Backlash against human rights? by Democracy on Air published on 2016-07-15T08:02:28Z Democracy International and human rights at https://www.democracy-international.org/human-rights INTRO: Brexit, the refugee crisis in Europe, rising economic inequality and the possible election of Donald Trump as the next US President - these are hotly debated issues that might give us a reason to talk about a backlash against human rights and democracy these days. Though what's the situation in the individual countries around the world? In July 2016 people from all around the world gathered at the Venice Academy of Human Rights, a unique opportunity to ask whether they think there is this backlash against human rights or if any progress was made in the country in which they live. (Podcast initiated and produced by Cora Pfafferott, recorded in the Monastery of San Niccolo, Lido, Venice on 11 July 2016). Genre News & Politics