This is not the finest hour for human rights, says 2025 CBC Massey Lecturer Alex Neve. But it still could be.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created 1948, after the untold carnage and horror of the Second World War. It was supposed to prevent what we're seeing right now: the rise of hate and mass atrocities. A crumbling world order. Human rights applied selectively, or withdrawn on the whims of political leaders.

In five lectures delivered across Canada, Neve explores where the promise of universal human rights comes from, where we've fallen short, and what we can do now to renew the promise of universality.

CBC Massey Lectures This isn't human rights' finest hour, Massey Lecturer Alex Neve says — but it could be

Human rights need to be universal, says 2025 Massey Lect

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