Interview with José Aranaz, Representative and Director at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva

In this episode, Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé and Thomas Juneau speak with José Aranaz, Representative and Director at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva and former Director of the Joint United Nations Office for Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has worked in Sudan, Iraq, Bosnia, Croatia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Guatemala, East Timor and Venezuela. We discuss the challenges of promoting human rights, the role of local authorities, the United States, Venezuela, Iraq, the impact of COVID and the future of human rights’ promotion.