Columbia University Libraries and Global Columbia University Libraries and Global Resources Network ConferenceResources Network Conference

Human Rights Archives and Human Rights Archives and Documentation: Meeting the Needs of Documentation: Meeting the Needs of

Research, Teaching, Advocacy and Social Research, Teaching, Advocacy and Social JusticeJustice

October 4-6, 2007October 4-6, 2007

Amanda HornbyAmanda Hornby

Media & Technology Studies Media & Technology Studies LibrarianLibrarian

ahornby@uwb.eduahornby@uwb.edu

Columbia University: Center for Human Columbia University: Center for Human

Rights Documentation and ResearchRights Documentation and Research Lifecycle of Human Rights Lifecycle of Human Rights

documentationdocumentation

Keynote Speech: A Conversation with Keynote Speech: A Conversation with Juan E. Méndez Juan E. Méndez (President of the International (President of the International Center for Transitional Justice and former UN Special Center for Transitional Justice and former UN Special

Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide)Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide) and David and David Marwell Marwell (Director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, A (Director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, A Living Memorial to the Holocaust)Living Memorial to the Holocaust)

Current Approaches to Human Rights Current Approaches to Human Rights Documentation (collecting, archiving, Documentation (collecting, archiving,

presentation)presentation)Speakers:Speakers: Trudy Peterson, former Archivist, U.S. Government; Trudy Peterson, former Archivist, U.S. Government;

"Tribunals Past and Present""Tribunals Past and Present" Mary Marshall Clark, Director, Oral History Research Mary Marshall Clark, Director, Oral History Research

Office, Columbia University Libraries; "Oral History and Office, Columbia University Libraries; "Oral History and Human Rights Documentation: Acts of Witness on the Human Rights Documentation: Acts of Witness on the Journey to Justice"Journey to Justice"

Richard Richie, Cambodian Genocide Documentation Richard Richie, Cambodian Genocide Documentation Project, Yale University; "Preservation and Access through Project, Yale University; "Preservation and Access through Microfilming of Khmer Rouge Documents and Archives in Microfilming of Khmer Rouge Documents and Archives in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for Research and Tribunals"Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for Research and Tribunals"

Kate Doyle, Senior Analyst of US Policy in Latin America, Kate Doyle, Senior Analyst of US Policy in Latin America, National Security Archive; "Exhumations: The Recovery of National Security Archive; "Exhumations: The Recovery of Repressive Archives"Repressive Archives"

Douglas Greenberg, Shoah Visual History Foundation; Douglas Greenberg, Shoah Visual History Foundation; "Indexing Memory: Access to Video Testimony of "Indexing Memory: Access to Video Testimony of Genocide"Genocide"

Grassroots Activities and New Forms of Grassroots Activities and New Forms of

DocumentationDocumentation Speakers:Speakers: Advocates from Columbia University's Human Rights Advocates from Columbia University's Human Rights

Advocates Program, Center for the Study of Human Rights; Advocates Program, Center for the Study of Human Rights; "Documentation in Action: Three Human Rights Activists "Documentation in Action: Three Human Rights Activists Share How They Use Documentation in Claiming Rights" Share How They Use Documentation in Claiming Rights"

John Caulker; Executive Director, Forum of Conscience, John Caulker; Executive Director, Forum of Conscience, Sierra LeoneSierra Leone

Mónica Iris Jasis; Founder & Co-Director, Centro Mujeres, Mónica Iris Jasis; Founder & Co-Director, Centro Mujeres, MexicoMexico

Elavarthi Manohar; Director of Campaigns, Sangama, IndiaElavarthi Manohar; Director of Campaigns, Sangama, India Grace Lile, Media Archives Manager, WITNESS; "Bearing Grace Lile, Media Archives Manager, WITNESS; "Bearing

Witness: Issues in Audiovisual Human Rights Witness: Issues in Audiovisual Human Rights Documentation and Archiving"Documentation and Archiving"

Robert Wolven, Associate University Librarian, Columbia Robert Wolven, Associate University Librarian, Columbia University Libraries; "Issues in Human Rights Web University Libraries; "Issues in Human Rights Web Archiving"Archiving"

Legal Uses of HR Documentation Legal Uses of HR Documentation (Documentation in Truth Commissions and (Documentation in Truth Commissions and

Tribunals; Documentation as legal evidence)Tribunals; Documentation as legal evidence)Speakers:Speakers: Richard Dicker, Director, Human Rights Watch Richard Dicker, Director, Human Rights Watch

International Justice Program; "Seized Iraqi Security International Justice Program; "Seized Iraqi Security Documents: Assembling Evidence for a Case of Genocide"Documents: Assembling Evidence for a Case of Genocide"

Alison Des Forges, Senior Advisor, African Division, Alison Des Forges, Senior Advisor, African Division, Human Rights Watch; "Genocide in Triplicate: Use of Human Rights Watch; "Genocide in Triplicate: Use of Documents in National and International Prosecution of Documents in National and International Prosecution of the Rwandan Genocide"the Rwandan Genocide"

Lucy Thomson, Digital Evidence Project, American Bar Lucy Thomson, Digital Evidence Project, American Bar Association; "Legal Uses of Human Rights Association; "Legal Uses of Human Rights Documentation: The Challenges of Digital Evidence in Documentation: The Challenges of Digital Evidence in Human Rights Cases"Human Rights Cases"

Graeme Simpson, Director of Thematic Programs, Graeme Simpson, Director of Thematic Programs, International Center for Transitional Justice; "The Burden International Center for Transitional Justice; "The Burden of Truth: Evidence and Testimony in Dealing with of Truth: Evidence and Testimony in Dealing with Violations of the Past"Violations of the Past"

Teaching and Research: Academic Teaching and Research: Academic Approaches to the Use of Human Rights Approaches to the Use of Human Rights

DocumentationDocumentationSpeakers:Speakers: Alice Miller, Professor, School of International and Alice Miller, Professor, School of International and

Public Affairs, Columbia University; "Teaching the Public Affairs, Columbia University; "Teaching the Moving Target: Human Rights as Struggle in History Moving Target: Human Rights as Struggle in History and in the Classroom"and in the Classroom"

Paul Gordon Lauren, Regents Professor of History, Paul Gordon Lauren, Regents Professor of History, University of Montana; "Bringing Human Rights in University of Montana; "Bringing Human Rights in History to Life: Documentation for Teaching and History to Life: Documentation for Teaching and Research"Research"

Peter Nardulli, Director, Cline Center for Democracy, Peter Nardulli, Director, Cline Center for Democracy, University of Illinois, & Kalev Leetaru, University of University of Illinois, & Kalev Leetaru, University of

Illinois; "News Archives, Advanced Information Illinois; "News Archives, Advanced Information Technologies and Human Rights: An Event Analysis for Technologies and Human Rights: An Event Analysis for the Post WW II Era"the Post WW II Era"

How can libraries and archives address How can libraries and archives address Human Rights needs?Human Rights needs?

Key Issues:Key Issues: Support for Human Rights organizations that need to Support for Human Rights organizations that need to

maintain their recordsmaintain their records Create standards around access, storage, creation of Create standards around access, storage, creation of

electronic materials, and be mindful of sensitive electronic materials, and be mindful of sensitive information vs. open access to informationinformation vs. open access to information

Volume of materialVolume of material What Human Rights issues should be archived? What What Human Rights issues should be archived? What

collections fall into the scope of “human rights”?collections fall into the scope of “human rights”? Training for HR organizations to save their documents; Training for HR organizations to save their documents;

training for scholars/researchers/students on uses of training for scholars/researchers/students on uses of primary sources/HR documentsprimary sources/HR documents

Increased United Nations involvement in archiving Increased United Nations involvement in archiving activities; advocate for UN to adopt archiving activities; advocate for UN to adopt archiving conventions and have support for thisconventions and have support for this

ResourcesResources

Selected list of related websites:Selected list of related websites:

WITNESS: WITNESS: http://www.witness.org/index.phphttp://www.witness.org/index.php Columbia University Libraries/Center for Human Columbia University Libraries/Center for Human

Rights Documentation and Research (CHRDR):Rights Documentation and Research (CHRDR): http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/humanrighttp://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/humanrights/index.htmlhts/index.html

United Nations Documentation Centre: United Nations Documentation Centre: http://www.un.org/documentshttp://www.un.org/documents

UW Libraries Human Rights Film Directory: UW Libraries Human Rights Film Directory: http://db.lib.washington.edu/hrfilms/hrfilms.htmhttp://db.lib.washington.edu/hrfilms/hrfilms.htm