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The Advocates volunteer observing the exhumation of mass graves in Lucanamarca, Peru.
With the help of hundreds of volunteers, The Advocates has monitored human rights conditions and produced more than 50 reports documenting human rights practices in more than 25 countries. The Advocates uses traditional
The Advocates volunteers with members of the Sierra Leone Amputee Association in Freetown.
human rights monitoring methods to document human rights abuses, but has made a practice of adapting the methodology to address cutting-edge human rights issues - both in our home community of Minnesota and internationally.