Managing Confidential Information for Human and Worker Rights Advocates
Solidarity Center, AFL-CIOMatt Hersey
Presentation Agenda
• Problem: Human rights violators operate with impunity because their crimes are not exposed
• Solution: The Truth – Accurately captured, safe-guarded and
organized for action
Introduction to Martus Database
Jim Fruchterman
• Took his company public and was told by investors:
“focus on making money; not on helping people”
• Jim sold the company and started an NGO,
a not for profit organization.
Human Rights Advocates Need to Be Able to:
1. Gather information with a focus on how it will be used
This is especially true for Litigation
2. Protect information from loss, theft, or destruction
3. Protect targets from further harm Inadvertent Disclosure