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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). Kelly Matheson 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. Kelly Matheson 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. Kelly Matheson 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
The Power of Citizen Witnesses – and How WITNESS is Strengthening Their Impact From creation, sharing, management of your video, to preservation and usage, and with an eye to the ethical questions, WITNESS is thinking holistically about how best to support the millions of citizen witnesses to human rights abuse. Sam Gregory September 23, 2014
Images of Horror: Whose Roles and What Responsibilities? Recent examples of graphic images circulating online point to critical questions for commercial social media platforms, news outlets and citizens. Sam Gregory September 18, 2014
Now in Arabic: WITNESS Guide to Interviewing Survivors of Sexual and Gender-based Violence Now available in Arabic, our guide for ethically interviewing survivors of sexual and gender-based violence. Sulafa Khalid Musa September 12, 2014
دليل المقابلات مع الناجين من العنف الجنسي والعنف القائم على نوع الجنس دليل المقابلات مع الناجين من العنف الجنسي والعنف القائم على نوع الجنس Sulafa Khalid Musa September 11, 2014
Reporting Ethically on Domestic and Gender-Based Violence We share tips for journalists who may be reporting on the issues of domestic violence and gender-based violence for the first time. Matisse Bustos Hawkes September 11, 2014
What We’re Reading: July 25 Edition Every week we publish a list of our favorite articles on human rights, video, and advocacy. This week features the promotion of LGBT rights in India, the use of social media to uncover the mystery behind the downed Malaysia Flight MH17 and much more. WITNESS July 25, 2014
Consent, Privacy, and A Video of Sexual Assault In Part 2 of our series on the Ethics of Curating Citizen Video, we discuss a video documenting sexual assault in Egypt. Madeleine Bair June 25, 2014
Building Bridges Between Activists and the Tech and Media Communities WITNESS Executive Director, Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm and Program Director, Sam Gregory speak on media, technology and social change at Internet Week New York 2014. Sarah Stein Kerr June 6, 2014
The Ethics of Curating Citizen Video When professionals are not the ones behind the cameras, how can we apply ethical standards to using video documenting human rights abuse? Our Human Rights Channel Curator weighs in on the current debate on the ethics of utilizing citizen media. Madeleine Bair May 13, 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