Nigel Rodley's guest appearances

Nigel Rodley

Last Word

The University of Essex Podcast

Derek Walcott

John Haynes

Beryl Vertue

Wendy Beckett

Charles Jencks

Robert Hardy

Terry Wogan

Margaret Rhodes

Andrea Levy

David Jones

Philip French

Sam Shepard

Yogi Berra

Gene Wilder

Michael Oliver

OwlTail

Sir Cosmo Haskard

Louise Hulton

Pete Overend Watts

Matthew Bannister on The human rights lawyer Sir Nigel Rodley. He helped to draft the United Nations Convention Against Torture and became its special rapporteur on the issue. Pete Overend Watts, the bass player from Mott the Hoople. His platform soled boots were so high that if he fell over on stage he needed a roadie to put him back on his feet again. Louise Hulton the maternal health expert who worked tirelessly to improve conditions for childbirth around the world.And Sir Cosmo Haskard, the colourful Governor of the Falkland Islands, who helped to stop the Labour government from handing them to Argentina in the 1960s. Producer: Neil George.

Matthew Bannister on The human rights lawyer Sir Nigel Rodley. He helped to draft the United Nations Convention Against Torture and became its special rapporteur on the issue. Pete Overend Watts, the bass player from Mott the Hoople. His platform soled boots were so high that if he fell over on stage he needed a roadie to put him back on his feet again. Louise Hulton the maternal health expert who worked tirelessly to improve conditions for childbirth around the world. And Sir Cosmo Haskard, the colourful Governor of the Falkland Islands, who helped to stop the Labour government from handing them to Argentina in the 1960s. Producer: Neil George.

Sir Nigel Rodley, Sir Cosmo Haskard, Louise Hulton, Pete Overend Watts

Shortly after the start of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, Professor Sir Nigel Rodley, Chair of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex visited the country. He was United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and was asked to go to Rwanda as part of a joint UN mission. Here he describes what he saw and recorded alongside his thoughts on how attitudes to intervention have changed since the Rwandan Genocide.

Rwanda genocide 20 years on: Professor Sir Nigel Rodley

In the latest interview with our Essex academics who have contributed chapters to the Routledge Handbook of International Human Rights Law, Professor Sir Nigel Rodley explains the role of non-state actors and how he thinks individual governments should take greater responsibility for administering justice within their own countries. Find out more: http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=6118

In the latest interview with our Essex academics who have contributed chapters to the Routledge Handbook of International Human Rights Law, Professor Sir Nigel Rodley explains the role of non-state actors and how he thinks individual governments should take greater responsibility for administering justice within their own countries. Find out more: <a href="http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=6118" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=6118</a>

Professor Sir Nigel Rodley talks about the role of non-state actors and human rights