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Never Again: WITNESS Speaks at White House Anti-Atrocities Panel
This morning, President Obama announced that he’s founding a top-level “Atrocities Prevention Board”—and the first action of the board will be to listen to a panel of experts on human rights violations, where Sam Gregory will be representing WITNESS.
April 23, 2012
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Stories of TRUST: Celebrating Earth Day with Two Women From Iowa
If we think about it, we can all remember a moment when we realized something was fundamentally wrong with our environment. For me, it was late spring and I was in my front yard in our middle-class neighborhood, in middle America, in the full mid-morning sun. I think I was about nine years old.
April 20, 2012
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Video for Change Best Practices: Sharing and Uploading Human Rights Videos
Regardless if you are uploading unedited or edited footage, it is essential to provide the following information so your footage can be found and coordinated with other footage.
April 10, 2012
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Video for Change Best Practices: Documenting Injuries and Casualties for Evidence
If you are filming in a situation where injuries and casualties are a part of the human rights violations you are documenting, the following tips are meant to help you record the information necessary for the use of your footage at a later date, perhaps for evidence.
April 9, 2012
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Video for Change Best Practices: Top 10 Tips For Conducting Interviews
At the heart of any human rights video is personal stories and the potential they have to inform, engage and motivate viewers to take action.
April 7, 2012
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Video for Change Best Practices: Filming in Teams for Evidence
When filming protests, demonstrations and events, consider filming in teams to make sure you have multiple angles, perspectives and aspects recorded.
April 6, 2012
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Video for Change Best Practices: Filming for Human Rights Documentation and Evidence
Before you pick up a camera, be prepared with the right equipment and plan so you can film safely and effectively.
April 5, 2012
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Video for Change Best Practices: How to Prepare Before Filming
Choose the right equipment for what you need to film and practice using it in advance. Know your equipment’s limitations and how you can maximize its effectiveness through preparation and proper filming techniques.
April 4, 2012
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Understanding #Kony2012 as #Video4Change
Over the past several days, there’s been a flurry of activity and online discussion around “Kony 2012” the now-ubiquitous video on Joseph Kony created by the U.S.-based group Invisible Children.
March 9, 2012
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Rural Women and Girls of Eastern Congo Seek Justice as World Celebrates International Women’s Day
Today the world celebrates the 101st International Women’s Day (begun in 1911). This year’s theme, declared by the United Nations, is “Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty,” as highlighted in this message from the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon.
March 8, 2012
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The Ethics of Face Recognition Technology
At SXSW next week, WITNESS is running a workshop on the ethics of facial recognition. It’s an issue we've talked about before – most recently in the Cameras Everywhere report, and with the ObscuraCam Android app.
March 7, 2012
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Introducing InformaCam, The Next Release of the SecureSmartCam Project
Recently my colleague at The Guardian Project, Harlo Holmes wrote about the InformCam, the latest release from the joint collaboration between The Guardian Project and WITNESS, the SecureSmartCamera (SSC). This is an important development in the project as it incorporates all of the key themes in the WITNESS Leadership Initiative.
February 13, 2012
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TRUST Arizona: Asking Our Leaders to Lead on Climate Justice
Congress and the White House are violating U.S. law. Most all our State Governments are breaking their own state laws too. So our youth are utilizing the last branch of our democracy that may be open to them and asking our judges to listen to their stories, hear their legal argument and make a considered and lawful decision.
February 6, 2012
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Judges in Five States Will Hear Climate Change Cases Filed by Youth
Over the course of the last year WITNESS has partnered with Our Children’s Trust (OCT) and the iMatter Campaign to elevate the voices of youth from across the country who are defending their right to a healthy atmosphere and sustainable future. The youth are taking their case to judges across the country and asking that the courts order the adoption and implementation of scientifically sound Climate Recovery Plans.
January 20, 2012
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Should I Be Imprisoned To Protect Me From My Rapist?
While at the convening of the U.S. Human Rights Network last December I did a pre-release screening of a new documentary co-produced by ECPAT-USA and WITNESS. The video, What I Have Been Through is Not Who I Am, tells the story of Katrina, a formerly sexually exploited teen who was arrested, when she should have been protected.
January 13, 2012
