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Inside Geneva

Inside Geneva is a podcast about global politics, humanitarian issues, and international aid, hosted by journalist Imogen Foulkes. It is produced by SWI swissinfo.ch, a multilingual international public service media company from Switzerland.

Inside Geneva: women in peace

24 mins; March 31, 2026

Inside Geneva: Myanmar, women and justice

30 mins; March 17, 2026

Inside Geneva: what justice means for women in Afghanistan

30 mins; March 03, 2026

What’s our problem with immigration?

32 mins; February 17, 2026

The Board of Peace, war and impunity

39 mins; February 03, 2026

Can a science and diplomacy partnership save the world?

32 mins; January 20, 2026

Inside Geneva Special: A bonfire of international law

32 mins; January 13, 2026

Looking back at 2025, and looking forward to 2026

41 mins; January 06, 2026

Peace talks but the war grinds on

30 mins; December 23, 2025

Inside Geneva: Are we throwing away international law?

38 mins; December 09, 2025

Inside Geneva: is climate change the forgotten crisis?

31 mins; November 25, 2025

War and the press

37 mins; November 11, 2025

Taking the pulse of the UN at 80

42 mins; October 28, 2025

Are Democracies Copying Russia's Repressive Playbook?

30 mins; October 14, 2025

Inside Geneva’s final summer profile: ICRC physiotherapist Rieke Hayes

28 mins; September 30, 2025

Is the UN still relevant at 80?

30 mins; September 16, 2025

Inside Geneva’s Summer Profiles: Stéphane Jaquemet

30 mins; September 02, 2025

Inside Geneva’s Summer Profiles: the Red Cross Museum

25 mins; August 19, 2025

Inside Geneva's Summer Profiles: Rachael Cummings in Gaza

30 mins; August 05, 2025

Inside Geneva's Summer Profiles: A Conversation with international lawyer Dapo Akande

27 mins; July 22, 2025

Special announcement: Summer Profile 2025 is out now

2 mins; July 08, 2025

Inside Geneva's Summer Profiles: Tammam Aloudat

32 mins; July 08, 2025

War, Peace and Cake: The World in 2025

42 mins; June 24, 2025

Gaza's Aid Crisis: The Failed Militarization of Humanitarian Relief

32 mins; June 10, 2025

Inside Geneva: pandemics and climate change, can multilateralism still work?

32 mins; May 27, 2025

Toxic masculinity and the rollback of gender equality

32 mins; May 13, 2025

Women, girls and cuts to humanitarian aid

43 mins; April 29, 2025

Multilateralism, the Global South and the future

33 mins; April 15, 2025

Democratic rights and freedoms at a crossroads?

34 mins; April 01, 2025

Inside Geneva: where are women's voices in peace talks?

40 mins; March 18, 2025

Books to make you think 2025: Are Human Rights Being Ripped Away?

39 mins; March 04, 2025

US-Russia talks on Ukraine: peace or appeasement?

35 mins; February 24, 2025

Aid, cuts and consequences

41 mins; February 18, 2025

A new podcast is coming soon

3 mins; February 11, 2025

Donald Trump, the UN and the future

42 mins; February 04, 2025

What makes a good peace deal?

29 mins; January 21, 2025

Geneva and climate change, start local and change the world

35 mins; January 07, 2025

Can the UN and international law survive?

36 mins; December 24, 2024

How has the world changed in 2024? UN correspondents look back

32 mins; December 10, 2024

Europe, the UN and the battle for human rights

29 mins; November 26, 2024

Inside Geneva goes to New York: what really happens at the UN?

29 mins; November 12, 2024

Love for life in Gaza and COP29’s ethical dilemma in Azerbaijan

41 mins; October 29, 2024

Does it matter to the UN who’s in the White House?

37 mins; October 15, 2024

Special episode: A year of war in the Middle East

31 mins; October 07, 2024

Forty years of the convention against torture: are we honouring it?

30 mins; October 01, 2024

Can the UN's Summit for the Future tackle today’s toughest challenges?

34 mins; September 17, 2024

Special episode: Can the WTO shape a fairer world economy?

35 mins; September 10, 2024

Summer profiles: Recognising and supporting survivors of sexual violence

27 mins; September 03, 2024

Summer profiles: Afghan women’s struggle against Taliban oppression

24 mins; August 20, 2024

Special episode: World Humanitarian Day stories from crisis zones

28 mins; August 19, 2024

Summer profiles: using sport to unite refugees and host communities

22 mins; August 06, 2024

Summer profiles: unlocking treatment for neglected diseases

28 mins; July 23, 2024

Summer profiles: challenges in humanitarian aid with MSF’s Secretary General

24 mins; July 09, 2024

Summer profiles: women defending other women around the world

20 mins; June 25, 2024

Is international law dead?

49 mins; June 11, 2024

Special announcement: Please Join us for a Live Recording in Geneva!

1 min; May 30, 2024

Laws that changed our world and the people who fought for them

29 mins; May 28, 2024

Is the world brave enough to agree on a pandemic treaty?

34 mins; May 14, 2024

New wars, new weapons and the Geneva Conventions

24 mins; April 30, 2024

The Rwandan genocide 30 years on: witnessing atrocities - and trying to stop them

37 mins; April 16, 2024

Eyewitness in a Gaza hospital and defending human rights defenders

32 mins; April 02, 2024

Is AI a risk to democracy?

38 mins; March 19, 2024

What’s the future of UNRWA? The Struggle for Balance in Gaza's Aid Operations

35 mins; March 05, 2024

Reflecting on Ukraine's Struggle and Perseverance Two Years into the Russian Invasion

39 mins; February 20, 2024

Humanitarian and business alliances: Reflecting on Earthquake Rescue Efforts in Turkey and Syria

36 mins; February 06, 2024

A look into South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

29 mins; January 23, 2024

Israel, Gaza and the challenge to humanitarianism

29 mins; January 09, 2024

Narratives from the frontlines of human suffering

35 mins; December 26, 2023

Beyond declarations: UN voices reflect on 75 years of human rights advocacy

40 mins; December 12, 2023

Baptism of fire for UN's new human rights chief

22 mins; November 28, 2023

The UN, Peace Week and the Middle East

38 mins; November 14, 2023

Michelle Bachelet's personal fight for human rights

23 mins; October 31, 2023

How the Israeli-Palestinian war challenges humanitarian aid

29 mins; October 24, 2023

The future of human rights in Russia

28 mins; October 17, 2023

The journey of Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein: the sixth UN Human Rights Commissioner

26 mins; October 03, 2023

Inside Geneva's 100th episode: the war in Syria, killer robots and justice in Myanmar

34 mins; September 19, 2023

From Apartheid to the UN: Navi Pillay's experience as Human Rights Commissioner

28 mins; September 05, 2023

Humanitarian Heroes: Personal Tales of Tragedy, Triumph and the Search for the Missing

34 mins; August 22, 2023

Championing Human Rights: The Story of Louise Arbor

31 mins; August 08, 2023

Governing artificial intelligence: Ethics, Risks and Possibilities

44 mins; July 25, 2023

Human rights and those who defend them: Mary Robinson

28 mins; July 11, 2023

What now for women in Afghanistan?

34 mins; June 27, 2023

Universal human rights at 75: who defends them?

21 mins; June 13, 2023

What became of the pandemic treaty?

35 mins; May 30, 2023

Sudan’s tragedy

27 mins; May 15, 2023

ICRC reunites families, Swiss neutrality and weapons exports

38 mins; May 02, 2023

Ukraine, war crimes and Putin

36 mins; April 18, 2023

Aid Access Dilemmas

29 mins; April 04, 2023

Books to make you think

40 mins; March 21, 2023

How to hold China to account

25 mins; March 07, 2023

How to make peace? The first anniversary of war in Ukraine.

42 mins; February 23, 2023

Earthquakes, aid and politics

28 mins; February 14, 2023

Challenges for the new UN Human Rights chief

23 mins; February 07, 2023

Cyber Wars

28 mins; January 24, 2023

Afghanistan: aid without women

24 mins; January 10, 2023

Aid agencies reflect on 2022

34 mins; December 27, 2022

UN correspondents look back

30 mins; December 13, 2022

What is the nuclear threat?

33 mins; November 29, 2022

Q&A on migration, asylum and refugees

37 mins; November 15, 2022

COP27, climate change and health

30 mins; November 01, 2022

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