IMPACTUM in CONTEXT the Podcast is a space dedicated to discussing and learning about human rights from a multidisciplinary, multicultural, and contextual perspective.
In the episodes, Prof Dr Clara Burbano Herrera talks to academics, experts, and members of human rights organisations about the most current human rights issues through a critical and constructive lens. This is a bilingual podcast, with episodes in English or Spanish, depending on the expert interviewed.
The podcast is hosted by Prof Dr Clara Burbano Herrera who is assisted by Mr Yves De Mol.*
The podcast is produced by the Programme for Studies on Human Rights in Context and the IMPACTUM ERC research team.
*Season 1 of the Podcast was hosted by Prof Dr Clara Burbano Herrera and Ms Kate Murphy.
Credits music
Song: Clara
Composers: Yesid De La Rivera - Andres Miranda
Year: 1998
Colombian artists
Thanks to the European Research Council (ERC) and UGent Team Multimedia.
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Season 3
Episode 32
Minister of Justice
Guest: Jorge Iván Cuervo
Colombia
May 2026 I Spanish
Episode 31
Women's Prison in Pereira - Colombia
Guest: Terri Rodriguez
Head of Surveillance
April 2026 I Spanish
Episode 30
Women's Prison in Bucaramanga Colombia
Guest: Dr Teresa Villamizar
Prison Director
March 2026 I Spanish
Episode 29
Women's Penitentiary of Villa Cristina, Armenia - Colombia
Guest: Tatiana Jimenez
Prison Director
February 2026 I Spanish
Episode 28
The Role of the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (INPEC) in Colombia
Guest: Capitán Nelson Cano
Director Prison Research Department
January 2026 I Spanish
Episode 27
Dejusticia 20 years
Guest: Prof Dr Diana Guzmán
Director Dejusticia
December 2025 I Spanish
Episode 26
Prisons in Colombia
Guest: Judge Guillermo Burbano
November 2025 I Spanish
Episode 25
Manuela v El Salvador
Guest: Dr Carmen Martínez
Director Centre for Reproductive Rights
October 2025 I Spanish
Episode 24
Unwanted pregnancies
Human Rights Committee
Guest: Dr Carmen Martínez
Director Centre for Reproductive Rights
September 2025 I Spanish
Season 2
Episode 23
The African Human Rights System
Guest: Prof Dr Frans Viljoen
Former Director Human Rights Centre, Pretoria University
July 2025 I English
Episode 22
Mandatory Pre-Trial Detention in Mexico
Guests: Prof Dr James Cavallaro & Sofia Galvan
Former President Inter-American Commission on HRs & University Network for Human Rights
June 2025 I Spanish
Episode 21
RIDHE & Its role in promoting human rights in the Americas
Guest: Elektra Lagos
Director RIDHE
May 2025 I Spanish
Episode 20
Super Max Prisons & their implications for human rights in the Americas
Guest: Prof Dr Libardo Ariza
Universidad de Los Andes
April 2025 I Spanish
Episode 19
The Jurisdiction Special for Peace
Guest: Justice Oscar Parra
Judge Jurisdiction Special for Peace, Colombia
March 2025 I Spanish
Episode 18
The Inter-American Court of HRs & its role in the Protection of Human Rights
Guest: Dr Jorge Errandonea
Senior Staff Attorney, Inter-American Court of Human Rights
February 2025 I Spanish
Episode 17
Prisons and the Colombian Constitutional Court
Guest: Prof Dr Juan Pablo Uribe
Adviser Minister of Justice, Colombia
January 2025 I Spanish
Episode 16
Prisons and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR)
Guest: Dr Pablo Saavedra Alessandri
Secretary, IACtHR, Costa Rica
December 2024 I Spanish
Episode 15
Prisons and Legal Clinics
Guest: Dr Valentina Diaz Moya I Director Legal Clinic, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
November 2024 I Spanish
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Episode 14
The Colombian Ombudsman
Guest: Dr Luis Andres Fajardo Arturo,
Former Colombian Ombudsman
October 2024 I Spanish
Episode 13
Ius Constitutionale Commune
Guest: Prof Mariela Morales, Max Planck Institute
September 2024 I Spanish
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Season 1
Episode 12
Guantanamo Bay II
Guest: Mr Mansoor Adayfi and Ms Beth Jacobs
July 2024 I English
Episode 11
Guantanamo Bay
Guest: Mr Mansoor Adayfi and Ms Beth Jacobs
June 2024 I English
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Episode 10
Special Rapporteurs and Detainees
Guest: Ms Fionnuala Ni Aolain
May 2024 I English
Episode 9
Prisons and Latin-America
Guest: Mr Daniel Cerqueira
April 2024 I Spanish
Episode 8
Prisons and Democracy
Guest: Mr Daniel Cerqueira
March 2024 I Spanish
Episode 7
Prisons and Torture
Guest: Prof Par Engstrom
February 2024 I English
Episode 6
Prisons and National Human Rights Institutions
Guest: Prof Dr Par Engstrom
January 2024 I English
Episode 5
Prisons in the Americas (Part 2)
Guest: Prof Sofia Galvan
December 2023 I Spanish
Episode 4
Prisons in the Americas (Part 1)
Guest: Prof Sofia Galvan
November 2023 I Spanish
Episode 3
LGBTQI+ People Deprived of Liberty
Guest: Prof Dr Pauline Jacobs
October 2023 I English
Episode 2
Persons Deprived of Liberty and the Sub-committee for the Prevention of Torture
Guest: Dr Maria Luisa Romero
September 2023 I Spanish
Episode 1
Meet the Hosts
Prof Dr Clara Burbano Herrera & Ms Kate Murphy
August 2023 I Spanish
