#Video4Earth

To effectively document #Environmental #HumanRights violations, understanding legal requirements for greater #Justice is crucial.

Our goal as documenters is to capture images that help prove WHO, WHAT, and HOW - this is STEP 1.

See this video from Human Rights Watch to…

Human Rights Watch STEP 2, breaking down WHO, WHAT, & HOW into 'elements of a crime', will help  establish #Accountability .

Consider the evidence needed for each element of a crime by creating a 'Collection Plan' to outline necessary documentation - this is STEP 3.

Work with a legal practitioner,…

STEP 4, when safe to do so, gather relevant & reliable evidence - capture #Videos + photos that support legal proceedings.

By following these steps, documenters protect resources, achieve #Justice , & promote #Accountability for #Environmental #HumanRights crimes and violations.…

Post-hurricane #Irma , the Government of Antigua & #Barbuda (GOAB), through new laws, allowed billionaires to displace Barbudans from their land, bulldozing the coast for high-end real estate developments & decimating natural resources in the process.

To prove this ‘disaster…

Visuals need to show how plans for a new international airport will result in the loss of community land, pollution, destruction of habitat & changes in wildlife patterns.

Once the community has identified relevant images to prove that GOAB allowed construction to take place…

The World Cup (2014) & Summer Olympics (2016) brought #Brazil global attention, but at what cost?

Since 2011, #ForcedEvictions targeted Black & poor neighborhoods, displacing over 170,000 people.

In order to secure #Justice , the communities needed to demonstrate that state…