Columbia University Libraries and Global Resources Network Conference Human Rights Archives and Documentation: Meeting the Needs of Research, Teaching, Advocacy and Social Justice October 4-6, 2007 Columbia University Libraries and Global Resources Network Conference Human Rights Archives and Documentation: Meeting the Needs of Research, Teaching, Advocacy and Social Justice October 4-6, 2007 Amanda Hornby Media & Technology Studies Librarian

Columbia University: Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research Lifecycle of Human Rights documentation Lifecycle of Human Rights documentation Keynote Speech: A Conversation with Juan E. Méndez (President of the International Center for Transitional Justice and former UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide) and David Marwell (Director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, A Living Memorial to the Holocaust) Keynote Speech: A Conversation with Juan E. Méndez (President of the International Center for Transitional Justice and former UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide) and David Marwell (Director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, A Living Memorial to the Holocaust)

Current Approaches to Human Rights Documentation (collecting, archiving, presentation) Speakers: Trudy Peterson, former Archivist, U.S. Government; "Tribunals Past and Present" Trudy Peterson, former Archivist, U.S. Government; "Tribunals Past and Present" Mary Marshall Clark, Director, Oral History Research Office, Columbia University Libraries; "Oral History and Human Rights Documentation: Acts of Witness on the Journey to Justice" Mary Marshall Clark, Director, Oral History Research Office, Columbia University Libraries; "Oral History and Human Rights Documentation: Acts of Witness on the Journey to Justice" Richard Richie, Cambodian Genocide Documentation Project, Yale University; "Preservation and Access through Microfilming of Khmer Rouge Documents and Archives in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for Research and Tribunals" Richard Richie, Cambodian Genocide Documentation Project, Yale University; "Preservation and Access through Microfilming of Khmer Rouge Documents and Archives in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for Research and Tribunals" Kate Doyle, Senior Analyst of US Policy in Latin America, National Security Archive; "Exhumations: The Recovery of Repressive Archives" Kate Doyle, Senior Analyst of US Policy in Latin America, National Security Archive; "Exhumations: The Recovery of Repressive Archives" Douglas Greenberg, Shoah Visual History Foundation; "Indexing Memory: Access to Video Testimony of Genocide" Douglas Greenberg, Shoah Visual History Foundation; "Indexing Memory: Access to Video Testimony of Genocide"

Grassroots Activities and New Forms of Documentation Speakers: Advocates from Columbia University's Human Rights Advocates Program, Center for the Study of Human Rights; "Documentation in Action: Three Human Rights Activists Share How They Use Documentation in Claiming Rights" Advocates from Columbia University's Human Rights Advocates Program, Center for the Study of Human Rights; "Documentation in Action: Three Human Rights Activists Share How They Use Documentation in Claiming Rights" John Caulker; Executive Director, Forum of Conscience, Sierra Leone John Caulker; Executive Director, Forum of Conscience, Sierra Leone Mónica Iris Jasis; Founder & Co-Director, Centro Mujeres, Mexico Mónica Iris Jasis; Founder & Co-Director, Centro Mujeres, Mexico Elavarthi Manohar; Director of Campaigns, Sangama, India Elavarthi Manohar; Director of Campaigns, Sangama, India Grace Lile, Media Archives Manager, WITNESS; "Bearing Witness: Issues in Audiovisual Human Rights Documentation and Archiving" Grace Lile, Media Archives Manager, WITNESS; "Bearing Witness: Issues in Audiovisual Human Rights Documentation and Archiving" Robert Wolven, Associate University Librarian, Columbia University Libraries; "Issues in Human Rights Web Archiving" Robert Wolven, Associate University Librarian, Columbia University Libraries; "Issues in Human Rights Web Archiving"

Legal Uses of HR Documentation (Documentation in Truth Commissions and Tribunals; Documentation as legal evidence) Speakers: Richard Dicker, Director, Human Rights Watch International Justice Program; "Seized Iraqi Security Documents: Assembling Evidence for a Case of Genocide" Richard Dicker, Director, Human Rights Watch International Justice Program; "Seized Iraqi Security Documents: Assembling Evidence for a Case of Genocide" Alison Des Forges, Senior Advisor, African Division, Human Rights Watch; "Genocide in Triplicate: Use of Documents in National and International Prosecution of the Rwandan Genocide" Alison Des Forges, Senior Advisor, African Division, Human Rights Watch; "Genocide in Triplicate: Use of Documents in National and International Prosecution of the Rwandan Genocide" Lucy Thomson, Digital Evidence Project, American Bar Association; "Legal Uses of Human Rights Documentation: The Challenges of Digital Evidence in Human Rights Cases" Lucy Thomson, Digital Evidence Project, American Bar Association; "Legal Uses of Human Rights Documentation: The Challenges of Digital Evidence in Human Rights Cases" Graeme Simpson, Director of Thematic Programs, International Center for Transitional Justice; "The Burden of Truth: Evidence and Testimony in Dealing with Violations of the Past" Graeme Simpson, Director of Thematic Programs, International Center for Transitional Justice; "The Burden of Truth: Evidence and Testimony in Dealing with Violations of the Past"

Teaching and Research: Academic Approaches to the Use of Human Rights Documentation Speakers: Alice Miller, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; "Teaching the Moving Target: Human Rights as Struggle in History and in the Classroom" Alice Miller, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; "Teaching the Moving Target: Human Rights as Struggle in History and in the Classroom" Paul Gordon Lauren, Regents Professor of History, University of Montana; "Bringing Human Rights in History to Life: Documentation for Teaching and Research" Paul Gordon Lauren, Regents Professor of History, University of Montana; "Bringing Human Rights in History to Life: Documentation for Teaching and Research" Peter Nardulli, Director, Cline Center for Democracy, Peter Nardulli, Director, Cline Center for Democracy, University of Illinois, & Kalev Leetaru, University of Illinois; "News Archives, Advanced Information Technologies and Human Rights: An Event Analysis for the Post WW II Era" University of Illinois, & Kalev Leetaru, University of Illinois; "News Archives, Advanced Information Technologies and Human Rights: An Event Analysis for the Post WW II Era"

How can libraries and archives address Human Rights needs? Key Issues: Support for Human Rights organizations that need to maintain their records Support for Human Rights organizations that need to maintain their records Create standards around access, storage, creation of electronic materials, and be mindful of sensitive information vs. open access to information Create standards around access, storage, creation of electronic materials, and be mindful of sensitive information vs. open access to information Volume of material Volume of material What Human Rights issues should be archived? What collections fall into the scope of “human rights”? What Human Rights issues should be archived? What collections fall into the scope of “human rights”? Training for HR organizations to save their documents; training for scholars/researchers/students on uses of primary sources/HR documents Training for HR organizations to save their documents; training for scholars/researchers/students on uses of primary sources/HR documents Increased United Nations involvement in archiving activities; advocate for UN to adopt archiving conventions and have support for this Increased United Nations involvement in archiving activities; advocate for UN to adopt archiving conventions and have support for this

Resources Selected list of related websites: WITNESS: WITNESS: Columbia University Libraries/Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research (CHRDR): ex.html Columbia University Libraries/Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research (CHRDR): ex.html ex.html ex.html United Nations Documentation Centre: United Nations Documentation Centre: UW Libraries Human Rights Film Directory: UW Libraries Human Rights Film Directory: