Visual evidence such as video footage, photos, satellite images & maps can be powerful in proving #Environmental crimes 🙌🏾🌿

But it takes a team of people working together in different types of roles to ensure the evidence makes a difference.

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🧵Steps & roles community members can take on from #Camera2Justice :

🪧Deciders: Usually there is not enough time or resources to document every single violation.

In deciding which violations to prioritize documenting, it is communities that lead, in partnership with lawyers.

📋Planners: Before filming, Planners prepare a Collection Plan, Mission Plan, and— very importantly—a Security Plan.

Ideally, these are community members who will capture #Video + photo documentation together with a lawyer, but anyone in the community could work on planning.

📹 Documenters: These are community members who are part of the team designated to capture photos & videos in the field.

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💾 Archivists: These are team members who collect all the footage from Documenters. Then, they organize, catalog, manage & preserve it.

Usually a small group of community members and/or staff members at a local NGO could form the team of archivists.

#Archiving #VideoAsEvidence

⚖️Analysts: Typically, these refer to the person/s leading the community’s #Advocacy or legal efforts.

They would review the visual documentation to assess its relevance, reliability & strength. Then, they connect the facts that need to be proved with the evidence before…

👩🏾‍💻 Preparers: This team combines #Video footage + photos with all the other evidence to build a case that no one can deny.

The team includes a community member with editing, writing & design skills, along with the person/s leading the community’s #Advocacy efforts + a lawyer,…

👩🏾‍💼 Sharers & Presenters: The team member best placed to present visual evidence will depend on the #Audience (media, government officials, courts, etc.).

If the evidence is being shared with a judicial mechanism, a lawyer should present while community members may give their…

Who on your team will be responsible for which step?

Sometimes the responsible person or group will be from the community. Sometimes it will be a community’s ally.

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