This article was originally posted on the WITNESS blog. Archiving a large video collection can be a daunting task. However, organizing and preserving footage can help simplify both day-to-day and long-term media advocacy projects. We talked with Patrick Otim of the Refugee
The Refugee Law Project is implementing the Leadership, Empowerment, and Protection (LEAP II) project to strengthen women’s empowerment in four refugee settlements in Uganda: Rhino Camp, Bidibidi, Adjumani, and Kyakya. This project aims to enhance women’s
What is the meaning of the right to truth? As we celebrate International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and Dignity of victims (celebrated annually since 2010 to promote the spirit of the “Truth”), I offer here some reflections on
On 6 December 2016, Dominic Ongwen’s trial before the ICC in The Hague began. He was charged with 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, allegedly committed during LRA attacks on Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps Lukodi, Odek, Pajule and
When leaders from government, business, and civil society met on 23 September 2019 to announce potentially far-reaching steps to confront climate change at the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in New York, Refugee Law Project (RLP) had just
Every 30th August is commemorated as the International Day of the Disappeared. In the wake of conflict or other situation of human rights violations the fate of many remains a mystery; thousands of individuals and families are unaware of the fate of their loved ones; are they still
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