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Human Rights Advocacy Online

Advocates who are engaged in the greatest social issues of our time can now share their personal experiences via video on a new site founded by former rock star Peter Gabriel.  The site is an extension of his nonprofit Witness, based in Brooklyn (where I live). Witness provided advocates in communities and around the world with video cameras to get out their stories and narratives about human rights abuses.  Not the usual YouTube. The list of issues is noted below. Individuals can join groups and work together to take action, a true advocacy behavior. It is just getting started and there are many safeguards built in to work out protecting privacy and screening videos that are submitted. However, the world becomes increasingly smaller as we can all tune into international human rights violations and do something about them. Worth knowing about. Here is the list.
ARMED CONFLICT
Child soldiers, Landmines & unexploded ordnances, Mercenaries, War crimes
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
Child labor, Child pornography, Child prostitution, Child soldiers, Human trafficking, Juvenile justice
DISCRIMINATION
Caste discrimination, Freedom of opinion & expression, Freedom of religion & belief, LGBTQ, Mental disability rights, Minorities, Older persons, Physical disability, Racial discrimination, Religion, Sexual rights
HEALTH
HIV-AIDS, Mental disability rights, Physical disability, Reproductive rights
HUMANITARIAN
Child soldiers, Crimes against humanity, Internally displaced persons, Landmines & unexploded ordnances, Natural disasters, Refugees, War crimes
JUSTICE
Crimes against humanity, Death penalty, Forced disappearances, Genocide, Impunity, Independence of the judiciary, International criminal court, Juvenile justice, Slavery & forced labor, Transitional justice, War crimes
LABOR
Bonded labor, Child labor, Labor unions, Slavery & forced labor
PRISONS
Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Juvenile justice
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Education, Environment, Food & health & development, Housing, Poverty, Sanitation, Shelter, Water
VIOLENCE
Death penalty, Human trafficking, Mass killings, Police brutality, Rape and sexual abuse, Slavery & forced labor, Torture/ill treatment, Violence against women
WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Honor crimes, Human trafficking, Marriage, Rape and sexual abuse, Sexual exploitation, Violence against women
OTHER
Corporations and human rights, Corruption, Drugs & human rights, Elections, Forensic anthropology, Human trafficking, Immigration , Indigenous peoples, Sanctions, Terrorism

You can find out more about the site by visiting it or reading about it in Fast Company.