Case Studies

Human rights organizations are increasingly interested in employing video to advance and strengthen their advocacy, but many groups are not equipped or experienced enough to make the most of video and other forms of media. WITNESS case studies are examples of campaign-specific relationships organizations using video to support their human rights advocacy goals.

A Duty to Protect: Child Soldiers in the DRC

Bringing A Warlord To Justice
Chintan

Supporting waste recyclers' rights in Delhi
End Child Prostitution and Trafficking-USA (ECPAT-USA)

Protecting Sexually-Exploited Children from Criminalization in the U.S.
Healthy Options Project Skopje (HOPS)

Promoting the Rights of Sex Workers
LICADHO (Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights)

Forced Evictions in Cambodia
Middle East and North Africa Program

Using Video to Build Powerful Advocacy During Middle East and North Africa Transitions
National Council on Aging

In Pursuit of Justice for America’s Elders
Organization Drom

Promoting the Inclusion of Roma into Bulgarian Society
Outlawed

Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the “War on Terror”
Research and Advocacy Unit, (RAU)

Violence Against Women in Zimbabwe