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my guest today is kenneth roth, just retired after 30 years leading the campaign group human rights watch. hes been banned in a host of countries. is it time to acknowledge his brand of human rights campaigning isnt working? kenneth roth in cambridge, massachusetts. welcome to hardtalk. great to be back, stephen. its good to be with you. its good to have you on the show. it is indeed quite something, leading one of the worlds highest profile human rights advocacy groups for some three ...

elegant dinners. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. across the world, workers are finding their living standards squeezed by rising inflation. for some, its not so much a squeeze as decapitation. technological change is driving job cuts in a host of industries. kenneth roth in cambridge, massachusetts. welcome to hardtalk. great to be back, stephen. its good to be with you. its good to have you on the show. it is indeed quite something, leading one of th...

oppression are stronger. my guest today is kenneth roth, just retired after 30 years leading the campaign group human rights watch. hes been banned in a host of countries. is it time to acknowledge his brand of human rights campaigning isnt working? kenneth roth in cambridge, massachusetts. welcome to hardtalk. great to be back, stephen. its good to be with you. its good to have you on the show. it is indeed quite something, leading one of the worlds highest profile human rights advoca...

declared in five regions, including auckland. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. across the world, freedom and democracy are in retreat. almost a third of the worlds people live under authoritarian rule. that number is rising and that has grave implications for basic human rights. its not that liberal democracies cant be abusive of rights, but generally their safeguards against oppression are stronger. my guest today is kenneth roth, just retired after 3...

To say were neutral or we dont really care what kind of government is there, no, thats not true. you know, we want a government that fully respects human rights, and by definition, thats a democracy, its not an autocracy. so thats what i mean, this concept of neutrality in a war context doesnt mean were neutral about whether theres democracy or not. we want democracy. understood. what about defining certain leaders and commanders as warcriminals? again, its a very active conversation because vla...

Rights, and by definition, thats a democracy, its not an autocracy. so thats what i mean, this concept of neutrality in a war context doesnt mean were neutral about whether theres democracy or not. we want democracy. understood. what about defining certain leaders and commanders as warcriminals? again, its a very active conversation because vladimir putin is seen by some to be a war criminal, or perhaps better put, as a man who needs to be tried in a court for war crimes. would human rights watc...

Or we dont really care what kind of government is there, no, thats not true. you know, we want a government that fully respects human rights, and by definition, thats a democracy, its not an autocracy. so thats what i mean, this concept of neutrality in a war context doesnt mean were neutral about whether theres democracy or not. we want democracy. understood. what about defining certain leaders and commanders as warcriminals? again, its a very active conversation because vladimir putin is seen ...

To respect humanitarian law. sure, but the ukrainians were only firing from civilian areas because their civilian areas were being attacked and indeed occupied by the russian military. but what youre doing, youre getting into the substance of the report, and im not prepared to get into those details here. but thats very different from attacking the principle. amnesty was completely right on the principle to report on both sides. human rights watch does that as well. now, if i could, let me come ...