change.

This 'Shared Goals' podcast episode looks at the issue of equal protection from physical punishment for children in Northern Ireland. Staff from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission interview Caroline Cunningham, Acting Policy and Public Affairs Manager at NSPCC Northern Ireland.

To celebrate International Women's Day 2024 and to kick off Season three of Rights at the Finish Line we are delighted to speak with Simone Magill, footballer with Aston Villa and Northern Ireland International.