In 1963, the Supreme Court, in Gideon v Wainwright, ruled that every criminal defendant is entitled to a lawyer. 50 years later, the United States has not lived up to the great promise of the Gideon case. NMAP produced this short […]
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Access for All: Challenging Disability Stigma in Georgia Social Media Ad
We produced two videos to support a disability rights organization in their advocacy for wheelchair accessibility in Tbilisi, Georgia. The goal of this video is to persuade the Mayor of Tbilisi to launch a pilot program of disability access on […]
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Access for All: Accessibility to Entrances
NMAP collaborated with ERTAD—a small, local disability rights organization in the Republic of Georgia focused on mobility—to emphasize the need for accessible entrances for the disabled. Through animation and photos of real buildings, this video demonstrates which types of entrances […]
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Access for All: Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
NMAP collaborated with ERTAD—a small, local disability rights organization in the Republic of Georgia focused on mobility—to normalize the idea that people in wheelchairs are as powerful as “normal” people, to lay the groundwork for policy advocacy on everything from […]
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Access for All: Challenging Disability Stigma in Georgia
NMAP collaborated with ERTAD—a small, local disability rights organization in the Republic of Georgia focused on mobility—to normalize the idea that people in wheelchairs are as powerful as “normal” people, to lay the groundwork for policy advocacy on everything from […]
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NMAP’s Highlight Reel: Reframing Human Rights in 2017
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 […]
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Words 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. […]
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Where 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 […]
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Words 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 […]
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Words 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 […]
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Visit 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 […]
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#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 […]
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Too Young to Consent and Too Young to be Judged
NMAP worked with two northern Nigerian women’s human rights groups, Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) and Isa Wali Empowerment Initiative (IWEI), and their partners to produce three videos that take new approaches in the fight against child marriage. […]
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The Michael Komape Campaign: The Struggle for Quality Infrastructure in South African Schools
Infrastructure inadequacies, scarce resources, and overcrowding are defining characteristics of countless schools that serve learners across South Africa. In response to these challenges, in 2010, Equal Education, a South African movement of learners demanding quality and equality in education, launched […]
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Stopping Demolitions in Lagos
The water-dwelling slum community of Makoko-on-Water was under threat of demolition by the Lagos government. NMAP partnered with the Social and Economic Rights Action Center to develop a media advocacy strategy to help them protect the community. We produced two […]
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Silence Interrupted: Pervasive Gender-Based Violence in Armenia
We worked with the Women’s Resource Center to produce a documentary to help them deliver their message of “breaking the silence” on gender-based violence. The video features rarely heard voices of survivors, as well as service providers, activists, and other […]
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Words 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 […]
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Separate and Unequal: Health Care Disparities in New York City
NMAP worked with New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and their client, Bronx Health REACH on a challenging and complex legislative campaign on the segregation of healthcare services in New York City. Many large private hospitals in New York […]
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Restoring Local Democracy in Michigan
NMAP teamed up with the Advancement Project and local organizing group, Michigan Forward, to challenge Michigan’s Public Act 4, which gave state-appointed “Emergency Managers” almost complete control over local governments, allowing them to dissolve existing democratically elected governments, sell off […]
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Protecting Property Rights in Georgia
From 2004 to 2012, the Georgian government undertook a series of economic development projects intended to improve infrastructure, encourage investment, and boost the country’s capacity for tourism. In order to complete many of these projects, the authorities illegally expropriated private […]
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