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📺 Missed last week's webinar with Alexa Koenig on open source investigation into international crimes and the Berkeley Protocol? Catch up now on the War Studies YouTube page 👇 Human Rights Center King's Security Studies youtube.com/watch?v=ggngw1…

.Human Rights Center’s Alexa Koenig is taking us home at the inaugural Open Source Journalism Conference. An honor to have taken part of this groundbreaking conference and to meet so many talented and inspiring journalists this weekend.

HRC Co-Faculty and Investigations Director Alexa Koenig presented on Bellingcat's Discord channel about the ethical challenges that come with or arise from investigating sexual and gender-based violence using open sources online: rss.com/podcasts/belli…

Coming up at RightsCon - if you teach or train on open source investigative methods (or have a general interest in shaping future teaching or training) please join us!

Holly dressed up in honor of UC Berkeley's #CAlBigGive + is waiting expectantly for a treat: for the donations to flow into #HRCBerkeley's student-led Lab! To help strengthen the future of human rights, join us here givingday.berkeley.edu/amb/HRCLab Human Rights Center

Thanks for this spotlight on the #BerkeleyProtocol from Kaamil Ahmed of The Guardian + how it can be used as a foundation to strengthen social media and other online information as evidence

Wrote and produced this explainer with my wonderful colleague Kaamil Ahmed who's doing incredible work on reporting on Sudan. The video is almost a love letter to the world of Open Source and the high hopes for it's future. I am so glad to see the experts approve!

🚨🚨🚨TRAINING ALERT! We have three upcoming digital open source investigations training held in partnership with IICI you can apply to NOW: 💻 Advanced Digital Open Source Investigations 📍The Hague 🗓️ May 5–9 🖊️ Apps due by March 31: iici.global/courses/open-s…

(1/2) “Guidance on how to conduct digital investigations into sexual violence remains underdeveloped, leaving a dangerous gap,” write Anthony Ghaly and Alexa Koenig (link in 2/2)

Today, the UN Human Rights Council voted to extend the mandate of the #IranFFMI to investigate crimes committed by the Islamic Republic. The #IranDigitalArchiveCoalition is dedicated to preserving digital evidence of these atrocities to ensure accountability. Read more: humanrights.berkeley.edu/press-release/…

Today we launch the two newest open source investigation reports with the Iran Digital Archive Coalition, reflecting the importance of today's critical vote and the continued importance of the work of the @IranFFMI humanrights.berkeley.edu/projects/inves…

We've been documenting the first 75 days of actions taken by the Trump administration that impact veterans and the military in partnership with The War Horse. The timeline links to executive orders, official actions, articles, social media posts & more. Check it out now:

3/3 With thanks to our authors this week: Ehlimana Memisevic Anthony Ghaly Justin Hendrix Alexa Koenig Marty Lederman Michael Schiffer Paul M. Barrett (NYUSternBHR) Dr. Stephanie Psaki Susan Ness (Penn) yuval shany

Our goal is to help you make informed, ethical decisions when handling SCRSV-related material. We invite open source investigators and researchers to explore the pilot version of the Guide and share feedback before we publish the final version: muradcode.com/open-source-pr…

Open-source researchers: whether you’re actively searching for evidence of sexual violence or not, you may come across it. The pilot Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code may help w/ ritical decision-making muradcode.com/open-source-... @berkeleylaw.bsky.social

The world looked away from Congo’s rape crisis. She did not. ow.ly/N9YE50VMFPm Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility Nadia's Initiative Nadia Murad UN Against Sexual Violence in Conflict YouCanFreeUs Thorn Volker Türk Alexa Koenig Donatella Rovera Human Rights Law Centre Human Rights Center

SPECIAL ISSUE CfP! Submit abstracts to Digital Journalism’s latest Special Issue on "Institutionalizing Open-Source Investigations in Journalism", edited by Seth C. Lewis, Tomás Dodds, Alexa Koenig, Rodrigo Zamith (@[email protected]), & David Cheruiyot 🗓️Deadline: Sep 1, 2025 ➡️Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1R9T8wX…

"Suddenly the phone records the crack of 3 gunshots. By the 3rd the camera loses focus and [tumbles] out of its holder’s hands...apparent footage of the killing of a protestor" Final post @ Just Security on how #OSINT can help prove gender crimes justsecurity.org/112988/open-so…

🚨LAST CHANCE: TWO DAYS TO APPLY!🚨Calling investigators, lawyers, journalists, and researchers: Join us UC Berkeley Law in August for our foundational #OSINT training held with IICI: 🗓️ August 4–8 📍UC Berkeley Law 🖊️ Apply by June 20 iici.global/courses/open-s…

The final in a special Just Security series with the Iran Digital Archive Coalition, Alexa Koenig & Andrea Richardson discuss how #OSINT can strengthen accountability for gender crimes through our report on attacks against #WomanLifeFreedom protestors: justsecurity.org/112988/open-so…