Episode 39: Nicolas Agostini

In this episode we sat down with Nicolas Agostini, Representative to the United Nations in Geneva at DefendDefenders. Drawing on his extensive experience in Geneva, Nico shares a wealth of knowledge on the creation of UN Human Rights Council (HRC) mechanisms and the evolution of their mandates over time. Nico highlights the value of HRC investigations and the importance of ensuring the findings are accessible to the communities who have endured grave human rights abuses and atrocity risks. Nico also discusses the challenge in maintaining international scrutiny of protracted crises and what civil society organizations are doing to collectively address remaining gaps in multilateral response.