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- Title: Amnesty International Presents ... Looking to the Sky: Monitoring Human Rights Through Remote Sensing (Spotlight)
- Author : Harvard International Review
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Business & Personal Finance,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 976 KB
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The effectiveness of human rights monitors in the context of complex emergencies is limited by two recurrent challenges. First, observers often struggle to gain access to active conflict zones. Second, the evidence collected is typically dominated by anecdotal narratives and eyewitness accounts that give powerful--though limited--snapshots of emerging or past human rights violations. These individual stories are at the centerpiece of any advocacy and public campaigning efforts; however, they do not present the systematic or comprehensive research that often proves powerful to both directly impact the situation on the ground and to support post-conflict accountability mechanisms. New technologies and methodologies increasingly support traditional human rights research in overcoming these limitations. One of the clearly demonstrated new tools for human rights research is remote sensing, specifically the use of space-based platforms, which has been employed by Amnesty International and others in such diverse crises and regions as Darfur, Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, and South Ossetia. Looking at these cases provides us with some useful lessons and exposes both benefits and limitations of the use of remote sensing in conflict zones for the benefit of human rights research and advocacy. Watchdogs in the Fog of War