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As human rights investigators with a mission to expose crimes and demand justice, Human Rights Watch uses images both to unearth and illustrate truth. We will discuss how we use photographs and video to sound the alarm and mobilize journalists, governments and the public, to build a case, and bring victims into the corridors of power. Perhaps the most dramatic way to undercut the routine denials of perpetrators is to show survivors speaking out. Whose images should we believe – photojournalists on assignment or citizens with a camera? How do we decide which pictures to use? What standards do we apply when gathering images? What are the challenges we face in visual documentation of human rights violations?
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