On Monday, I presented at the UC Symposium on Digital Investigations along with my co-researchers in the Human Rights Lab (housed in the Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas) at UCSC. Anushka Shah and I spoke about some of the challenges and lessons learned in regards to resiliency and the ethics of bearing witness to violence as human rights researchers. We had our colleagues from UCLA’s Promise Institute for Human Rights and UCB’s Human Rights Center join us on campus for the conference. It was truly a gift to get to meet with our fellow researchers and hear about the amazing work being done in […]
Cultural Survival’s annual report on murdered Indigenous defenders in Latin America
Our team at the Human Rights Investigations Lab contributed research to Cultural Survival’s 2022 report on murdered indigenous defenders in Latin America. The report, published this week, seeks to “raise awareness about this systemic persecution of Indigenous defenders” and to provide a more detailed look at the circumstances surrounding each murder. The purpose of this publication is also to honor the life of each individual, to remember and to memorialize. Cultural Survival is an Indigenous-led organization “that advocates for Indigenous Peoples’ rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures, and political resilience.”