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Problems from Hell, Solution in the Heavens?: Identifying Obstacles and Opportunities for Employing Geospatial Technologies to Document and Mitigate Mass Atrocities Cover

Problems from Hell, Solution in the Heavens?: Identifying Obstacles and Opportunities for Employing Geospatial Technologies to Document and Mitigate Mass Atrocities

Stability: International Journal of Security and Development
Volume 2 (2013): Issue 3
By: ,  ,   and    
Open Access
|Oct 2013
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Selected Humanitarian Projects of Commercial Satellite Imagery

ProjectLocationActive DateSatellite Imagery ProviderInformation AnalysisInformation DistributorWebsite/ Report link
Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights ProjectAfghanistan, Burma, Chad, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, South Ossetia, Sri Lanka, Syria, and Zimbabwe2006-PresentDigitalGlobe/ GeoEye/ ImageSat InternationalAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceAmnesty International USA/ Eyes on Pakistan/ Human Rights Watch/ Physicians for Human RightsURL
Eyes on DarfurDarfur, Sudan2007-2009ImageSat International, GeoEye, DigitalGlobe, OrbimageAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceAmnesty International USAURL
URL (separate reports from AAAS)
Crisis in Darfur*Darfur, Sudan2007-2009Google EarthUnited States Holocaust Memorial MuseumGoogle EarthURL
Satellite Sentinel Project*South Kordofan and Blue Nile, Sudan2010-PresentDigitalGlobeHarvard Humanitarian Initiative (2010-2012)/ UNITAR-UNOSAT (2011)/ Enough Project with DigitalGlobe (2012-present)Enough Project/Not On Our WatchURL
Syria Satellite Crowdsourcing Project*Syria2011DigitalGlobeStandby Task Force crowd-sourced dataAmnesty International USAURL
Somalia Satellite Crowdsourcing ProjectSomalia2011DigitalGlobeStandby Task Force crowd-sourced dataUNHCRURL
Baba Amr reportHoms, Syria2012DigitalGlobeHuman Rights WatchHuman Rights WatchURL
Human Rights in BurmaBurma2012-2013Astrium/ DigitalGlobeHuman Rights WatchHuman Rights WatchURL
URL
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[i] *Projects examined as case studies in this article

Figure 1

USHMM report overlaying Google Earth satellite imagery. The caption reads: ‘In the tiny medical facility in Goz Beide, three men lay side by side, their eyes gouged out by Janjaweed knives.’

Figure 2

SSP-17 Imagery on fortification of the CRP over time.

Figure 3

SSP-18 Imagery of SAF Checkpoints around Kadugli.

Figure 4

SBTF Micro-tasking of Syria Imagery.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/sta.cn | Journal eISSN: 2165-2627
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Language: English
Published on: Oct 22, 2013
Published by: Department of Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Commercial Satellites,
International Criminal Court

© 2013 Ben Yunmo Wang, Nathaniel Raymond, Gabrielle Gould, Isaac Baker, published by Department of Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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