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/

A huge congratulations to our star student Catey Vera, who was selected as the 2023 @ucberkeley University Medalist! We are so proud of Catey and her deep commitment to strengthening human rights and pursuing justice, which will continue as she pursues her JD at Yale Law School this fall. Read all about Catey, her outstanding academic achievements, and what @hrcberkeley's Co-Director @techlass has to say about her in this Berkeley News profile:

https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/05/09/for-top-graduating-senior-a-pirouette-from-ballet-to-human-rights/

We're thrilled to announce our 2023 Human Rights Fellows! They'll be working on issues ranging from reproductive justice of Rohingya women, to the use of military weapons against incarcerated people in the US, to advocating for journalists globally, and much more. HRC's Fellowship Program is the oldest branch of our legacy; this is our 30th cohort of student fellows!

https://humanrights.berkeley.edu/programs-projects/student-fellowship-program/2023-fellows

How can we best support Bay Area youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation with safe and flexible housing options? Learn key takeaways from four rounds of research conducted over two years with Freedom Forward and San Francisco Department on the Status of Women in this blog by our Health & Human Rights Program Director Julie Freccero and Researcher Audrey Taylor:

https://medium.com/humanrightscenter/five-lessons-on-housing-for-youth-impacted-by-commercial-sexual-exploitation-ecca6e4c0f48

Mark your calendars! Our new guide with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre will be presented in an International Bar Association webinar on April 20. Learn #OSINT methodologies to strengthen investigations and pursue accountability.

#RSVP to “Using Open Source Intelligence to Map Perpetrators of Atrocity Crimes” today:

https://www.ibanet.org/conference-details/CONF2375

We'll see you tomorrow at @berkeleylaw with the UC Berkeley Center for Latin American Studies and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism for a screening and panel of #ELEQUIPO from Quiet Pictures and filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz! Join us for an engaging panel and screening event exploring how the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team has unearthed the forcibly disappeared in Argentina and far beyond.

Come early for some complimentary pizza!

📆 TOMORROW (March 21)
⏲️ 6–8 p.m.
📍 Booth Auditorium (Room 175), Berkeley Law

https://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/hrc.html?event_ID=151725&date=2023-03-21&filter=Event%20Type&filtersel=

Join us at @berkeleylaw with the UC Berkeley Center for Latin American Studies and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism for a screening and panel of #ELEQUIPO from Quiet Pictures and filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz. Learn how the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team has unearthed the forcibly disappeared in Argentina and far beyond:

https://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/hrc.html?event_ID=151725&date=2023-03-21&filter=Event%20Type&filtersel=

Join us, Berkeley's Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley, and Berkeley Journalism on March 21 at @berkeleylaw for a screening and panel of #ElEquipo by Quiet Pictures' Bernardo Ruiz.

The film follows the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team's crusade to unearth the forcibly disappeared in Argentina and far beyond:

https://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/hrc.html?event_ID=151725&date=2023-03-21&filter=Event%20Type&filtersel=

Check out Investigations Lab alumna Hannah Bagdasar's new piece for @Bellingcat on investigating gender-based sexual violence in digital open source research, that draws on the deeply important work of @techlass and Ulic Egan of Institute for International Criminal Investigations:

https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2023/03/03/sexual-and-gender-based-violence-open-source-researche-osint-digital/

Our February newsletter just dropped! Check out this month's program updates and opportunities, including a reflection on one year since the ground invasion of Ukraine, several upcoming in-person events at Berkeley, and more:

https://conta.cc/3xTI40u