EPISODE · Apr 15, 2026 · 25 MIN
EP47 - Human Rights: Who Needs Them? (Spoiler: Everyone.) With Kajsa Ollongren, EU Special Representative for Human Rights
from Who Rules the World · host EU at UN
Some people fight for human rights in the streets. Others do it in the negotiating room. This week, we meet one of the latter. Join Veronika and Lars for a fascinating conversation with Kajsa Ollongren, the EU's Special Representative for Human Rights. From the death penalty to climate justice, gender equality to migration — her mandate touches the defining challenges of our era, and she's working every day to move the needle on all of them. In this episode, they dig into what it really means to champion human rights on the world stage, the surprising power of dialogue, and why young people are more central to this work than they might think.
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Some people fight for human rights in the streets. Others do it in the negotiating room. This week, we meet one of the latter. Join Veronika and Lars for a fascinating conversation with Kajsa Ollongren, the EU's Special Representative for Human Rights. From the death penalty to climate justice, gender equality to migration — her mandate touches the defining challenges of our era, and she's working every day to move the needle on all of them. In this episode, they dig into what it really means to champion human rights on the world stage, the surprising power of dialogue, and why young people are more central to this work than they might think.
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EP47 - Human Rights: Who Needs Them? (Spoiler: Everyone.) With Kajsa Ollongren, EU Special Representative for Human Rights
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