By Abby Goldberg & Nili Blanck In 2012, Women’s Link Worldwide successfully worked with human rights groups and women survivors from indigenous communities, specifically the Ixil Maya, to frame the widespread sexual violence of the Ríos Montt administration in Guatemala as an element of genocide—a monumental achievement. We captured their story on film.… Read More N-Map Premieres: Truth & Justice for the Women of Guatemala
Abby Goldberg & Nili Blanck En el 2012, Women’s Link Worldwide trabajó con grupos de derechos humanos y mujeres de comunidades indígenas, específicamente el Ixil Maya, para enmarcar como genocidio la violencia sexual generalizada de la administración de Ríos Montt. El caso fue un logro monumental y N-Map capturó esta historia en película. (For… Read More Verdad y Justicia Para las Mujeres de Guatemala
El pasado mes de febrero N-Map viajó a México para producir videos informativos con el fin de apoyar el lanzamiento de la plataforma de transparencia corporativa “Quién es Quién Wiki”, desarrollada por el Proyecto sobre Organización, Desarrollo, Educación e Investigación (PODER) ®. En… Read More Quién es Quién Wiki, nueva herramienta para la transparencia corporativa en América Latina.
(para español, ven abajo) UPDATE: Just in and available for viewing is Romper el Muro de la Impunidad (Breaking Down the Wall of Impunity). This is the extended video (11 minutes) that N-Map and CEJIL are launching as part of their campaign to overcome the barriers to truth and justice in Uruguay. It includes interviews with… Read More UPDATE: N-Map and CEJIL Launch Uruguay Campaign: Nunca Más Qué?
N-Map is excited to be working on a new short film for The Constitution Project about the public defense system in the United States. The film will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Gideon v Wainwright, the landmark Supreme Court decision that established the right to counsel as a constitutional right. Though the decision guaranteed a… Read More Guilty Until Proven Innocent? Stories of the Failing Public Defense System in the U.S.
By Debbie Sharnak On February 13, 2013, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) held a private hearing to monitor Uruguay’s compliance with the Gelman v. Uruguay judgment from February 24, 2011. In this important ruling, the IACHR held Uruguay responsible for forced disappearances committed during the 1970s dictatorship for the first time. The case… Read More Gelman Hearing Sheds Light on the State of Uruguay’s Accountability Efforts
N-Map recently returned from an exciting trip to Mexico City, where we began to lay the groundwork for a new project with the MacArthur Foundation to innovate in the use of video and other new media in court documentation, advocacy, and implementation of domestic and international human rights laws. As the Mexican criminal justice system… Read More N-Map Explores Partnerships for New Project in Mexico
April 12, 2012 Haiti: Law in the Time of Cholera. UN Peacekeeping, Cholera and Human Rights On April 9, 2012 at the UN Church Center, N-Map premiered “Fight the Outbreak,” our new film on cholera in Haiti and UN accountability for the Institute and Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) and the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux… Read More N-Map Launches Fight the Outbreak! A Film about Cholera in Haiti & UN Impunity
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