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Moments of Clarity is a podcast hosted by Matthew Sortino and Toby Kent. Through analytical, honest and uplifting conversations, Matt and Toby delve into the personal and professional lives of a diverse range of guests. They garner the vision, expertise, as well as the more everyday qualities of those who align their values and their actions. In cutting through the noise of a world overloaded with information and disinformation, they are also willing to engage with those whose values may not immediately align with their own. It makes for an insightful and entertaining mix.
S3 E14 - ’Health, Harm Reduction and Human Rights’ with Damon Barrett
Moments of Clarity
1 hour 23 minutes 49 seconds
2 years ago
S3 E14 - ’Health, Harm Reduction and Human Rights’ with Damon Barrett
Today's guest on Moments of Clarity is Damon Barrett. Damon has been working on issues related to health and human rights for over 15 years, focusing mostly on drugs and harm reduction. He is a senior lecturer at the School of Global Studies, and a researcher at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is also a co-Director of the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, which he co-founded in 2009.
Prior to entering academia Damon was Deputy Director of Harm Reduction International, based in London. His most recent book, Child Rights and Drug Control in International Law was published by Brill/Martinus Nijhoff in 2020. Since 2016 Damon has been part of the core drafting team for the International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy. The project has aimed to apply decades of developments in human rights law to global drug control.
Links:
https://brill.com/display/title/55876
www.humanrights-drugpolicy.org
https://www.gu.se/en/about/find-staff/damonbarrett
Damon Barrett: Child rights in global drug policy: From justification to accountability - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibwDHhFcoxE
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/damon-barrett/
Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy - https://twitter.com/hrdp2
Time Stamps
0:00 - 23:51 Introduction with Matt and Toby
23:52 - 48:30 Part 1 with Damon Barrett
48:31 - 82:35 Part 2 with Damon Barrett
82:36 - 83:49 Outro
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Moments of Clarity
Moments of Clarity is a podcast hosted by Matthew Sortino and Toby Kent. Through analytical, honest and uplifting conversations, Matt and Toby delve into the personal and professional lives of a diverse range of guests. They garner the vision, expertise, as well as the more everyday qualities of those who align their values and their actions. In cutting through the noise of a world overloaded with information and disinformation, they are also willing to engage with those whose values may not immediately align with their own. It makes for an insightful and entertaining mix.
