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Managing Confidential Information for Human and Worker Rights Advocates

Managing Confidential Information for Human and Worker Rights Advocates . Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO Matt Hersey. Presentation Agenda. Problem: Human rights violators operate with impunity because their crimes are not exposed Solution: The Truth

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Managing Confidential Information for Human and Worker Rights Advocates

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  1. Managing Confidential Informationfor Human and Worker Rights Advocates Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO Matt Hersey

  2. 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 MartusDatabase

  3. How the Blind Helped Human Rights Advocatesto See…

  4. Way Back in 1982 – Character Recognition Software Used to Read Documents to the Blind

  5. Jim Fruchterman • Took his company public and was told by investors: “focus on making money; not on helping people” • Jimsold the company and started an NGO, a not for profit organization.

  6. Every filein this picture is person’s life

  7. Human Rights Advocates Need to Be Able to: • Gather information with a focus on how it will be used This is especially true forLitigation • Protect information from loss, theft, or destruction • Protecttargetsfrom further harm Inadvertent Disclosure

  8. Classical Greek: μάρτυς = martus = witness

  9. What Does it Look Like?You set it up, then it looks and works like email

  10. Individual Violations PLUS: Photos Documents Media Reports

  11. Form is Fully Customizable This form was customized for Litigation

  12. Where is Martus Being Used? • Burma • Mexico • Colombia

  13. To Sum Up…

  14. How do we start? With a USB Thumb Drive Questions? Email Matt Hersey at: mhersey@solidaritycenter.org

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