A new approach to defending the human rights of migrants | Itamar Mann

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🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In this gripping talk, litigator and TED Fellow Itamar Mann details the perilous boat migrations of asylum seekers crossing the Mediterranean Sea. With a surplus of evidence gathered by researchers and activists, he explains how lawyers are making progress in prosecuting human rights abuses happening on militarized coasts. On a basic human level, Mann speaks to the obligation we have to defend each other's right to a dignified life -- because the future of how we inhabit the planet together depends on it.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Pierce Brosnan here.
0:06.2	Guest hosting today on TED Talks Daily.
0:09.3	Here's a talk from Itemar Mann, a TED fellow and human rights lawyer.
0:15.8	He has dedicated his life to strategic litigation in international legal systems in order to support migrants,
0:23.4	fighting for democracy and for our global humanity.
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1:04.4	A decade ago, after a peaceful revolution, Topold the long-time Tunisian dictator Benali,
1:10.3	I was sitting in an orange
1:11.3	grove outside of Athens, Greece, and documented migrants were hiding there. I came to interview
1:16.7	them about human rights abuses they had suffered while entering Europe. One of them, a Tunisian fellow
1:22.0	in a leather jacket, explained, the people who overthrew Ben Ali, they want democracy in a dignified life.
1:28.9	We across the Mediterranean want democracy in a dignified life. What is the difference?
1:34.8	The migrant is a kind of revolutionary. This idea stuck with me and informed my work as a lawyer
1:40.5	and a scholar ever since. As Middle Eastern revolutions turned into civil wars,
1:45.7	the refugee crisis unfolded in the Mediterranean. This exacerbated political pressures
1:50.9	against asylum seekers. Initially, the European Court of Human Rights took a strong stand
1:56.7	against border violence. In 2012, the court decided that Italy cannot turn asylum seekers back
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