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23 June 2009
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HRI Global Arts Integration Into Education Initiative
Url: www.UNArts.org
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Humanitarian Intervention Initiative (H-II)
Url: www.UNArts.org/H-II
H-II: Human Rights Reporting - Evidence Collection - Witness
Protection
International Community Collaborates and Protects
Frames from
a YouTube video of Neda Agha-Soltan's death (Wickpedia). Opposition web
sites and television channels have repeatedly aired the video, which shows
blood gushing from her body as she dies.
It was hot in the car, so the young woman and her singing
instructor got out for a breath of fresh air on a quiet side street not
far from the antigovernment protests they had ventured out to attend. A
gunshot rang out, and the woman, Neda Agha-Soltan, fell to the ground. “It
burned me,” she said before she died. -- In a Death Seen Around the World, a Symbol of Iranian Protests:
New York Times, 22 June 2009.
Citizen Journalism: Non Lethal Special Forces Operations
"Citizen journalism is a very powerful, very powerful
tool," Barnett says. Jane Kirtley, director of the Silha Center for the
Study of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota, says the role
of the citizen journalist in Iran is critical right now. -- Citizen journalists play critical role in Iran: KARE-11,
22 June 2009.
Resources:
Witness Protection
All individuals assisting with reporting associated with a human rights
violation, must be protected at all costs with intensive engagement of the
international community (Leaders, UN agencies, UNESCO: college/unversity
system, NGO's and media networks, 192 UN member countries).
Expanding dialogue associated with successful prosecution of organized
crime groups and terrorists to human rights violations is now a focus point.
Please note comments made by INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble,
at the 3rd International Witness Protection Symposium: Witness Protection/Security a Key Partner in the Judicial
Process, Lyon, (France) 30 October 2008:
The theme
for this third symposium “Witness Security/Protection, a Key Partner in
the Judicial Process”, adequately reflects the increasing importance of
this particularly demanding aspect of law enforcement work – and the need
for judicial authorities and law enforcement to work closely together in
this area.
Of equal
importance is the opportunity for those directly involved in witness protection,
whether they are police, prosecutors or judges, to meet with their counterparts
from other countries to learn from each other, address common issues, and
compare and improve upon best practices with regard to witness protection.
Indeed,
all of us here today know that successful prosecution of crime cases, particularly
against organized crime groups and terrorists, greatly depends on credible
witnesses being able to provide their testimonies without fear of retribution.
Ensuring, therefore, the safety and welfare of witnesses sends a strong
message to our citizens that the justice system is effective, and demonstrates
the commitment to bring criminals into the folds of the law. This is true
for all of INTERPOL’s 187 member countries.
[See also: Witness protection experts convene at INTERPOL General Secretariat:
Interpol, 05 September 2007]
Framing a Legal
Case including filing a complaint to the UN human Rights Council
Research
The new
international standard for reporting human rights violations includes evidence
collection, photo, video documentation, collaboration and verification:
Looking forward to progress, collaboration, input and support of these
efforts.
Stephen
M. Apatow
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