And the Pursuit of Human Rights – Details, episodes & analysis

Continuing with the bodies of the UN, episode 7 dives into the Human Rights council, their work and members, and how you can make a differences in human rights through a complaint.

As always, more information can be found on the UN website: https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc/home

Our first episode diving into the workings of the UN. The General Assembly begins their 80th session today, September 9th, 2025.

We've said it enough: now that you know, you can do something to fix it. But what does that look like? Today's episode features two guest stars from Franklin County, PA Indivisible; an organization dedicated to mutual aid and human rights in their community.

Featuring: Katelyn and Heather

For more information about Indivisible:

Instagram: @Indivisbleteam and @franklincountryindivisble

Facebook: Franklin County Indivisible

Bluesky: @fcipa.bsky.social

Online: https://indivisible.org/

On this episode we dive into the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and how women's rights go so much further than the basics.

In this episode, we talk about the horrible statistics behind the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women epidemic in the US, Canada, and Australia. If you or someone you know needs resources regarding domestic violence, sexual abuse, or a mental health crisis please call these numbers or visit the websites below:

US:

Domestic Abuse Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 or text "START" to 88788

- Native Americans can also call 1-844-762-8483

Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988

Canada:

Information For Everyone- visit https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html

For Indigenous People - visit https://www.hopeforwellness.ca/ or call 1-855-242-3310

Australia:

For Everyone - visit https://www.dss.gov.au/help-and-support-ending-violence or call 1800 737 732

For Indigenous people to connect with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter - visit https://www.13yarn.org.au/ or call 13 92 76

Welcome back to episode 3 where we're going to touch on everyone's favorite topic: cruel and unusual punishment (otherwise known as Torture). Obviously a big trigger warning as we'll be discussing two different situations involving torture in this episode to bring awareness to the Convention Against Torture

In this episode we're going to talk about arbitrary detention

(Article 9, section 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.)

Welcome to the very first episode of And the Pursuit of Human Rights. In this episode we'll be introducing ourselves, our mission, and the foundations of your human rights.