The video, released by the pressure group Rights Action, shows how a Canadian mining company recently called in state prosecutors and armed law enforcement officers to move indigenous peoples off land...
On March 13, 1982, eleven-year-old Jesus Tecú Osorio watched the torture, rape and slaughter of 177 women and children in his village, including most of his family....
[Originally published here as part of WITNESS’s collaboration with Global Voices Online]
Frank La Rue is the UN's Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression, and answers our question "What image opened your eyes to human rights?"
After years of trials, delays, and obstruction, five civil patrollers (Patrullas de Autodefensa Civil) have been found guilty by a Guatemalan court ...
I first became familiar with the stories of Rio Negro and Jesus Tecu Osorio not long after coming to work at WITNESS, five years ago....
Three highlights from the wonderful world of the Hub this week: 1) On the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, the WITNESS Media Archive brought us ...
Sin Fronteras is a community-based educational and advocacy organization concerned with violence exposure and unmet needs of youth in conflict with the law....
Embedding Human Rights in Business Practice: A joint publication of the United Nations Global Compact Office and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner (Ursula Wynhoven and Jeff Senne (eds...
Workshop on the Implementation of a Rights-based Approach to Development: Training Manual (Maria Socorro I. Diokno, Manilla, 2002)....
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