Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

Systematization, Analysis and Visualization of agressions against Human Rights Defenders and Journalist


Description

This project is a visualization of the issue that Mexico is facing, regarding the agressions that human rights defenders and journalist are suffering. The objectives of this project are:
1. Sectorize the agressions following the order of federal entities and municipalities.
2. Visualize the king of agressions that the HR defenders and journalist faces in the whole contry.
3. It shows who is the target of this agressions, following key words like gender and activity.

About the many results achieved, we can name
1. The use of the information that the project provides to the risk analysis, allows that the protection measures adopted, are correctly implemented relating location, agression, and authorithy involved.
2. It also provides the context of violence that the HR defenders and journalist are suffering in the whole Mexican territory.
3. It helps the local authorities to create prevention strategies, depending on the violence situation they are facing.

About the impact generated, this project has allowed that Chihuahua get the Systmen of Early Alert, as an strategy to prevent agressions inside their territory. Other impacts are that other 6 federal entities, are now working on their own diagnosis, using the information provided in the project, to fulfill the empty spaces of information.

Project website

https://mapamecanismo.shinyapps.io/MapasDeRiesgo/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge 2019
  • AL C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
  • Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Coverage
  • Mexico

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2017

End date

Not set


Replicability

In other countries with similar violence situation


WSIS values promotion

This project promotes freedom of speech, protecting those who works for it. It shares responsabilities with other authorities to promote and protect human rights.


Entity name

Department State (Secretaría de Gobernación) (SEGOB)

Entity country—type

Mexico Government

Entity website

https://www.gob.mx/defensorasyperiodistas

Partners

PROVOCES