Will you be at #RightsCon 2023? On June 8, tune into our online session on using the #BerkeleyProtocol in Ukraine. This session will be moderated by @hrcberkeley Research Manager Brian Nguyen, and includes panelists Nadia Volkova, Founder and Director of the Ukraine Legal Advisory Group and the Ukraine 5AM Coalition, and Roksolana Burianenko, Program manager of the Ukraine Archive at mnemonic. This virtual panel will also feature a representative from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.

Please join us as we learn from our experts on how the #BerkeleyProtocol was adapted and adopted for documentation, collection and preservation efforts in Ukraine.

Participants can register online for free by clicking “Free Online Ticket.” Upon registration, you can add our event titled, “Berkeley Protocol in Action: Successes and Challenges for Implementing Digital Investigation Standards in Ukraine” to your personalized RightsCon schedule.

https://www.rightscon.org/participate/

RightsCon Costa Rica registration is open!

This post gives an overview of the registration options for RightsCon Costa Rica (June 5-8, 2023), including guidance on free and discounted tickets.

RightsCon Summit Series

Join @hrcberkeley and the Institute for International Criminal Investigations for a five day, in-person foundational #OSINT course from March 13–17 in The Hague, Netherlands. Participants will learn key techniques, skills, and tools from the #BerkeleyProtocol to conduct digital open source investigations.

Apply now: https://iici.global/course/open-source-investigation-foundational/

Open Source Investigation – Foundational | IICI

"From Capture to Courtroom: Collaboration and the Digital Documentation of International Crimes in Ukraine" cites the #BerkeleyProtocol on Digital Open Source Investigations, developed with HRC & the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner as a launchpad for digital investigations:

https://www.ohchr.org/en/publications/policy-and-methodological-publications/berkeley-protocol-digital-open-source

OHCHR | Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations: A Practical Guide on the Effective Use of Digital Open Source and Information in Investigating Violations of International Criminal, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

The Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations identifies international standards for conducting online research of alleged violations of international criminal, human rights, and humanitarian law. The Protocol provides guidance on methodologies and procedures for gathering, analysing, and preserving digital information in a professional, legal, and ethical manner.

OHCHR

"Investigations using public information have fundamentally changed the way war crimes are investigated in terms of the speed, scale and quality of information dissemination," said @hrcberkeley's Alexa Koenig regarding the #BerkeleyProtocol in conversation with Kenichiro Shino of The Asahi Shimbun Globe:

https://globe.asahi.com/article/14757751

OSINT(オシント)、戦争犯罪の証拠集めに活用 「偽物」扱いされないための工夫とは:朝日新聞GLOBE+

司法のあり方も、オシントによって大きく変わろうとしている。聞き取り調査が中心だった戦争犯罪や人権侵害の立証でも、新たな証拠や、証拠の裏付けになり得ることが見えてきたためだ。一方で、本物の情報を偽情報と否定しようとする動きも生まれている。

朝日新聞GLOBE+