In November last year, we posted about a new edited book entitled ‘‘Intersectionality and Human Rights: Reimagining European Court of Human Rights Judgments‘. The book was published by Nani Jansen Reventlow (human rights lawyer and founder of Systemic Justice), Eddie Bruce-Jones (Professor at the University of London), Lyn K.L. Tjon Soei Len (Associate Professor at the Ohio State University) and Adam Weiss (Chief Programmes and Impact Officer, ClientEarth). The book contains contributions from activists, practitioners and academics in which recent judgments from the ECtHR are rewritten from an intersectionality perspective. Based on the book, a podcast series has now been released. Here is a description of the three episodes:
‘In episode 1, we introduce the book and trace the roots of Black feminist thought that shaped intersectionality as a framework. The episode explores how European legal systems still struggle to address overlapping forms of discrimination. Through reflections from the book’s contributors, it examines what could be done differently.
Episode speakers: Adam Weiss, Lyn Tjon Soei Len, Nicolette Busuttil
In episode 2, we dive into three real cases brought before the European Court of Human Rights – from queer protest in Russia to climate activism in Romania, and trans parenthood in Germany – and how activists, lawyers, and legal scholars reimagined them for the book.
Episode speakers: Jonathan Ward, Sheena Anderson, Lisa Tatu Hey, Arpi Avetisyan, Adam Weiss
In episode 3, contributors discuss the structural limits of current human rights jurisprudence and legal education. We explore how human rights are interpreted in European Court of Human Rights judgments today — and how they could be in a not-so-distant future.
Episode speakers: Lyn Tjon Soei Len, Eddie Bruce-Jones, Nawal Mustafa‘
You can listen to the podcast here.
