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Stop and SearchBaroness Shami ChakrabartiWe're joined by prominent human rights activist and barrister, Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, someone who barely needs an introduction owing to the many high profile roles and cases that she's undertaken in her career - a true world-leading figure in human rights and law. We discuss the creation and inception of the highly controversial Covert Human Intelligence Sources Act (CHIS Act), a law which gives immunity to agents of the state, as well as the growth of 'child spies'. There's a great deal to unpick in this discussion and we're lucky that Baroness Shami is able to...
2025-12-1850 min
Shami's SpeakeasyMichael Pedersen: on friendship“Love recklessly, unencumbered. Don’t be ashamed of your vulnerabilities... always focus on the joy and rally back towards the light.” - Michael Pedersen, in the Speakeasy.Poet and novelist Michael Pedersen joins Shami Chakrabarti in the final episode of series 1, for a conversation about love, loss and the business of staying hopeful. They talk about Michael's new book and first novel, Muckle Flugga - but also about friendship, grief and the importance of connection with each other. Michael wrote his book Boy Friends in the wake of the loss by suicide of his be...
2025-11-121h 15Shami's SpeakeasyBaroness Charlotte Owen: on AIBaroness Charlotte Owen: “Of all deepfakes, 98% are pornographic, and of those 99% are of women.”Charlotte Owen joins Shami Chakrabarti in the Speakeasy to talk about consent, dignity and the law catching up with technology.From the bill she is steering through the House of Lords to criminalise the creation of AI deepfake porn, to the survivors who pushed her to act, Charlotte sets out why consent must be the test. She explains why “creation not just sharing” matters, how forum requests and nudification apps drive abuse, and why platforms will only change when the rules are clear...
2025-11-0543 minShami's SpeakeasyBaroness Doreen Lawrence: on struggleBaroness Doreen Lawrence: “When do I get a break?”Doreen Lawrence joins Shami Chakrabarti in the Speakeasy to talk about courage, exhaustion and the long shadow of injustice.From the murder of her son Stephen to the Lawrence Inquiry’s landmark finding of institutional racism, Doreen reflects on three decades of struggle: what’s changed, what hasn’t, and how she keeps faith when progress feels painfully slow.The pair discuss migration and empire, the meaning of equality in 2025, the burden of public expectation, and the discovering she was spied on by police during her...
2025-10-291h 00
Justice, DisruptedPanel discussion and audience Q&A – In the age of AI, can justice be smarter?National Event 2025 SpecialAt ‘In the Age of AI, can justice be smarter?’ expert speakers: Claire Feasey, Harmeet Sandhu, Dr Susie Alegre and Shami Chakrabarti gave an overview of the potential contained within AI for improving efficiency and driving change, whilst keeping a clear-eyed view on the rights and well-being of individuals. The talks were followed by an audience Q&A.In this episode:A full panel discussion between Claire Feasey, Harmeet Sandhu, Dr Susie Alegre and Shami Chakrabarti. The session is chaired by Mairi Clare Rodgers and questions are...
2025-10-2751 min
Justice, DisruptedShami Chakrabarti and Dr Susie Alegre in conversation – In the age of AI, can justice be smarter?National Event 2025 SpecialAt ‘In the Age of AI, can justice be smarter?’ expert speakers: Claire Feasey, Harmeet Sandhu, Dr Susie Alegre and Shami Chakrabarti gave an overview of the potential contained within AI for improving efficiency and driving change, whilst keeping a clear-eyed view on the rights and well-being of individuals. The talks were followed by an audience Q&A.In this episode:Leading British human rights lawyer and campaigner Shami Chakrabarti is in conversation with Dr Susie Alegre, a barrister specialising in international human rights law and tech...
2025-10-2334 minShami's SpeakeasyDarren McGarvey: on storytellingScottish writer, rapper, and Orwell Prize-winning social commentator Darren McGarvey - on resilience, responsibility and the radical power of self-awareness:"When you become publicly identified with a certain story, you may at some point feel a certain kind of pressure to live up to the reputation that now precedes you."Darren joins Shami Chakrabarti in the Speakeasy to talk trauma, class, masculinity and the dangers of the “oversharing” age.From Poverty Safari to Trauma Industrial Complex, Darren's writing has challenged Britain to face uncomfortable truths about inequality and the exploitation of pain. In the Speak...
2025-10-2259 minShami's SpeakeasyAsma Khan: on foodAsma Khan: "Food sits in your DNA, close to your skin, connected to your heart. Your ancestors have blessed you. Be proud."Celebrated chef and activist Asma Khan brings spice to the Speakeasy, joining Shami Chakrabarti to explore the intersections of food, feminism, and justice. From law student to celebrated chef, Asma's journey is one of empowerment, resilience, and culinary rebellion.Make no mistake: food is political, and noone understands that better than Asma Khan.Asma Khan's children's book, A Kid's Book About Food, is out now. For children aged 5-9...
2025-10-151h 08
AI Lawyer Talking TechAI Innovation and Ethics: The Balancing Act in Legal Tech’s New Era
Today’s episode of AI Lawyer Talking Tech dives into the latest developments shaping the legal tech landscape, where innovation meets regulation. We explore how AI-driven efficiencies are transforming legal departments, yet raising fresh ethical and compliance challenges—from data security and algorithmic bias in hiring to copyright and privacy concerns. As general counsel and regulators alike call for a responsible approach, firms are weighing the potential of generative AI, not just for streamlined operations, but for groundbreaking shifts in client service, justice access, and legal practice structure. Join us as we discuss the headlines, challenges, and opportunities that will...
2024-11-1325 min
The Smart 7The Sunday 7 - Breakthrough in Prostate Cancer detection, Big Tech wins in Court, the perils of AI Chatbots, and how to boost the Brains of BeesThe Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week...With over 16 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and the Sunday 7 won a Gold Award as “Best Conversation Starter” in the International Signal Podcast Awards If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...Today's episode includes the following guests:Guests Chiara De Blaise...
2024-10-2719 min
CricHeadsShami For A Reason! | Mohammed Shami | IND vs SL | Indian Cricket | MLC Cricket
Welcome to the CricHeads podcast. On this episode, the CricHeads Siddharth and Shamik talk about the ongoing India vs Sri Lanka ODI tournament, place a super important bet, the England vs West Indies Test series, Joe Root possibly on route to break Sachin's test record (seemingly), and Shamik quizzes Siddharth on the names of the teams in USA's Major League Cricket league. Tune in for an insanely fun episode.
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2024-08-0236 min
PoliticsJOE PodcastAnother round: Does Rishi Sunak want to abolish human rights?From the Rwanda Plan to the bombardment of Gaza, the importance - and fragility - of human rights have come to the for of British politics. Oli spoke to Labour Peer and human rights lawyer Shami Chakrabarti about the Rwanda Plan's fundamental incompatibility with human rights, why she believes Rishi Sunak is waging war on your rights, and our duty to Gaza's refugees. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-05-1153 min
Relish A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Next-Level.Human Rights by Shami ChakrabartiPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/223282to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Human Rights
Author: Shami Chakrabarti
Narrator: Shami Chakrabarti
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
Release date: 05-02-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Human Rights
Publisher's Summary:
After the devastation of World War Two, the international community came together to enshrine fundamental rights to refuge, health, education and living standards, for privacy, fair trials and free speech, and outlawing torture, slavery and discrimination. Their goal was greater global justice, equality, and peace. That settlement is now in danger. In this powerful, accessible book, Shami Chakrabarti, lawyer, parliamentarian and...
2024-05-027h 58
Pod Save the UKScandal and cyber security in WestminsterCoco is back from holiday and the first order of business is for Nish to explain the Westminster “honeypot” scandal, which has seen the vice-chairman of the 1922 committee resign. But beyond a salacious story about MPs texting, what are the broader security issues this raises? Nish and Coco also take issue with Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting attacking “middle-class lefties” in a tabloid newspaper.Special guest Shami Chakrabarti joins Nish and Coco to discuss human rights - what they are, why we need them, and how we need to define them in a future that’s powered by technol...
2024-04-1147 min
Kids LawWhat’s the difference between civil liberties and human rights?The UK signed the European Convention on Human Rights, which covers both human rights and civil liberties, and it is part of our law. But how are they different? Alma-Constance and Lucinda talk to Shami Chakrabarti CBE, PC who sits in the House of Lords and is a human rights activist. She tells us:· how civil liberties and human rights work to protect us all· how the rule of law relates to civil liberties and human rights· Shami’s work to protect children's rights and why the voting age should be 16 years old· w...
2023-12-0126 min
Iain Dale - The Whole ShowWhich taxes should be cut, Cross Question & at what age should a child be given a phone?Which taxes should be cut, Cross Question & at what age should a child be given a phone?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour peer Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, political commentator Tim Montgomerie, barrister Chris Daw KC and the Conservative MP Greg Smith.
2023-11-202h 21
Cross Question with Iain DaleBaroness Shami Chakrabarti, Tim Montgomerie, Chris Daw & Greg SmithJoining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour peer Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, political commentator Tim Montgomerie, barrister Chris Daw KC and the Conservative MP Greg Smith.
2023-11-2050 min
Tonight with Andrew MarrRwanda Plan Ruled UnflawfulThe government's flagship and controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing was ruled unlawful by the Court of Appeal earlier today. The Home Secretary said she would appeal the decision and claimed Rwanda is a safe country. How likely is this to ahead? And is Rwanda a safe country? Labour Peer Baroness Shami Chakrabarti and the Leader of the Rwanda Opposition Victoire Umuhoza join the programme to discuss.
2023-06-2950 min
AI and the LawEpisode 3 - AI and the Law Podcast: Regulation and AIIn this episode Baroness Shami Chakrabarti CBE, former director of Liberty and former Labour Attorney General 2016-2020, discusses with Katherine Apps KC the sorts of law she thinks is needed to regulate AI and what can be learned from other areas of law. She discusses the UK Government’s White Paper on AI, principle based regulation and how her views have changed since receiving briefings on AI during her role in the House of Lords. Shami also talks about what sort of legal regulatory framework might be capable of being developed in the UK while an international consensus is bein...
2023-06-2125 minCross Question with Iain DaleBaroness Shami Chakrabarti, Jayne Ozanne, Lord David Willetts & Daniel KorskiBen Kentish sits in and is joined on Cross Question by Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti, LGBT campaigner and evangelical Christian Jayne Ozanne, Conservative peer Lord Willetts and tech entrepreneur and former David Cameron adviser Daniel Korski, who wants to be the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London.
2023-05-2252 min
The Real StoryWhat is hostage diplomacy and why is it on the rise?Russia's arrest of the American journalist Evan Gershkovich for spying has shone a spotlight on what the US calls 'hostage diplomacy', a practice which involves imprisoning a foreign national, usually on spurious or exaggerated charges in order to extract concessions from that person’s government. The increase of hostage diplomacy—by China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela and North Korea—recently prompted President Biden to declare it a national emergency.This week the US announced that Mr Gershkovich is being held in Russia as “wrongfully detained”, a finding that means the American government sees him as a political...
2023-04-1448 min
Nick Ferrari - The Whole ShowNurses Vote to StrikeBaroness Shami Chakrabarti decries Sunak's new proposed Bill of Rights PLUS we hear from our reporter in Halifax who has the latest on the Bonfire night chaos that left a teen dead.
2022-11-072h 07
Arise: A Festival of Left IdeasDefend our right to resist - Oppose Tory divide & ruleAn in-depth discussion on defending our right to resist with... Shami Chakrabarti // Olivia Blake MP // Sabby Dhalu, Stand up to Racism // Chantelle Lunt, Kill the Bill & Black Lives Matter // Mish Rahman, Labour NEC & Momentum NCG.The disastrous Tory Government is still failing to protect health and people, and has resorted to attacking our rights alongside racist scapegoating and divide-and-rule to distract from their disastrous handling of the crisis.Find out why we must oppose those who seek to use racism to divide us and defend all our rights together...
2022-07-2056 min
All About SoundShami Chakrabarti on ProtestWhen did you last take part in a protest? Perhaps you signed a petition; joined a debate on social media; wrote to your MP or read an impassioned poem. In this episode Lemn is joined by Shami Chakrabarti to examine how campaigners have used language to further their aims throughout the centuries. Together, they listen to inspiring voices from the British Library Sound Archive, from leaders such as Nelson Mandela to campaigners fighting for LGBTQ rights, punk musicians and suffragettes such as Christabel Pankhurst. Described in The Times as "probably the most effective public a...
2022-07-1841 min
The Clinton Baptiste Paranormal Podcast - The Spirit Archive – produced by Peters-FoxSeason 5 - Episode 18Episode 18: Aliens have needs tooShami Chakrabarti to each one of you on this special day - yes, we're back with another episode of my all-new Clinton Paranormal Podcast – and what a show do we have for you….Linda ‘Big up yourself’ Pollack is here to update us on her pipework and a scary photo booth experience.I played at a celebrity Charity football match in Swindon with the #thiscountry crew – and I literally had a ball!I get Alan on Zoom and although he’s juggling...
2022-06-1738 min
Anything But SilentIntroducing All About SoundWelcome to the new series from the British Library hosted by Lemn Sissay and featuring Kae Tempest, Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris, Monica Ali, Shami Chakrabarti, Jonathan Nunn, Amy Liptrot, Sophie Willan and Inua Ellams. Subscribe now.
2022-05-3000 minAll About SoundIntroducing All About SoundWelcome to the new series from the British Library hosted by Lemn Sissay and featuring Kae Tempest, Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris, Monica Ali, Shami Chakrabarti, Jonathan Nunn, Amy Liptrot, Sophie Willan and Inua Ellams. Subscribe now.
2022-05-2601 min
Real Agenda RadioAcross The Benches: Shami Chakrabarti & Ken ClarkeGavin Esler talks with former Chancellor Ken Clarke & Baroness Shami Chakrabarti about the culture of contemporary politics, the need for action on wealth inequality, & the actions that can be taken to build a more respectful & honest politics. Across the Benches series brings together two MPs from different parties to discuss the values they have in common. Produced by Compassion In Politics in partnership with The Real Agenda Network.
2022-01-2647 min
Compassion in PoliticsAcross the Benches: Baroness Chakrabarti & Ken ClarkeFormer Chancellor Ken Clarke & Baroness Shami Chakrabarti talk with presenter Gavin Esler about the culture of contemporary politics, the need for action on wealth inequality, & the actions that can be taken to build a more respectful & honest politics. Across the Benches is produced by Compassion In Politics in partnership with The Real Agenda Network
2022-01-2547 min
Philosophy For Our TimesHow dangerous are your beliefs? | George Ellis, Carlo Rovelli, Philip Goff and Shami ChakrabartiDo your beliefs control you? Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesOnce faith was revered. Now in a secular age, it is seen by many as an irrational dedication to an unproven belief. Yet science, Marxism, and liberalism, all rely on core beliefs that are unprovable. And to live without belief in anything at all would be considered empty and meaningless.Should we accept that an element of faith is required whatever our perspective, and embrace the comfort and purpose that stems from unqualified belief? Or is t...
2021-07-2042 minPhilosophy For Our TimesHow dangerous are your beliefs? | George Ellis, Carlo Rovelli, Philip Goff and Shami ChakrabartiDo your beliefs control you? Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesOnce faith was revered. Now in a secular age, it is seen by many as an irrational dedication to an unproven belief. Yet science, Marxism, and liberalism, all rely on core beliefs that are unprovable. And to live without belief in anything at all would be considered empty and meaningless.Should we accept that an element of faith is required whatever our perspective, and embrace the comfort and purpose that stems from unqualified belief? Or is t...
2021-07-2042 min
I Choose The Road PodcastPolicing bill update and D2S report (now with missing bit included!)A special episode put together to update on the developments in parliament on the policing bill and also to report on the D2S rally in London on Wednesday 7th March.Home | Drive 2 Survivehere is a link to the letter from the European commissioner for Human Rights:Letter to the Speaker and Lord of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (coe.int)And the briefing from the Joint Committee for Human Rights:Legislative Scrutiny: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (parliament.uk)The song...
2021-07-1222 minI Choose The Road PodcastPolicing bill update and D2S reportA special episode put together to update on the developments in parliament on the policing bill and also to report on the D2S rally in London on Wednesday 7th March.
Home | Drive 2 Survive
here is a link to the letter from the European commissioner for Human Rights:
Letter to the Speaker and Lord of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (coe.int)
And the briefing from the Joint Committee for Human Rights:
Legislative Scrutiny: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (parliament.uk)
The song...
2021-07-1022 min
A World to Win with Grace BlakeleyRETURN OF THE NASTY PARTY: An interview with Shami ChakrabartiThis week, Grace talks to Shami Chakrabarti, barrister, human rights campaigner and former Shadow Attorney General under Jeremy Corbyn. They discuss the Conservative’s sharp turn towards authoritarianism, with the introduction of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, the Overseas Operations Bill, and the Spy Cops Bill, as well as police and criminal justice reform.
For access to the full hour-long episode, support us on Patreon at https://patreon.com/aworldtowinpod
2021-03-2441 min
The World TransformedWhose streets? Understanding the government’s assault on our rightsThe shocking scenes of the MET’s violent response to those seeking to mark and protest the death of Sarah Everard made visible the kind of state violence that has been meted out to communities since the force’s inception.
This week, the government plan to rush through parliament a significant increase in police powers over public demonstration. The recently published Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is full scale assault on our civil liberties, threatening our rights to protest even further, expanding stop and search powers, and further criminalising traveller communities.
Join us to better understand its implications, hear from...
2021-03-161h 23
PhilosophicaRational Animals | Steven Pinker, Daniel Kahneman, Shami Chakrabarti Podcast: Philosophy For Our Times (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Rational Animals | Steven Pinker, Daniel Kahneman, Shami ChakrabartiPub date: 2020-11-03Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesAre humans incapable of weighing up risk rationally? And are governments any better? Should we seek to reduce all risks and outlaw activity we deem dangerous?Nobel Prize winning economist Daniel Kahneman, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker and Labour MP, barrister and...
2020-11-0345 min
Philosophy For Our TimesRational Animals | Steven Pinker, Daniel Kahneman, Shami ChakrabartiLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesAre humans incapable of weighing up risk rationally? And are governments any better? Should we seek to reduce all risks and outlaw activity we deem dangerous?Nobel Prize winning economist Daniel Kahneman, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker and Labour MP, barrister and human rights activist Shami Chakrabarti explore risk, rationality and coronavirus. Anil Ananthaswamy hosts.There are thousands of big ideas to discover at IAI.tv – videos, articles, and courses waiting for you to explore. Find out more: https://iai.tv/podcast-offers?utm...
2020-11-0345 minPhilosophy For Our TimesRational Animals | Steven Pinker, Daniel Kahneman, Shami ChakrabartiLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesAre humans incapable of weighing up risk rationally? And are governments any better? Should we seek to reduce all risks and outlaw activity we deem dangerous?Nobel Prize winning economist Daniel Kahneman, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker and Labour MP, barrister and human rights activist Shami Chakrabarti explore risk, rationality and coronavirus. Anil Ananthaswamy hosts.There are thousands of big ideas to discover at IAI.tv – videos, articles, and courses waiting for you to explore. Find out more: https://iai.tv/podcast-offers?utm...
2020-11-0345 min
London Review Bookshop PodcastCitizens of Everywhere: Shami Chakrabarti, Tom McCarthy, Eloise Todd and Lauren ElkinAre we English, British, European, citizens of the planet Earth or none of the above? The ‘Citizens of Everywhere’ project invites writers, artists and journalists to respond to the seismic shifts in European and American politics, and their implications for the future, in ways that are creative, surprising, and, most importantly of all, useful. Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, Labour peer and former director of Liberty, novelist Tom McCarthy and campaigner Eloise Todd were at the shop to debate the future of citizenship in Britain, Europe and beyond. Lauren Elkin, author of Flaneuse and co -director of the Centre for New and Internation...
2020-06-1749 min
IfG EventsInside the emergency CORONA BILL with Shami Chakrabarti, Shadow Attorney GeneralThe emergency Corona Virus Bill contains the most sweeping executive powers we’ve ever seen in Britain – yet the situation is so dire that it has cross-party support. How did we get here? What safeguards does the Bill contain and does the Government have the balance right between emergency provisions and fundamental rights? How does it fit with the Government’s previous views on the Human Rights Act and judicial review? Shadow Attorney General Baroness Shami Chakrabarti and IfG Director Bronwen Maddox discuss the enormity of this unprecedented Bill. “This is an extraordinary piece of legislation for an ext...
2020-03-2531 min
The NCS Lecture ProgrammeShami ChakrabartiOn Monday 1st February 2016 we were honoured to host Shami Chakrabarti, who spent an hour with students talking about her work supporting and defending human rights as the Director of Liberty, the British civil liberties organisation.
A Barrister by background, she was called to the Bar in 1994 and worked as a lawyer in the Home Office from 1996 until 2001 for Governments of both persuasions. After joining Liberty in 2001, she became heavily involved in its engagement with the ‘War on Terror’ and with the defence and promotion of human rights values in Parliament, the Courts and wider society. Since beco...
2020-01-2025 min
Politics CentralEnda Brady: Boris Johnson faces mounting challenges to his plansBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for part of the run-up to the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline faces mounting legal and political challenges ahead of a weekend of planned street protests.There are three ongoing court tests to Johnson's plan, which he says is routine but which will shorten the time in which opponents in Parliament could seek to pass legislation blocking a disorderly "no deal" departure from the European Union.A Scottish judge Friday declined to issue an immediate injunction to block the suspension of Parliament but set up a full hearing Tuesday on the...
2019-09-0106 min
WorkLife StoriesGender Equality, Careers and the MediaHelen Beedham interviews Baroness Shami Chakrabarti about how she has managed her career, being in the media spotlight and her views on creating a more gender-equal society.
2019-06-0318 min
2018 Edinburgh International Book FestivalYanis Varoufakis with Shami Chakrabarti (2018 Event)THE ECONOMICS OF LIBERTY<br />
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has written several influential books and has co-founded ‘DiEM25’, a pan-European progressive movement which will be competing in next year’s European parliament elections. Adults in the Room was described as ‘one of the greatest political memoirs of all time’, while Talking to My Daughter About the Economy is a lightning-quick account of how capitalism works and how it fails. He discusses his ideas on democracy, liberty, internationalism and radical Europeanism with Shami Chakrabarti, Labour peer and former director of Liberty.<br />
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2018-10-1700 min
Edinburgh International Book FestivalYanis Varoufakis with Shami Chakrabarti (2018 Event)
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has written several influential books and has co-founded ‘DiEM25’, a pan-European progressive movement which will be competing in next year’s European parliament elections. Adults in the Room was described as ‘one of the greatest political memoirs of all time’, while Talking to My Daughter About the Economy is a lightning-quick account of how capitalism works and how it fails. In this event recorded live at the 2018 Edinburgh International Book Festival, he discusses his ideas on democracy, liberty, internationalism and radical Europeanism with Shami Chakrabarti, Labour peer and former director of Liberty.
2018-08-2300 min2018 Edinburgh International Book FestivalYanis Varoufakis with Shami Chakrabarti (2018 Event)
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has written several influential books and has co-founded ‘DiEM25’, a pan-European progressive movement which will be competing in next year’s European parliament elections. Adults in the Room was described as ‘one of the greatest political memoirs of all time’, while Talking to My Daughter About the Economy is a lightning-quick account of how capitalism works and how it fails. In this event recorded live at the 2018 Edinburgh International Book Festival, he discusses his ideas on democracy, liberty, internationalism and radical Europeanism with Shami Chakrabarti, Labour peer and former director of Liberty.
2018-08-2300 min
The Prospect PodcastThe gender injustices of our timeThis week, Prospect’s Editor Tom Clark sits down with Shami Chakrabarti, the lawyer and Labour peer whose new book, "Of Women," takes a close look at the place of women in society and reveals in uncomfortable detail the gross unfairness that they still face. But then the Labour Party is not immune from sexism in its own ranks—and unlike the Conservative Party has never had a female leader. Chakrabarti thinks that record is set to change. Anne Perkins of the Guardian and Sameer Rahim, Prospect’s Arts and Books editor, join in the debate. Hosted on Acast. See ac...
2018-03-0729 minThe Prospect PodcastThe gender injustices of our timeThis week, Prospect’s Editor Tom Clark sits down with Shami Chakrabarti, the lawyer and Labour peer whose new book, "Of Women," takes a close look at the place of women in society and reveals in uncomfortable detail the gross unfairness that they still face. But then the Labour Party is not immune from sexism in its own ranks—and unlike the Conservative Party has never had a female leader. Chakrabarti thinks that record is set to change. Anne Perkins of the Guardian and Sameer Rahim, Prospect’s Arts and Books editor, join in the debate. Hosted on Acast. See ac...
2018-03-0729 min
RSA EventsOf Women In The 21st CenturyShadow Attorney General, Shami Chakrabarti, argues that gender injustice is the greatest human rights abuse on the planet, and proposes a new way forward.
From the disparity in the number of births to issues of schooling, work, ownership, faith, political representation and international diplomacy, Chakrabarti will outline what needs fixing and make clear, inspiring proposals about what we do next, putting women's rights at the centre of the progressive political agenda.
This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 1st March 2018. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2018/03/of-women-in-the-21...
2018-03-0157 min
Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdf100 Years of Votes for Women: an LSE Law celebration [Audio]Speaker(s): Baroness Chakrabarti, Baroness Hale, Professor Nicola Lacey | On February 6th 1918, with the coming into force of the Representation of the People Act, women were by law first given the vote in this country. Even though this foundational right only applied to a restricted category of women initially, the dam had been breached and the universal franchise would soon follow. 100 years on, to the very day, LSE Law will be marking this constitutional watershed with speeches from Brenda Hale, Shami Chakrabarti, and Nicola Lacey. There will also be an opportunity to view key historic documents from the women’s li...
2018-02-061h 21
Harriet Minter Presents: Badass Women’s HourEP 111: BAWH meets Shami Chakrabarti (Campaigner, Politician and Author)Happy Christmas Badasses! As the year draws to a close we reflect on 2017 with Harriet Hall (Emma is on holiday) in addition to covering off the usual news stories of the week. Baroness Shami Chakrabarti joins us to talk about her new book 'Of Women' and she tackles your #BadassBallsups too.Enjoying Badass Women’s Hour? We’d love you to leave us a review on iTunes. Or join in the conversation via Instagram, Twitter and Facebook...@badasswomenshr@HarrietMinter@NatDCampbell@emmasexton See acast.com/privacy for...
2017-12-2449 min
200 Women: The Listening Ground by WestpacEpisode 4 - HappinessWhilst we all want to be happy, it turns out that what makes each of us happy is very different. Listen in as women reveal their aspiration to sit around a kitchen table filled with joy, to be creative, to watch others thrive, to find the meaning of life and to help young people among other things.
In this episode, you’ll hear from:
Bec Ordish, Australian-born founder of the Mitrataa Foundation, a not-for-profit education and skills-development organisation, based in Nepal.
Gail Kelly, Westpac’s first female CEO and the only female CEO of a major bank
Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, an e...
2017-10-2300 min
200 Women: The Listening Ground by WestpacEpisode 2 - What mattersThe 200 Women project asked women what matters to them. Truth, dignity, the planet and self-belief are just some of the topics women spoke to.
In this episode, you’ll hear from:
Vidya Balan, a Bollywood actor and human rights activist.
Inna Modja, an acclaimed musician based in France. She was born in Mali, and is a survivor of female genital mutilation.
Bobbi Brown, the founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and the recently launched Pretty Powerful Campaign for Women & Girls.
Jane Caro, an award-winning Australian author, social commentator and broadcaster.
Shami Chakrabarti, a member of the British House of Lords and La...
2017-10-2300 min
St Paul's Cathedral(Highlights) Beyond Election Day: Power, Money, Government and ResponsibilityShami Chakrabarti, Conor Kehoe, Loretta Minghella and Craig Calhoun at the recent event held at St Paul's Cathedral that explored how to bring politics and business towards serving the common good.
Organised in partnership between St Paul's Institute, Theos and Together for the Common Good.
2017-10-1914 min
St Paul's CathedralShami Chakrabarti speaks on human rights at St Paul's Cathedral (2015)Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty, gives her opening position at the recent event 'Beyond Election Day: Power, Money, Government and Responsibility' discussing the importance of human rights as the foundation of the common good.
Held at St Paul's Cathedral, London on the 29th April 2015.
2017-10-1909 min
St Paul's CathedralBeyond Election Day: Power, Money, Government and ResponsibilityEvent organised by St Paul's Institute in partnership with Theos and Together for the Common Good.
Speakers: Prof. Craig Calhoun, Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science; Loretta Minghella OBE, Chief Executive of Christian Aid; Conor Kehoe, Director at McKinsey & Company; and Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty. Chaired by the Revd Canon Angus Ritchie, Director of the Centre for Theology & Community
2017-10-191h 41
St Paul's CathedralWomen in Leadership: What Needs to Change? - St Paul's Cathedral (2014)How can we remove the institutional and cultural barriers preventing many women from reaching positions of leadership? What can different sectors learn from one another in the fight for true equality? What actions can we take to create lasting change?
St Paul's Institute hosts a discussion on gender equality at St Paul's Cathedral:
Liz Bingham, Managing Partner for Talent at EY
Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty
Ceri Goddard, Director of Gender at the Young Foundation
The Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons
Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
Chaired by:The...
2017-10-191h 44
St Paul's CathedralBeyond Election Day: Power, Money, Government and Responsibility (2015)Shami Chakrabarti, Craig Calhoun, Loretta Minghella and Conor Kehoe.
How do we get politics and business working for the common good? Event organised by St Paul's Institute in partnership with Theos and Together for the Common Good.
Speakers:
Prof. Craig Calhoun - Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science
Shami Chakrabarti - Director of Liberty
Conor Kehoe - Director at McKinsey & Company
Loretta Minghella - Chief Executive of Christian Aid
Chaired by the Revd Canon Angus Ritchie - Director of the Centre for Theology & Community
2017-10-051h 41Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Role of the Attorney General: in conversation with Shami Chakrabarti [Audio]Speaker(s): Baroness Chakrabarti | Shami Chakrabarti will discuss her position as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales with questions from the audience and online. Shami Chakrabarti is Shadow Attorney General for England & Wales, a Visiting Professor in Practice at LSE Law and an alumna of LSE. Nicola Lacey is School Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy. LSE Law (@lselaw) is an integral part of the School's mission, plays a major role in policy debates & in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world.
2017-09-281h 09
Cumberland Lodge70th anniversary podcast with Shami ChakrabartiThis 10-minute podcast with the Shadow Attorney General, Shami Chakrabarti, focuses on social divisions and the role of education in enhancing citizenship - "empowering young citizens", and the challenges of addressing social tensions and cyber-bullying online.
Shami describes post-Brexit referendum Britain as "a challenging moment for those of us who believe in 'disagreeing well'. She talks about the importance of dialogue in bringing people together and understanding different perspectives, and the need to rebuild trust in the institutions of democracy. She also calls on people in public life to 'disagree well'.
Formerly head of the civil liberties charity, Liberty, Shami...
2017-07-1810 min
Ask PenguinHighlights from the Penguin Podcast - Episode 2The second of two special editions of the Penguin podcast, looking back at some of the standout moments from the past year courtesy of guests including Shami Chakrabarti, Louis de Bernieres and Paula Hawkins. With a rallying call to all would-be writers from Neil Gaiman, procrastination tips from John Finnemore and advice from Irvine Welsh on finding your voice, this podcast documents the highs and lows of an author’s career. It also reflects on some of the curious objects that guests have brought along to the Penguin studio, and which have influenced their writing, including hawk bells and a pe...
2016-09-0731 min
The Jewish Views Podcast (OLD)Shami Chakrabarti's report, Jewish London Walking Tours and multi-faith IftarShami Chakrabarti tells us about the findings in her report on anti-Semitism within the Labour Party, Stephen Burstin talks about 'Jewish London Walking Tours', Dan Rickman & Charlie Agran on attending a multi-faith Iftar and on the Schmooze we discuss wandering Jews.
2016-07-0159 min
What Makes Us HumanShami Chakrabarti: What Makes Us Human?Shami Chakrabarti, former head of Liberty, joins us for What Makes Us Human.
2016-05-2720 min
Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | VideoChallenging InequalitiesContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Duncan Green, Phumeza Mlungwana | This panel will debate different approaches to addressing key inequalities. Shami Chakrabarti is the Former Director of Liberty (The National Council for Civil Liberties), appointed in September 2003. She was born in London and studied Law at LSE. She is Chancellor of Essex University and a Master of the Bench of Middle Temple. She is the author of On Liberty, published in 2014. Duncan Green(@fp2p) is Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam GB and author of From Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States can Change the World. He also authors...
2016-05-251h 27Summer 2016 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfChallenging InequalitiesContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Duncan Green, Phumeza Mlungwana | This panel will debate different approaches to addressing key inequalities. Shami Chakrabarti is the Former Director of Liberty (The National Council for Civil Liberties), appointed in September 2003. She was born in London and studied Law at LSE. She is Chancellor of Essex University and a Master of the Bench of Middle Temple. She is the author of On Liberty, published in 2014. Duncan Green(@fp2p) is Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam GB and author of From Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States can Change the World. He also authors...
2016-05-251h 27
Ask PenguinShami Chakrabarti with Richard E. GrantShami Chakrabarti joins Richard E. Grant in the Penguin studio to talk about her book On Liberty. Shami brings along a number of objects that shaped the book, including a goldfish bowl and her mother’s pearls, as she tells the story behind her human rights journey. She reveals a dark secret from her childhood, talks about her second day at Liberty, on the 11th September 2001, and explains why our civil liberties matter more than ever. #PenguinPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2016-03-1644 min
Cumberland LodgeShami Chakrabarti on Common Values and the Human Rights ActShami Chakrabarti discusses Common Values and Human Rights
Cumberland Lodge www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk is the home of an educational charity, founded in 1947 to promote ethical discussion and cross-disciplinary collaboration
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2015-11-1951 minAutumn 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoConfronting Gender Inequality: findings from the LSE Commission on Gender, Inequality and PowerContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi, Anne Perkins | The LSE Commission on Gender, Inequality and Power will present their findings at this public debate, and copies of the Final Report will be available for attendees. Examining persisting inequalities between women and men in the UK, the Commission has focused on the media, the economic sphere, political life, and the legal profession. Commission findings on current gender inequalities and ways forward will be debated by the high-profile panel and with the audience. How interconnected are inequalities in these sites? How will austerity policies impact on gender inequality? And what can be...
2015-10-131h 27Autumn 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfConfronting Gender Inequality: findings from the LSE Commission on Gender, Inequality and PowerContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi, Anne Perkins | The LSE Commission on Gender, Inequality and Power will present their findings at this public debate, and copies of the Final Report will be available for attendees. Examining persisting inequalities between women and men in the UK, the Commission has focused on the media, the economic sphere, political life, and the legal profession. Commission findings on current gender inequalities and ways forward will be debated by the high-profile panel and with the audience. How interconnected are inequalities in these sites? How will austerity policies impact on gender inequality? And what can be...
2015-10-131h 27Autumn 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfOn Liberty: a conversation with Shami ChakrabartiContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti | To mark the paperback release of On Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti will be in conversation with Conor Gearty and taking questions from the audience and Twitter. You can send your questions via Twitter to @LSELaw using #LSEShami. In On Liberty Shami explores why our fundamental rights and freedoms are paramount in upholding democracy, and how they are coming under unprecedented pressure today. Since 9/11 governments have decided that human and civil rights, and the rule of law, are often too costly, and have offered an apparently simple trade-off: greater security in exchange for less freedom. Drawing on her...
2015-10-061h 28Autumn 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoOn Liberty: a conversation with Shami ChakrabartiContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti | To mark the paperback release of On Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti will be in conversation with Conor Gearty and taking questions from the audience and Twitter. You can send your questions via Twitter to @LSELaw using #LSEShami. In On Liberty Shami explores why our fundamental rights and freedoms are paramount in upholding democracy, and how they are coming under unprecedented pressure today. Since 9/11 governments have decided that human and civil rights, and the rule of law, are often too costly, and have offered an apparently simple trade-off: greater security in exchange for less freedom. Drawing on her...
2015-10-061h 28
2015 Edinburgh International Book FestivalShami Chakrabarti at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)'The Most Dangerous Woman in Britain'<br />
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A day after Shami Chakrabarti joined the campaigning organisation Liberty, New York’s Twin Towers were attacked. Ever since, she has fought a passionate campaign for human rights in the face of ASBOs, control orders and the War on Terror. In her book On Liberty, Chakrabarti argues that national security should never compromise human rights and vows to continue the battle against violations such as slavery and gender inequality. Chaired by Kate Mosse.<br />
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Part of our Human Rights Now series of events.
2015-08-2600 min
Edinburgh International Book FestivalShami Chakrabarti with Kate Mosse (2015 Event)
A day after Shami Chakrabarti joined the campaigning organisation Liberty, New York’s Twin Towers were attacked. Ever since, she has fought a passionate campaign for human rights in the face of ASBOs, control orders and the War on Terror. In her book On Liberty, Chakrabarti argues that national security should never compromise human rights and vows to continue the battle against violations such as slavery and gender inequality. She discusses her work and campaigning with acclaimed author Kate Mosse in an event recorded live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
2015-08-2200 minSummer 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfRhetoric and Reality: from Magna Carta to human rights todayContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Professor Francesca Klug | The Magna Carta, sealed in 1215, has come to stand for the rule of law, curbs on executive power and the freedom to enjoy basic liberties. When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, it was heralded as 'a Magna Carta for all human-kind'. Yet in the year in which this medieval Charter's 800th birthday is widely celebrated, the future of the UK's commitment to international human rights standards is in doubt. Why is it that features which are lauded as ‘totemic’ in the Magna Carta are condemned as ‘...
2015-06-101h 25Summer 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoRhetoric and Reality: from Magna Carta to human rights todayContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Professor Francesca Klug | The Magna Carta, sealed in 1215, has come to stand for the rule of law, curbs on executive power and the freedom to enjoy basic liberties. When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, it was heralded as 'a Magna Carta for all human-kind'. Yet in the year in which this medieval Charter's 800th birthday is widely celebrated, the future of the UK's commitment to international human rights standards is in doubt. Why is it that features which are lauded as ‘totemic’ in the Magna Carta are condemned as ‘...
2015-06-101h 25
Book Slam PodcastBook Slam Podcast 73 (with Shami Chakrabarti, Chimène Suleyman, Jagaara and Laura Bates)The 73rd and, by all accounts, final Book Slam Podcast finds sisters doing it for themselves and the rest of us too. It features poetry from the brilliant CHIMENE SULEYMAN, ace music from JAGAARA, and SHAMI CHAKRABARTI introducing us to 'On Liberty' - simply essential. There's our hero SALENA GODDEN reading from her exceptional memoir, 'Springfield Road', and we close with the estimable LAURA BATES issuing a rallying cry from her book, 'Everyday Sexism'. Patrick's waxing melancholic, Elliott's waxing his car.
2015-06-0341 min
My Classical FavouritesShami ChakrabartiThis week's interview with our guest, the human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti.
2014-09-2650 min
A Good ReadShami Chakrabarti and Monica AliShami Chakrabarti, director of human rights organisation Liberty, and Monica Ali, author of Brick Lane, talk about their favourite reads with Harriett Gilbert. Books under discussion are Evelyn Waugh's satire on the Anglo-American relationship staged in and around an LA funeral business, The Loved One, Rachel Holmes' biography of Eleanor Marx, and the children's classic, Charlotte's Web. Conversation ranges from our attitudes to death, to strong women who make bad relationship choices, to what makes great children's literature.
Producer Sally Heaven.
2014-07-2124 min
The Tanner LecturesHuman Rights as Human ValuesMs Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty and Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University delivers this lecture on Human Rights as part of the Tanner Lecture Series at the University Museum Oxford 15th May 2014 The purpose of the Tanner Lectures is to advance and reflect upon the scholarly and scientific learning relating to human values. This intention embraces the entire range of values pertinent to the human condition, interest, behaviour, and aspiration. Appointment as a Tanner lecturer is a recognition for uncommon achievement and outstanding abilities in the field of human values. The lecturers may be elicited from philosophy, religion, the humanities...
2014-06-181h 08
The Tanner LecturesHuman Rights as Human ValuesMs Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty and Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University delivers this lecture on Human Rights as part of the Tanner Lecture Series at the University Museum Oxford 15th May 2014 The purpose of the Tanner Lectures is to advance and reflect upon the scholarly and scientific learning relating to human values. This intention embraces the entire range of values pertinent to the human condition, interest, behaviour, and aspiration. Appointment as a Tanner lecturer is a recognition for uncommon achievement and outstanding abilities in the field of human values. The lecturers may be elicited from philosophy, religion, the humanities...
2014-06-181h 08Summer 2014 | Public lectures and events | VideoThe State of Freedom in BritainContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Professor Nicola Lacey | The British like to believe they are free, but after Snowden, Miranda and the “war on terror”, how true can this be? Are most of us free while those who seek change discover a tenuous grip on freedom? Shami Chakrabarti is director of Liberty. Nicola Lacey is LSE School Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE AV Services (Audio Recording).
2014-06-031h 31Summer 2014 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe State of Freedom in BritainContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Professor Nicola Lacey | The British like to believe they are free, but after Snowden, Miranda and the “war on terror”, how true can this be? Are most of us free while those who seek change discover a tenuous grip on freedom? Shami Chakrabarti is director of Liberty. Nicola Lacey is LSE School Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE AV Services (Audio Recording).
2014-06-031h 312014 | LSE Public lectures and events | VideoThe State of Freedom in BritainContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Professor Nicola Lacey | The British like to believe they are free, but after Snowden, Miranda and the “war on terror”, how true can this be? Are most of us free while those who seek change discover a tenuous grip on freedom? Shami Chakrabarti is director of Liberty. Nicola Lacey is LSE School Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE AV Services (Audio Recording).
2014-06-031h 312014 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe State of Freedom in BritainContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Professor Nicola Lacey | The British like to believe they are free, but after Snowden, Miranda and the “war on terror”, how true can this be? Are most of us free while those who seek change discover a tenuous grip on freedom? Shami Chakrabarti is director of Liberty. Nicola Lacey is LSE School Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE AV Services (Audio Recording).
2014-06-031h 31
The Scottish Independence PodcastScotIndyPod 38 - Human RightsFor the 38th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast, I am reproducing a talk given by Shami Chakrabarti from the campaign group Liberty. This talk is reproduced with the kind permission of Liverpool John Moores University. It comes from their Roscoe lecture series.The reason I am reproducing this talk is that with Cameron himself suggesting the UK may have to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights a month or so ago, these become important issues not just globally, but also in the upcoming referendum.Chakrabarti was once, for the hideous crime of sticking...
2013-11-1540 min
Woman's Hour Power List 2014 – Game ChangersHow to be a Powerful Woman FilmsHow to be a Powerful Woman - a series of Woman's Hour Power List films are launched in this live programme, presented by Jane Garvey, from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House.
Artist Tracey Emin, paralympian and Life Peer Tanni Grey Thompson, Liberty Director Shami Chakrabarti and MOBO's Kanya King are some of the powerlisters featured in the films. They share their experiences, advice and philosophy for a successful working life.
In the programme we'll take a look at some of the barriers women still face in the workplace. We'll examine how to raise girls' aspirations so they choose...
2013-07-0242 min
Editorial Intelligence PodcastsWhat Connects Us Part 1Adjudicators: Ben Page and Baroness Helena Kennedy QC.
Witnesses: Shami Chakrabarti; David Fenton and Rt Hon Douglas Carswell MP.
Part of the Names Not Numbers 2013 symposium
www.namesnotnumbers.com
2013-03-2541 min
My Own ShakespeareShami ChakrabartiLawyer Shami Chakrabarti chooses Isabella's speech from Measure for Measure (Act 2 Scene 2) as the piece of Shakespeare that inspired her most. Reader: Hattie Morahan.
2012-05-2202 minSpring 2012 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfCitizens' Privileges or Human Rights? The Great Bill of Rights SwindleContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti | New Labour arguably left Britain more comfortable in its diversity and better protected by anti-discrimination law. Equal treatment for gay people advanced significantly and the Human Rights Act provides a modern Bill of Rights for everyone in the Kingdom. Curiously however, parallel laws dishonoured these values in thought, word and deed. Home affairs hyperactivity left ours a less friendly country in which to seek asylum, dissent or even be young. The Coalition bound itself together with "civil liberties" and quickly reversed some excesses of the previous decade. Last year's "Arab Spring saw it promote human rights...
2012-03-201h 27Spring 2012 | Public lectures and events | VideoCitizens' Privileges or Human Rights? The Great Bill of Rights SwindleContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti | New Labour arguably left Britain more comfortable in its diversity and better protected by anti-discrimination law. Equal treatment for gay people advanced significantly and the Human Rights Act provides a modern Bill of Rights for everyone in the Kingdom. Curiously however, parallel laws dishonoured these values in thought, word and deed. Home affairs hyperactivity left ours a less friendly country in which to seek asylum, dissent or even be young. The Coalition bound itself together with "civil liberties" and quickly reversed some excesses of the previous decade. Last year's "Arab Spring saw it promote human rights...
2012-03-201h 27
Start the WeekJustice: with Simon Stephens, John Podmore, Shami Chakrabarti and Mike HoughAndrew Marr explores the idea of Justice on Start the Week. In a satire on the International Criminal Tribunal, the playwright Simon Stephens, asks how far such a court can deal with perpetrators of terrible crimes, when the accused neither recognises its authority, or shares its morality. Closer to home John Podmore looks back at 25 years as a prison governor and inspector, in a damning indictment on Britain's prison service. The criminologist Mike Hough asks why people obey the law, and questions whether the threat of punishment is ever a deterrent. And the director of Liberty Shami Chakrabarti defends...
2012-01-2342 min
A History of the World in 100 ObjectsHockney's In the Dull VillageThis week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is examining the forces that helped shape our way of life and ways of thinking today. He began with the political revolution that exploded In Russia in the 1920s and today he moves on to the sexual revolution of the 1960s. He explores the emergence of legally enshrined human rights and the status of sexuality around the world. He tells the story with the aid of a David Hockney print, one of a series that was made in 1966 as the decriminalisation of homosexuality was being planned, at least in Britain. We...
2010-10-1913 min
The Guardian UK Culture PodcastWhitechapel takeover: Mark Titchner on the art of libertyTo celebrate the reopening of the Whitechapel gallery, artist Mark Titchner explores the relationship between art and freedom. Here, he talks to AC Grayling, Shami Chakrabarti and Jason Horsley about the role art plays in an increasingly restricted society
2009-04-0914 minAutumn 2008 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfHuman Rights Day Event: The Right of Rights 1948-2008Contributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Jonathan Cooper, Professor Conor Gearty, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Professor Francesca Klug, Professor Peter Townsend | To mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this fun yet challenging event will ask which is the greatest right.
2008-12-041h 25
Desert Island DiscsShami ChakrabartiKirsty Young's castaway this week is the director of Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti. A pithy and incisive speaker, she is rarely out of the media spotlight and has been voted 'one of our most inspiring political figures'. She joined Liberty the day before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and, as the events unfolded on the television screens, it was, she says, impossible to predict just how much they would shape the civil rights debate in the years that followed. For her, it was not just a matter of philosophical or political principle - her son was born soon after the...
2008-11-0236 min
Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010Shami ChakrabartiKirsty Young's castaway this week is the director of Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti. A pithy and incisive speaker, she is rarely out of the media spotlight and has been voted 'one of our most inspiring political figures'. She joined Liberty the day before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and, as the events unfolded on the television screens, it was, she says, impossible to predict just how much they would shape the civil rights debate in the years that followed. For her, it was not just a matter of philosophical or political principle - her son was born soon after the...
2008-11-0236 min
Inheritance TracksShami ChakrabartiShami Chakrabarti: Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong; I Wish I Knew How - Nina Simone
2008-07-1207 min