To mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Every Human Has Rights campaign has announced the winners of their Media Awards. Beginning this past summer, mainstream and citizen journalists were invited to document stories and news reports that illustrate an article from the UDHR. The 30 winners of this years Media Awards include five special prizes, and the one public prize, voted by online viewers, went to Ben Fundis, Clara Long and John Drew for Border Stories. Border Stories documents the experiences of people living along the U.S.-Mexico border to reveal the humanity behind border issues. Here is Ben Fundis talking about the experience of making their film:
Watch and read more about these remarkable stories that thoroughly explore the line between the developed and developing world.
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The Every Human Has Rights campaign is a brillant idea to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I liked the story by Rodrigo Tornero (Argentina): “It’s my body. Border Stories is also raising strong issues… That’s great they won the public prize of the Every Human Has Rights Media Awards, they deserve it.
Another initiative has been launched by French artist/designer/writer Max Dana. It’s been announced on the EHHR website: http://www.everyhumanhasrights.org/every-human-has-rights-60-signers-for-the-60th-anniversary. I read on the artist’s blog Media Award Winners signed the art piece as well as many other people from renowned organizations. I don’t know if you knew about it but I liked the idea a lot so I thought maybe it would interest you as well.
All initiatives are welcome when it is about supporting human rights. I wish there were more…
Thanks for the suggestion Greg! I’ll check it out!