
VIDERE supports local activists to document human rights violations in a variety of operating environments around the world, ranging from active conflict zones to closed, surveillance-heavy states. Our evidence-based methods uncover how perpetrators act when they think the cameras are off. We operate under five security principles:
- Team Safety First.
- Our public profile is deliberately limited.
- We do not take public credit for our work.
- We do not publicize the countries where we work, and our name does not appear in relation to our specific projects or countries of operation in any public facing documents.
- We operate with depth and durability, intentionally focusing in a few selected locations. As a result we don’t have the global footprint of larger organizations that can obscure specifics of their operations.