The Fragility of Human Rights - with Sophie Richardson | Untold Perspectives Ep 5
In this episode, we're seeking to understand the many different factors at play when it comes to the collective and individual rights of groups of people all around the world. We're talking about global policy; we're talking about government censorship. We're even talking about.... people disappearing?
Sophie Richardson serves as the China Director at Human Rights Watch. She has overseen the organization’s research and advocacy on China since 2006, and has published extensively on human rights and political reform in the country and across Southeast Asia. She has testified to the Canadian Parliament, European Parliament, and the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
Dr. Richardson is the author of China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence (Columbia University Press, Dec. 2009), an in-depth examination of China's foreign policy since 1954's Geneva Conference, including rare interviews with Chinese policy makers. She speaks Mandarin, and received her doctorate from the University of Virginia and her BA from Oberlin College.
