Clean and sober for five years, Tammy is the mother of seven and proud grandmother of two. “I’m an ex-addict that is struggling every day to try to get myself together,” explains Tammy. She had steered her life back on track after years of treatment and hard work, but a relatively small issue threatened to turn… Read More Brooklyn Community Bail Fund: Giving Low-Income Individuals a Chance in Court
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
It is with great enthusiasm that N-Map launches our newest film: Advancing Justice Through Expert Testimony in Haiti. (Pou Kreyol, tanpri klikeisi) In November 2013, our partners—the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) and the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) —invited us to Haiti to produce a film that advocates for the greater… Read More Expert Witnesses: Advancing Justice for Women in Haitian Courts
(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?
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
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