Despite what made the headlines about the state of human rights, 2017 was full of stories of people everywhere standing up and saying no to corporate abuse; taking to the streets to protest government corruption; and calling out unjust criminal […]
Read moreBeneath the Surface: Human Rights and Mining Overview
NMAP created this animated explainer about the impacts of mining and what a community’s rights and avenues of resistance are in relationship to mining projects. This video was produced to test storytelling approaches and genres with focus group communities in […]
Read moreWords That Kill: David Ravelo
David Ravelo—a Colombian economist and human rights advocate—was actively involved in campaigns to curtail the power of paramilitary leaders. Because of his activism, Ravelo was accused by paramilitary leaders of the 1991 murder of the municipal officer David Núñez Cala. […]
Read moreWhere do my taxes go?
NMAP partnered with acclaimed Mexican think tank, El Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad A.C. (IMCO) to produce five videos that focus on wide-ranging corruption and misappropriation of taxes. The videos accomplish this by demonstrating everyday citizens’ attitudes towards corruption, showing […]
Read moreWords That Kill: The Mapiripan Massacre
In collaboration with 15 Años, Colectivo de Abogados, Comisíon Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz, and the Bertha Foundation, NMAP created the Words That Kill series to help Colombian human rights defenders fight defamation campaigns. Human rights groups there have long-been […]
Read moreWords That Kill: Comision Interclesial de Justicia y Paz
In collaboration with 15 Años, Colectivo de Abogados, Comisíon Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz, and the Bertha Foundation, N-MAP created the Words That Kill series to help Colombian human rights defenders fight defamation campaigns. Human rights groups there have long-been […]
Read moreVisit Mexico!
We worked with preeminent Mexico Human Rights organization, Comisión Mexicana Para La Defensa Y Promoción De Los Derechos Humanos (CMDPH) to create a satiric video designed to persuade the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged crimes against humanity perpetrated by […]
Read moreTreat the Water for Life
NMAP partnered with the Comision de Cuenca to make three videos that explain and support the Hydric Plan. The objective of this plan is to explain the problems related to water in the region and also provide some solutions in […]
Read more#TengoDerechoASaber: I Have the Right to Know
NMAP partnered with acclaimed Mexican think tank, El Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad A.C. (IMCO) to produce five videos that focus on wide-ranging corruption and misappropriation of taxes. The videos accomplish this by demonstrating everyday citizens’ attitudes towards corruption, showing […]
Read morePlan Hidrico: Water at the foot of the Volcano
We worked with Comisión de Cuenca de Los Ríos Amecameca y La Compañía, a coalition of civil society associations, academics, landowners, and other experts to halt the desertification of the Mexico City watershed in the Amecameca basin. The Comisión developed […]
Read moreThe Cerro de Oro Hydroelectric Plant: A Latent Threat
In partnership with Accountability Counsel, we produced two short videos that demystify the process of using international accountability mechanisms to confront multinational corporations that threaten human rights. Both videos use the case of a hydroelectric plant in Oaxaca, Mexico to […]
Read moreThe Benefits of Rainwater Retention
NMAP partnered with Comision de Cuenca to produce a series of three videos that explain the Hydric Plan. This video explains that the retainment walls, container basins, are very useful facilities for preserving water at a low cost to the […]
Read moreWords That Kill: Introduction
In collaboration with Colectivo de Abogados, Corporacion Juridica Yira Castro, and the Bertha Foundation, N-MAP created the Words That Kill series to help Colombian human rights defenders fight defamation campaigns and false accusations. Human rights groups there have long-been targets […]
Read moreRecovering Agricultural Areas in the Urban Environment
NMAP partnered with the Comision de Cuenca to make three videos that explain important projects of the Hydric Plan. In this case, this video presents an alternative plan that would stop the spread of urbanism and explains how a group […]
Read moreAddressing Forced Disappearances in the Migrant Community
NMAP produced this video with Fundación para la Justicia y el Estado Democrático de Derecho (FJEDD) to help them tackle the deeply challenging task of creating a transnational mechanism for addressing issues of forced disappearances of migrants in Mexico. After […]
Read moreNever Again What? Fighting Impunity in Uruguay
NMAP and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) co-produced two videos to advocate for reopening cases related to crimes committed under the military dictatorship in Uruguay (1973- 1985), and to bring truth and justice for families of the […]
Read moreAfter the Quake: Haitian Women on Sexual Violence in Displacement Camps
As Haiti’s earthquake toppled buildings, it also toppled social structures that provided Haitian women some protection against sexual violence. Rape was widespread before January 12, but the hundreds of thousands of women now living on the streets or in camps, […]
Read moreJustice for Mexico’s Children: Guarderia ABC
NMAP collaborated with lawyers and families seeking justice for Mexico’s notorious Guardería ABC case, the 2009 Hermosillo Daycare Center fire that killed 49 children and injured more than 100 others. We produced a video that was presented to the Inter-American […]
Read moreGender Justice Uncovered Awards 2013
Women’s Link Worldwide’s Gender Justice Uncovered Awards highlights the fact that in every country, regardless of its political system, culture or religion, what judges say has a tremendous influence on the day-to-day lives of people. Whether focused on reproductive rights, […]
Read moreFight the Outbreak: Holding the UN Accountable for Cholera in Haiti
NMAP partnered with the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) to produce a video on UN accountability in the spread of cholera in Haiti. In 2010, a group of UN peacekeeping troops from Nepal introduced Cholera into Haiti’s […]
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