Satellite Sentinel Project
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{{Distinguish|Sentinel (satellite)}}
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| founder = George Clooney, John Prendergast
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| method = Satellite imagery analysis and field reports
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File:Goli encampment, 2011-03-21.jpg
File:Satellite image of the burning of Tajalei, March 6, 2011.jpg
The Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) was conceived by George Clooney and Enough Project co-founder John Prendergast during their October 2010 visit to South Sudan.{{cite magazine|title=Clooney's 'Antigenocide Paparazzi': Watching Sudan|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2039887,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230105901/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2039887,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 30, 2010|magazine=Time|date=December 28, 2010}}{{cite magazine|title=George Clooney's Satellite Project Captures Sudan Violence in Real Time|url=https://nation.time.com/2011/05/25/george-clooneys-satellite-project-captures-sudan-violence-in-real-time/|magazine=Time|date=May 25, 2011}} Through the use of satellite imagery, SSP provides an early warning system to deter mass atrocities in a given situation by focusing world attention and generating rapid responses to human rights and human security concerns taking place in that situation.
Activities
SSP currently{{when|date=July 2020}} produces reports on the state of the conflict in the border regions between Sudan and South Sudan. DigitalGlobe provides satellite imagery and analysis. Their reporting is then released to the press and policymakers by the Enough Project.[http://www.satsentinel.org/our-story Our Story], Satellite Sentinel Project In 2011, the Satellite Sentinel Project detected images of freshly-dug mass grave sites in the South Kordofan, a state of South Sudan, where Sudanese military forces had killed members of a black ethnic minority suspected to support South Sudanese forces.{{Cite news|title=South Sudan joins U.N.; mass graves reported in nearby Sudan By Bill Chappell|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/07/14/137859361/south-sudan-joins-u-n-mass-graves-reported-in-nearby-sudan/|publisher=NPR|date=July 14, 2012}}{{cite magazine|title=Mass Graves and George Clooney|author=Alexis Okeowo|url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/08/mass-graves-and-george-clooney.html|magazine=The New Yorker|date=August 30, 2011}} SSP was the first to provide evidence consistent with the razing of the villages of Maker Abior, Todach, and Tajalei in the Abyei region of Sudan, and the project has discovered eight alleged mass graves in South Kordofan, Sudan.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} SSP also planned to investigate how illegal trade in diamonds, gold and ivory was used to fund human-rights abusers.{{Cite news|title=George Clooney's Satellite Sentinel Project for Human Rights Enters New Phase|url=http://space.com/25964-george-clooney-satellite-sentinel-human-rights.html |publisher=SPACE.com|date=May 21, 2014}}
Organization and funding
Not On Our Watch Project provided seed money to launch the Satellite Sentinel Project. The Enough Project contributes field reports, policy analysis and communications strategy, and, together with Not On Our Watch and its SUDANNOW partners, pressures policymakers by urging the public to act. Google and Internet strategy firm Trellon, LLC collaborate to design the web platform.
Limits to effectiveness
Patrick Meier, a crisis mapping expert, has observed that the deterrent value of any surveillance is diminished in the absence of consequences for the perpetrators of violence. Specific to Sudan, other technologies such as drones are necessary to differentiate threats from nomads in order to generate actionable information.[http://irevolution.net/2010/12/30/sat-sentinel-project/ "Will Using ‘Live’ Satellite Imagery to Prevent War in the Sudan Actually Work?" By Patrick Meier, December 30, 2011] iRevolution.net.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://enoughproject.org/about/past-campaigns/satellite-sentinel-project}}
- [https://www.voanews.com/a/decapua-abyei-war-crimes-2jun11-123024863/158225.html Satellite Images May indicate War Crimes in Abyei], Joe DeCapua, Voice of America News, 2 June 2011
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zkPLXV2M2g Satellite Sentinel Project: Opening Access to Crisis Areas]
- {{cite web|url=http://articles.boston.com/2012-04-29/magazine/31428585_1_south-sudan-nuba-mountains-harvard-humanitarian-initiative|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120504125659/http://articles.boston.com/2012-04-29/magazine/31428585_1_south-sudan-nuba-mountains-harvard-humanitarian-initiative|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 4, 2012|title=Inside Harvard's spy lab|publisher=Boston Globe Magazine|author=Michael Blanding|date=April 29, 2012}}
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Category:Genocide research and prevention organisations
Category:Science and technology in Sudan
Category:Science and technology in South Sudan