| Type | Nonprofit organization |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Location | United States |
| Focus | human rights, civilian protection, and peace |
| Method | satellite imagery analysis and field reports |
| Website | www.satsentinel.org |
The Satellite Sentinel Project, or SSP, was conceived by George Clooney during an October 2010 visit to Southern Sudan with Enough Project co-founder, John Prendergast.[1][2] SSP combines satellite imagery analysis and field reports using Google's Map Maker technology, as well as employing on-the-ground video, further corroborating the analysis of the satellite imagery, to deter the resumption of war between North and South Sudan. It provides an early warning system to deter mass atrocities by focusing world attention and generating rapid responses on human rights and human security concerns. The Satellite Sentinel Project was first to confirm the razings of the villages of Maker Abior, Todach, and Tajalei in Sudan's contested Abyei region, and the project has discovered eight mass graves in South Kordofan, Sudan. [3]. The daily operation of SSP is directed by human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond.[4]
Not On Our Watch 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 Trellon collaborate to design the web platform. Harvard Humanitarian Initiative provides research and leads the collection, human rights analysis, and corroboration of on-the-ground reports that contextualizes the imagery. DigitalGlobe provides satellite imagery and additional analysis.