<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/915097/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>On Inside Geneva this week: who are the peacemakers?“Women are completely absent in high-level politics and from high-level peacemaking at the moment. However, this is only the visible part. Our focus has been so much on US President Donald Trump,” says Sara Hellmüller, professor of International Relations at the Geneva Graduate Institute. Two peace experts, both women, give us their take.“Traditionally, we have seen a low representation of women as mediators. There is a systemic issue inherent in how we understand peace processes, in which women are excluded,” says Hiba Qasas, executive director of the Principles for Peace organisation. Can a few men in suits create real sustainable peace? Is there a role for women?“Women are still working for peace every day in different conflict contexts. They are still involved in peace processes. Maybenot at the kind of transactional, deal‑making level that Trump is engaged in, and that the media mostly focuses on, but these activities have not simply stopped,” says Hellmüller. So is there a recipe for peacemaking?“It is very hard to say there is a blueprint. I don’t believe in blueprints. I don’t believe in toolboxes. I believe that peace is a much broader concept than political peace, and that it needs to be felt and experienced by people,” says Qasas.Join host Imogen Foulkes on Inside Geneva to listen to the full interview. Get in touch!<ul><li>Email us at <a href='mailto:insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch'>insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch</a></li><li>Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en</li></ul>Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter.  For more stories on the<a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/international-geneva/'> international Geneva </a>please visit <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/'>www.swissinfo.ch/</a> Host: <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/imogen-foulkes/'>Imogen Foulkes </a>Production assitant: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairemarie4ba1ab16a/'>Claire-Marie Germain</a> Distribution: <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/sara-pasino/'>Sara Pasino</a> Marketing: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/xin-zhang-70327481/'>Xin Zhang</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/915097/fan_mail/new"&gt;Send us Fan Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Inside Geneva this week: who are the peacemakers?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Women are completely absent in high-level politics and from high-level peacemaking at the moment. However, this is only the visible part. Our focus has been so much on US President Donald Trump,” says Sara Hellmüller, professor of International Relations at the Geneva Graduate Institute. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two peace experts, both women, give us their take.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Traditionally, we have seen a low representation of women as mediators. There is a systemic issue inherent in how we understand peace processes, in which women are excluded,” says Hiba Qasas, executive director of the Principles for Peace organisation. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can a few men in suits create real sustainable peace? Is there a role for women?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Women are still working for peace every day in different conflict contexts. They are still involved in peace processes. Maybenot at the kind of transactional, deal‑making level that Trump is engaged in, and that the media mostly focuses on, but these activities have not simply stopped,” says Hellmüller. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So is there a recipe for peacemaking?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“It is very hard to say there is a blueprint. I don’t believe in blueprints. I don’t believe in toolboxes. I believe that peace is a much broader concept than political peace, and that it needs to be felt and experienced by people,” says Qasas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Join host Imogen Foulkes on Inside Geneva to listen to the full interview. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Get in touch!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Email us at &lt;a href='mailto:insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch'&gt;insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;For more stories on the&lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/international-geneva/'&gt; international Geneva &lt;/a&gt;please visit &lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/'&gt;www.swissinfo.ch/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Host: &lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/imogen-foulkes/'&gt;Imogen Foulkes&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Production assitant: &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairemarie4ba1ab16a/'&gt;Claire-Marie Germain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Distribution: &lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/sara-pasino/'&gt;Sara Pasino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Marketing: &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/xin-zhang-70327481/'&gt;Xin Zhang&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us Fan Mail On Inside Geneva this week: who are the peacemakers? “Women are completely absent in high-level politics and from high-level peacemaking at the moment. However, this is only the visible part. Our focus has been so much on US President Donald Trump,” says Sara Hellmüller, professor of International Relations at the Geneva Graduate Institute.  Two peace experts, both women, give us their take. “Traditionally, we have seen a low representation of women as mediators. There i...

Inside Geneva: women in peace

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/915097/open_sms">Send a text</a>On Inside Geneva this week, we look at women fighting for justice.In 2017, Myanmar’s military launched an assault on the Rohingya population. Almost a million were displaced, there were reports of horrific violations: rape, the murder of children, including babies.“The accounts that affected me most are those of children. Now I’m a grandfather, I sit there and listen and I think of my own kids when they were young and my grandkids now. How can you not?,” says Chris Sidoti from the Myanmar fact-finding mission.The UN investigators who documented the evidence were shocked, but feared there would be no accountability.“They asked me for justice and when I asked them &apos;why are you here, why have you been waiting all day in the camps&apos;, many of them were not able to walk, they had not eaten and they wanted justice. And at that time, I really thought it would not be possible for justice to come,” says Antonia Mulvey from Legal Action Worldwide.But now, almost a decade later, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is hearing a case of genocide against Myanmar.“To see now, action in the ICJ: I still know how many years it’s going to take. I still know that the Myanmar butchers who are responsible for what happened may never individually be brought to justice. But I certainly live in hope that one day they will,” says Sidoti.Mulvey is at the ICJ, supporting women who are testifying about what happened. “If you were in that court, I can assure you, international law is alive and it is fighting very hard,” she says.Join host Imogen Foulkes on Inside Geneva.Get in touch! <ul> <li>Email us at <a href='mailto:insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch'>insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch</a> </li> <li>Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en</li> </ul> Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the<a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/international-geneva/'> international Geneva </a>please visit <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/'>www.swissinfo.ch/</a> Host: <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/imogen-foulkes/'>Imogen Foulkes </a>Production assitant: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairemarie4ba1ab16a/'>Claire-Marie Germain</a> Distribution: <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/sara-pasino/'>Sara Pasino</a> Marketing: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/xin-zhang-70327481/'>Xin Zhang</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/915097/open_sms"&gt;Send a text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Inside Geneva this week, we look at women fighting for justice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In 2017, Myanmar’s military launched an assault on the Rohingya population. Almost a million were displaced, there were reports of horrific violations: rape, the murder of children, including babies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“The accounts that affected me most are those of children. Now I’m a grandfather, I sit there and listen and I think of my own kids when they were young and my grandkids now. How can you not?,” says Chris Sidoti from the Myanmar fact-finding mission.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The UN investigators who documented the evidence were shocked, but feared there would be no accountability.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“They asked me for justice and when I asked them &amp;apos;why are you here, why have you been waiting all day in the camps&amp;apos;, many of them were not able to walk, they had not eaten and they wanted justice. And at that time, I really thought it would not be possible for justice to come,” says Antonia Mulvey from Legal Action Worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But now, almost a decade later, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is hearing a case of genocide against Myanmar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“To see now, action in the ICJ: I still know how many years it’s going to take. I still know that the Myanmar butchers who are responsible for what happened may never individually be brought to justice. But I certainly live in hope that one day they will,” says Sidoti.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mulvey is at the ICJ, supporting women who are testifying about what happened. “If you were in that court, I can assure you, international law is alive and it is fighting very hard,” she says.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Join host Imogen Foulkes on Inside Geneva.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Get in touch!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Email us at &lt;a href='mailto:insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch'&gt;insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;For more stories on the&lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/international-geneva/'&gt; international Geneva &lt;/a&gt;please visit &lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/'&gt;www.swissinfo.ch/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Host: &lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/imogen-foulkes/'&gt;Imogen Foulkes&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Production assitant: &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairemarie4ba1ab16a/'&gt;Claire-Marie Germain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Distribution: &lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/sara-pasino/'&gt;Sara Pasino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Marketing: &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/xin-zhang-70327481/'&gt;Xin Zhang&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send a text On Inside Geneva this week, we look at women fighting for justice. In 2017, Myanmar’s military launched an assault on the Rohingya population. Almost a million were displaced, there were reports of horrific violations: rape, the murder of children, including babies. “The accounts that affected me most are those of children. Now I’m a grandfather, I sit there and listen and I think of my own kids when they were young and my grandkids now. How can you not?,” says Chris Sidoti from t...

Inside Geneva: Myanmar, women and justice

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/915097/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>In August 2021, the Taliban took back control in Afghanistan. Women face unprecedented repression. They can’t go to school or work; public parks are banned to them; they are not allowed to speak or sing too loudly. Are we turning away?“This is the time for the international community and for other countries, especially the EU, to step in and to make sure they respond to the crisis in Afghanistan and stand with the women of Afghanistan and to do everything they can to protect their rights,” says Fereshta Abbasi, from Human Rights Watch.Diplomats in Geneva have backed a powerful UN fact-finding mission for Afghanistan.“As an ambassador, and as a woman, [I know that] women have fought for decades if not centuries for their rights, and I also personally do not want to see a back-peddling on those rights that we, and generations of brave women before us, have fought for for so long,” says Deike Potzel, EU Ambassador to the UN in Geneva. Women inside Afghanistan need to know there is support.“Women and girls in Afghanistan resist in ways that don’t form a single movement. It’s about 1,000 quiet and important uprisings and day-to-day revolutions: a resistance that is fierce and creative to show that they exist and that they will never accept that kind of domination,” says Sahar Fetrat, an Afghan campaigner for women’s rights.The fact-finding mission can gather evidence and hold Afghanistan’s government and individual Taliban leaders to account. But ordinary women across Europe can help too.“Here in Europe, in Geneva, we have the wonderful opportunity to actually make our voices heard and to be heard. So use that chance, get engaged. Open your eyes and then do something,” says Potzel. Join some inspiring women talking to Imogen Foulkes on Inside Geneva.Get in touch!<ul><li>Email us at <a href='mailto:insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch'>insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch</a></li><li>Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en</li></ul>Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter.  For more stories on the<a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/international-geneva/'> international Geneva </a>please visit <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/'>www.swissinfo.ch/</a> Host: <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/imogen-foulkes/'>Imogen Foulkes </a>Production assitant: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairemarie4ba1ab16a/'>Claire-Marie Germain</a> Distribution: <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/sara-pasino/'>Sara Pasino</a> Marketing: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/xin-zhang-70327481/'>Xin Zhang</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/915097/fan_mail/new"&gt;Send us Fan Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In August 2021, the Taliban took back control in Afghanistan. Women face unprecedented repression. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They can’t go to school or work; public parks are banned to them; they are not allowed to speak or sing too loudly. Are we turning away?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“This is the time for the international community and for other countries, especially the EU, to step in and to make sure they respond to the crisis in Afghanistan and stand with the women of Afghanistan and to do everything they can to protect their rights,” says Fereshta Abbasi, from Human Rights Watch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Diplomats in Geneva have backed a powerful UN fact-finding mission for Afghanistan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“As an ambassador, and as a woman, [I know that] women have fought for decades if not centuries for their rights, and I also personally do not want to see a back-peddling on those rights that we, and generations of brave women before us, have fought for for so long,” says Deike Potzel, EU Ambassador to the UN in Geneva. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Women inside Afghanistan need to know there is support.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Women and girls in Afghanistan resist in ways that don’t form a single movement. It’s about 1,000 quiet and important uprisings and day-to-day revolutions: a resistance that is fierce and creative to show that they exist and that they will never accept that kind of domination,” says Sahar Fetrat, an Afghan campaigner for women’s rights.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The fact-finding mission can gather evidence and hold Afghanistan’s government and individual Taliban leaders to account. But ordinary women across Europe can help too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Here in Europe, in Geneva, we have the wonderful opportunity to actually make our voices heard and to be heard. So use that chance, get engaged. Open your eyes and then do something,” says Potzel. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Join some inspiring women talking to Imogen Foulkes on Inside Geneva.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Get in touch!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Email us at &lt;a href='mailto:insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch'&gt;insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;For more stories on the&lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/international-geneva/'&gt; international Geneva &lt;/a&gt;please visit &lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/'&gt;www.swissinfo.ch/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Host: &lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/imogen-foulkes/'&gt;Imogen Foulkes&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Production assitant: &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairemarie4ba1ab16a/'&gt;Claire-Marie Germain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Distribution: &lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/sara-pasino/'&gt;Sara Pasino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Marketing: &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/xin-zhang-70327481/'&gt;Xin Zhang&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us Fan Mail In August 2021, the Taliban took back control in Afghanistan. Women face unprecedented repression.  They can’t go to school or work; public parks are banned to them; they are not allowed to speak or sing too loudly. Are we turning away? “This is the time for the international community and for other countries, especially the EU, to step in and to make sure they respond to the crisis in Afghanistan and stand with the women of Afghanistan and to do everything they can to p...

Inside Geneva: what justice means for women in Afghanistan

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/915097/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>On Inside Geneva this week, we unpick the divisive topic of migration and asylum. Why are some countries closing their doors?“In Europe we are seeing one country after another erect barbed wire around their country and around a continent,” says Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council.When does restricting immigration turn into human rights violation?“We believe it’s within the rights of any government to set immigration policies that they believe make sense for their country and electorate. But setting lawful immigration policies does not mean that you have the right to mistreat migrants,” says Philippe Bolopion, executive director at Human Rights Watch.Is immigration really a threat to our jobs or services?“Overall, most studies are clear that migrant workers are not in competition with national workers in the labour market. [...] In Western countries, the medical sector depends on migrant workers,” says Vincent Chetail from the Global Migration Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute.Why are some of us so angry about immigration?“We are reaching a peak in violent anti‑migrant rhetoric, which has nothing to do with reality,” continues Chetail.Many countries are cutting foreign aid and limiting immigration. A recipe for disaster? “If you want to live in a stable world without uncontrolled migration, pandemics and insecurity, then you invest in hope for people who have been displaced,” says Egeland.Join host Imogen Foulkes on Inside Geneva for the full interview.Get in touch!<ul><li>Email us at <a href='mailto:insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch'>insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch</a></li><li>Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en</li></ul>Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter.  For more stories on the<a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/international-geneva/'> international Geneva </a>please visit <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/'>www.swissinfo.ch/</a> Host: <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/imogen-foulkes/'>Imogen Foulkes </a>Production assitant: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairemarie4ba1ab16a/'>Claire-Marie Germain</a> Distribution: <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/sara-pasino/'>Sara Pasino</a> Marketing: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/xin-zhang-70327481/'>Xin Zhang</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/915097/fan_mail/new"&gt;Send us Fan Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Inside Geneva this week, we unpick the divisive topic of migration and asylum. Why are some countries closing their doors?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“In Europe we are seeing one country after another erect barbed wire around their country and around a continent,” says Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When does restricting immigration turn into human rights violation?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“We believe it’s within the rights of any government to set immigration policies that they believe make sense for their country and electorate. But setting lawful immigration policies does not mean that you have the right to mistreat migrants,” says Philippe Bolopion, executive director at Human Rights Watch.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is immigration really a threat to our jobs or services?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Overall, most studies are clear that migrant workers are not in competition with national workers in the labour market. [...] In Western countries, the medical sector depends on migrant workers,” says Vincent Chetail from the Global Migration Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why are some of us so angry about immigration?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“We are reaching a peak in violent anti‑migrant rhetoric, which has nothing to do with reality,” continues Chetail.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many countries are cutting foreign aid and limiting immigration. A recipe for disaster?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; “If you want to live in a stable world without uncontrolled migration, pandemics and insecurity, then you invest in hope for people who have been displaced,” says Egeland.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Join host Imogen Foulkes on Inside Geneva for the full interview.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Get in touch!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Email us at &lt;a href='mailto:insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch'&gt;insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;For more stories on the&lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/international-geneva/'&gt; international Geneva &lt;/a&gt;please visit &lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/'&gt;www.swissinfo.ch/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Host: &lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/imogen-foulkes/'&gt;Imogen Foulkes&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Production assitant: &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairemarie4ba1ab16a/'&gt;Claire-Marie Germain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Distribution: &lt;a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/sara-pasino/'&gt;Sara Pasino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Marketing: &lt;a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/xin-zhang-70327481/'&gt;Xin Zhang&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us Fan Mail On Inside Geneva this week, we unpick the divisive topic of migration and asylum. Why are some countries closing their doors? “In Europe we are seeing one country after another erect barbed wire around their country and around a continent,” says Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council. When does restricting immigration turn into human rights violation? “We believe it’s within the rights of any government to set immigration policies that they believe ma...

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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/915097/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>On Inside Geneva this week, we take an in-depth look at US President Donald Trump’s new ‘Board of Peace’. Experts on conflict resolution are sceptical.“The US circulated an invitation to about 60 countries to join a new board of peace that would not just focus on Gaza but would instead be a global conflict prevention organisation, complete with a pre-baked charter that looks a bit like President Trump took the protocols for a golf club in New Jersey,” says Richard Gowan from the International Crisis Group.Still, the new board could be a challenge to the United Nations (UN).“I don’t really think this is a credible international institution that will have the capacities of the UN, but I do think that it is a very worrying signal for the UN,” Gowan says.We also hear about a new report on growing disrespect for international law.“People only have to look around at the conflicts that they’re seeing today, and the extent of devastation both of civilian life and of civilian property, to know that we are in very bleak times. Disregard of international law is not new. What I think is new is the extent to which it’s being flouted,” says Stuart Casey-Maslen from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law.Are governments swapping international obligations for short-term political gain?“We look at what’s happened in Gaza. We see the destruction of hospitals in Sudan. We see that people do this and are not held to account. We have institutions, we have the International Criminal Court, but even there, there’s an attempt to undermine it. It becomes a political decision rather than simply a legal one: respect for the law,” says Casey-Maslen.Join host Imogen Foulkes on Inside Geneva to listen to the full episode.Get in touch!<ul><li>Email us at <a href='mailto:insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch'>insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch</a></li><li>Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en</li></ul>Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter.  For more stories on the<a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/international-geneva/'> international Geneva </a>please visit <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/'>www.swissinfo.ch/</a> Host: <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/imogen-foulkes/'>Imogen Foulkes </a>Production assitant: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairemarie4ba1ab16a/'>Claire-Marie Germain</a> Distribution: <a href='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/sara-pasino/'>Sara Pasino</a> Marketing: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/xin-zhang-70327481/'>Xin Zhang</a>

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