08 Sep WITNESS Announces First Video as Evidence Fellow
News and Events | aimeemartinezColumbia University’s Public Interest Law Fellow and public interest lawyer, Lizzie O’Shea joins WITNESS as the first Video as Evidence Fellow.
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24 Aug DatNav: New Guide to Navigate Digital Data in Human Rights Research
News and Events | Jackie ZammutoWITNESS is excited to announce the launch of a new guide designed to help researchers, journalists, students and philanthropists navigate and integrate digital data into their human rights work.
19 Aug WITNESS’ Executive Director Honored in The Fourth Annual ‘40 Women To Watch Over 40’ List
News and Events | aimeemartinezWITNESS’ Executive Director, Yvette Alberdingk Thijm, was recently honored in The Fourth Annual 40 Women to Watch Over 40 List.
14 Aug WITNESS MARATHON RUNNER SPOTLIGHT SERIES: BRYCE ROE
News and Events | nkerbyWe are excited to present our third Team WITNESS runner spotlight. This month, audiovisual archivist Bryce Roe talks about video, her family, and marathoning!
26 Jul Six Months of Online Videos Expose Civil Society Movements and Human Rights Concerns in Western Sahara
News and Events | bridgetteAn interactive platform compiles footage from a territory inaccessible to international media and rights monitors.
13 Jul Live streaming, video and police violence in the U.S.
News and Events | matisseLast week’s killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and the attack on police in Dallas, once again thrust the role of eyewitness video in the spotlight. We provide resources and guidance for filming, sharing, curating and preserving video of police violence.
10 Jul WITNESS Trains on Video Advocacy at Sustainability and Corporate Accountability Summit in South Africa
News and Events | WITNESSWITNESS presented on the use of video in an advocacy campaigns at the 2016 African Coalition for Corporate Accountability conference in Pretoria, South Africa.
06 Jul Against Olympics Abuses, Activists Use Video to Fight Back
News and Events | matisseWITNESS has worked alongside Brazilian activists for more than five years to strengthen their use of video to document human rights abuses in the lead-up to the 2016 Olympics, and to advocate for justice.
20 Jun New WITNESS Media Lab project will track videos of violence against transgender people
News and Events | matisseThe project will source and analyze data from eyewitness videos of violence against transgender people. Our aim is to share this information to inform and create guidance for advocacy groups, journalists, law enforcement and tech companies to prevent re-victimization and end this discrimination.
16 Jun WITNESS Media Lab Announces Our First Google News Lab Fellow
News and Events | matisseInternational affairs student and data visualizer Niko Efstathiou joins us as the inaugural Google News Lab Fellow with the WITNESS Media Lab for Summer 2016.