EPISODE · Sep 9, 2026 · 45 MIN
Gina Romero: Restrictions affecting Right to Assembly and Youth Activism
from Democracy in Question? · host Graduate Institute, Geneva
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In the first episode of season 12, recorded at the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo, Shalini Randeria speaks with Gina Romero, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. Romero examines how authoritarianism, surveillance, criminalisation and funding constraints are shrinking civic space and creating a climate of fear and apathy. The conversation addresses the repression of pro-Palestine activism on university campuses, the challenges facing UN Special Rapporteurs and the double-edged role of digital technology. Finally, Romero calls for young people to be included meaningfully in policymaking rather than reduced to token participation.
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