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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Human Rights Patrick Ball recently spent a month at the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he held office hours and helped prosecutors use quantitative data and statistical analysis to pursue war crimes cases. We've also had major efforts in Burma, Sri Lanka and Guatemala, to name a few; efforts we expect to continue this year.

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

Have Fun - Do Good

Christina Arnold: My name is Christina Arnold, and I'm the founder of Prevent Human Trafficking, formerly Project Hope International. Many times they arrange their own transport. When I asked her how much money that was and how she was trying to save for it, she was in a shelter at the time. They agreed to be smuggled.

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Training Afghani NGOs in Cambodia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Other times it is collected to record the human rights environment in a given context, perhaps a conflict or post-conflict situation. In some cases, the information is intended for use in court cases or international prosecution, to support a human rights report, or advocacy campaign.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

Our attention span is ever shorter, time is relative. Where does the pressure come from on an international exposure. In general terms, I spend a lot of my time with issues where access to our services are restricted and we work to fix it. Like Sri Lanka where pictures weren’t getting out.

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