Aaron Rhodes

Aaron Rhodes is the author of “Human Rights Without Illusions: Escaping the Moral Trap of Universalism.” Previously, he served, inter alia, as executive director of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights and as president of the Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe.

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ProvCast Ep. 31: Pessimism over Human Rights’ Future (Aaron Rhodes)

In this episode of the Foreign Policy ProvCast, Aaron Rhodes speaks on his article about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in the Winter 2019 issue of Providence’s print edition. He also addresses the differences between human rights and political questions, the human rights situation in various countries, how China violates these rights with its reeducation camps for Uighur Muslims, why he’s pessimistic about the future, and what the global community can do to reform and promote human rights.