How can human rights counter populist authoritarianism?
Channel: Migration Matters
Date: 03/07/2019

What are human rights and how can we harness them to stop the growth of populist authoritarianism? Policy analyst Israel Butler from Civil Liberties Union for Europe shares suggestions for what government and civil society can do. 

This video was produced by the non-profit organization Migration Matters and is part of “RETHINK POPULISM,” a series comprised of 13 bite-sized videos that equip you with nuanced perspectives on the controversial topic of populism and its links to democracy, diversity, and human rights in Europe and Turkey. 

This series was originally produced by Migration Matters e.V. for an Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange that invites refugees and non-refugee students from all over Europe and the Southern Mediterranean to learn together in an interactive, online classroom. These videos have been produced under a contract with the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, financed by the European Union’s budget. The opinions expressed are those of the contractor and do not represent the contracting authority’s official position.

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Editorial & production: Sophia Burton, Bernadette Klausberger, Kelly Miller
Camera & sound: Marcus Lauterbach
Edited by: Karoline Schulz
Graphics by: Anna van Odijk
Music by: Justin Wright
French subtitling by: Alice Falourd
Arabic subtitling by: Ibrahim Fayyad 
Additional research by: Romy St John
Produced by: Migration Matters e.V. 2019

Special thanks to: 
Forum MIDEM
Civil Liberties Union for Europe
OFF University
Michael Geissler / Hotel Rossi
Sébastien Saris / Wagner Bistro 
Merle Jothe
Jasmin Stark