科琳娜-杜夫卡 人权调查员

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Corinne Dufka
Human Rights Investigator | Class of 2003
Combining skills as photojournalist and social worker to bring media attention, humanitarian aid, and legal order to Sierra Leone, one of the most war-ravaged and ignored places on earth.

Title
Human Rights Investigator
Affiliation
Human Rights Watch
Location
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Age
46 at time of award
Area of Focus
Human Rights and Human Security
Published October 5, 2003
ABOUT CORRINE'S WORK
Corrine Dufka has pursued a career that defies easy categorization. In her efforts to redress human rights abuses, particularly in West Africa, she has worn many hats—psychiatric social worker, documentary photographer, reporter, analyst, justice investigator—each representing a key element in a strategy for improving human rights. After an early period as a social worker in El Salvador, she identified Sierra Leone as a country where she could make the greatest difference. Largely ignored by the rest of the world in the early 1990s, Sierra Leone was ravaged by a protracted civil war in which both sides systematically engaged in mutilation and rape for political ends. In this lawless environment, Dufka intrepidly recorded the devastation, first as a photojournalist covering West Africa for Reuters, then in interviews and analysis commissioned by Human Rights Watch. Her interviews chronicle the plight of victims and the motivations of the perpetrators. By listening carefully to all perspectives, she has earned a reputation for integrity and veracity. Her photographs, distributed worldwide, expose with clarity but not sentimentality the trauma inflicted by Sierra Leone’s conflict. Recent demobilization and formation of a new government have allowed Dufka to turn her attention to obtaining justice for the victims. As an investigator for the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone, Dufka documents atrocities of the previous decade; she challenges Sierra Leoneans to preserve their recent history both to bring past criminals to justice and to deter future human rights abuse. Her strategy of understanding, exposing, documenting, and teaching, described by many as visionary, has significantly facilitated Sierra Leone’s on-going transition towards peaceful self-governance, and serves as a model for this region and beyond.

BIOGRAPHY
Corinne Dufka served as a social worker in El Salvador before joining Reuters as a photojournalist in 1989. In 1999, she was contracted by Human Rights Watch to establish a field office in Sierra Leone and has authored numerous reports on human rights violations in West Africa. Most recently, Dufka researched and consulted for the Chief of Investigations and the Prosecutor on the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone. She returned to the United States in October 2003 to continue addressing human rights needs in the region as a member of the African Division of Human Rights Watch.



科琳娜-杜夫卡
人权调查员 | 2003级
结合摄影记者和社会工作者的技能，将媒体关注、人道主义援助和法律秩序带入塞拉利昂，这是地球上最受战争蹂躏和忽视的地方之一。

职称
人权调查员
所属机构
人权观察
工作地点
弗里敦，塞拉利昂
年龄
获奖时为46岁
关注领域
人权和人类安全
发表于2003年10月5日
关于科琳的工作
科琳-杜夫卡所追求的事业不容易被归类。在纠正人权侵犯的努力中，特别是在西非，她戴着许多帽子--精神病社会工作者、纪录片摄影师、记者、分析师、司法调查员--每一个都代表着改善人权战略中的一个关键因素。早期在萨尔瓦多担任社会工作者后，她认为塞拉利昂是一个她可以发挥最大作用的国家。在20世纪90年代初，塞拉利昂在很大程度上被世界其他国家所忽视，它被一场旷日持久的内战所蹂躏，双方都为了政治目的有计划地进行残害和强奸。在这种无法无天的环境中，杜夫卡无畏地记录了这场破坏，首先是作为路透社报道西非的摄影记者，然后是受人权观察委托进行的采访和分析。她的采访记录了受害者的困境和肇事者的动机。通过认真倾听所有的观点，她赢得了正直和真实的声誉。她的照片在全球范围内传播，清晰地揭露了塞拉利昂冲突所造成的创伤，但并不感伤。最近的复员和新政府的成立使杜夫卡得以将注意力转向为受害者伸张正义。作为联合国支持的塞拉利昂特别法庭的调查员，杜夫卡记录了过去十年的暴行；她挑战塞拉利昂人保存他们最近的历史，以将过去的罪犯绳之以法，并阻止未来的人权侵犯。她的理解、揭露、记录和教学策略被许多人称为有远见的策略，极大地促进了塞拉利昂正在进行的和平自治的过渡，并成为该地区和其他地区的典范。

个人简历
科琳娜-杜夫卡曾在萨尔瓦多担任社会工作者，然后于1989年加入路透社成为一名摄影记者。1999年，她受人权观察的委托，在塞拉利昂建立了一个外地办事处，并撰写了许多关于西非地区侵犯人权的报告。最近，杜夫卡为联合国支持的塞拉利昂特别法庭的调查主任和检察官进行研究和咨询。她于2003年10月回到美国，作为人权观察非洲部的成员，继续处理该地区的人权需求。