Expert Voices on Atrocity Prevention is a podcast by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. The podcast, hosted by Global Centre Deputy Executive Director Jaclyn Streitfeld-Hall, features one-on-one conversations with practitioners from the field of human rights, conflict prevention, atrocity prevention and other related agendas. These conversations aim to provide a glimpse of the personal and professional side of how practitioners approach human rights protection and atrocity prevention. The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and YouTube. Please subscribe for new episodes.

In this episode, we sat down with Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar and Director of the Asia Center and the Southeast Asia Human Rights Project at Harvard University. Marking the fifth anniversary of the 2021 military coup in Myanmar (Burma), Tom examines the escalating atrocity risks for populations amidst the junta’s ongoing “elections” and how the coup has shaped the ongoing crises across the country. Tom also discusses how he has leveraged his role as Special Rapporteur to highlight enablers of atrocities and explore avenues for justice, among other issues. He also addresses the critical role of civil society and discusses what the international community must do differently to respond more effectively to the myriad crises in Myanmar today.