Rights gone wrong? Peggy Hicks, director at the UN Human Rights Office

Seventy years after the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, in many parts of the world, it’s still a declaration rather than a lived reality. And that’s not only because upholding human rights is hard work for many societies, but also because of the hypocrisy and the politics associated with the issue. How can the divide between practicing and preaching be bridged? To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Peggy Hicks, a director at the UN Human Rights Office.

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