In Plain Sight: Set of Six DVDs

"In Plain Sight" is a human rights educational collaboration between Witness and Amnesty International USA (AIUSA). WITNESS uses video to "open the eyes of the world to human rights violations." Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on "preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights." Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the United States (US) Section of Amnesty International.

This project consists of six videos in DVD format and detailed lesson plans for each in PDF format, designed to provide educators with tools to promote human rights within US secondary schools. Specific areas addressed include: the juvenile justice system; child soldiers; and gender inequalities. The lessons intend to promote human rights issues to a new generation of human rights activists. Lesson guides are available in PDF format through the web link below. The titles, running times, and advocacy partners or co-producers include the following:

• A Duty to Protect: Justice for Child Soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Running time: 14:10 minutes;
  • Advocacy Partner: Association des Jeunes pour le Dévelopment Intégré à Kalundu
  
  
• System Failure: Violence, Abuse, and Neglect in the California Youth Authority 
  • Running Time: 32 minutes;
  • Co-Producers: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights' Books Not Bars project / WITNESS
  
  
• Amazon Watch 2006 Compilation DVD, including:
  • Chevron Texaco on Trial - Running time: 5 minutes;
  • Peru's Camisea Project - Running time: 12 minutes;
  • Co-Producers: Amazon Watch / WITNESS
  
  
• Rise: Revolutionary Women Reenvisioning Afghanistan
  • Running Time: 13 minutes;
  • Co-Producers: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan / WITNESS
  
  
• Equal Access: Integrated Education for the Romani Children in Bulgaria
  • Running Time: 16 minutes;
  • Co-Producers: DROM / WITNESS
  
  
• Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, and Disappearances in the "War on Terror"
  • Running Time: 27 minutes;
  • Co-Producers: 14 US and international human rights and civil rights organisations
  
  

To request copies: Please send an email with full contact details to orders@witness.org or education@aiusa.org The subject heading of the email should read "In Plain Sight."