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  • Video as Evidence: Creating a Plan to Collect Video Evidence In the newest section of the Video as Evidence Field Guide we cover how to create a Collection Plan to ensure the video footage you collect supports justice and accountability instead of being irrelevant or duplicative. WITNESS April 6, 2015
  • Video as Evidence Case Study: Filming Long After A Crime in Croatia We look at a case study where video was used in criminal proceedings against a Serbo-Croatian politician at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). WITNESS February 5, 2015
  • Video as Evidence: Adding Detailed Information to Your Video Adding information about who, what, when, where to your video makes it easier to verify the content, therefore giving it a better chance to secure justice for human rights abuse. WITNESS November 19, 2014
  • Video as Evidence: Turning Citizen Video into Justice Citizen video rarely meets the high bar set for video as evidence. A new guide from WITNESS aims to help. WITNESS October 2, 2014
  • Human Rights Video and the Open Internet – September 2014 Tech News Digest This post is the beginning of a monthly series on technology and human rights in the news, written by our technology advocacy team. This month, we look at net neutrality and the work of the Global Net Neutrality Coalition. Morgan Hargrave September 29, 2014
  • An Interview with Yemeni Blogger and Women’s Rights Advocate Noon Arabia An interview covering how she got started as a blogger, the issues that are most important to her, and a new crop Yemeni women bloggers. Matisse Bustos Hawkes May 28, 2014
  • Lessons from RightsCon: Human Rights and Technology Leading human rights experts, investors, corporate leaders, engineers, activists, and government representatives came together to tackle some of the toughest human rights challenges in tech today. WITNESS April 23, 2014
  • How An Eyewitness Mode Helps Activists (and Others) Be Trusted Individuals and social networks can both benefit from functionality that would allow video uploaders to add metadata, enhancing the trustworthiness of their media. Sam Gregory March 3, 2014
  • After Abuses, Liberians Demand Action from U.S. Government A new video and report by the Accountability Counsel were recently submitted as part of a formal complaint filed by hundreds of Liberians demanding accountability for a U.S. federal agency's funding of a biomass project that caused serious human rights, labor and environmental abuses, including sexual abuse by company employees of local women. WITNESS January 31, 2014
  • Media Advisory: Peter Gabriel and Isha Sesay Host 2013 Focus For Change Benefit for WITNESS WITNESS' annual benefit takes place Thursday December 5, 2013. Interested members of the press need to RSVP to cover the event. Details in the advisory. Matisse Bustos Hawkes November 10, 2013
  • WITNESS Endorses International Principles on Human Rights & Surveillance We join 150+ organizations from 40+ countries supporting these 13 principles that explain how international human rights law applies to the current digital environment. WITNESS August 22, 2013
  • A Zimbabwean Election Observer’s First Hand Account of the 2013 Vote An election observer witnesses a mostly peaceful process, but one rife with irregularities and frustrations for voters WITNESS August 9, 2013
  • Watching, Documenting, or Participating: A Documentarian’s Ethical Dilemmas When is it okay to watch? When is it okay to shout with the crowd? Filmmaker Chris Kelly explains his bright line between observing and participating. Do you agree? Please share your thoughts in the comments. WITNESS January 25, 2013
  • A Big Year For WITNESS A changing world needs a changed vision: committing to support the millions who can transform the human rights landscape with video. Yvette Alberdingk Thijm January 11, 2013
  • Ethical Storysharing: My Words, Not My Story If your story isn't yours, what is? Ethical storysharing advocate Aspen Baker tells how her personal abortion story was used to fit someone else's narrative. What are our obligations as advocates, as filmmakers, as editors -- as storysharers? WITNESS January 3, 2013

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