The The Associated Press's report on increasing use of #OSINT in newsroom investigations features HRC's Alexa Koenig and cites some of the important reporting collaborations between our investigations lab and the AP: 🧵

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1st is a write-up of a mock admissibility hearing we staged last year with the support of @OSR4Rights. 2nd is a study, with the support of Human Rights Program @ Harvard Law into what open-source information can tell us about compliance with laws of war. Read the reports 👇 glanlaw.org/oosi-reports

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In partnership with Bellingcat, we are pleased to publish our methodology for online investigations which aims to increase the reliability of open source info in justice & accountability strategies Access the document here (launch video will follow): glanlaw.org/online-open-so…

We just released our methodology with GLAN | Global Legal Action Network for conducting our accountability focused investigations - you can find it here. Many thanks to everyone who has worked on it, reviewed it, and provided feedback.

#2022wrapup In February, we hosted a series of roundtables focused on Open Source Investigations - #OSINT - culminating in a panel event on 2 March, shared as a #podcast ⬇️. Though pre-planned, these events coincided with Russia's invasion of #Ukraine: ehrac.org.uk/en_gb/resource…

"Mapping the Use of #OpenSource Research in UN Human Rights Investigations" by Alexa Koenig, @Daragh_Murray + Yvonne McDermott Rees is included in Oxford University Press' Introduction to Publishing for Early Career Researchers 2023 collection, launching today! academic.oup.com/journals/pages…

In Sept Amnesty International Evidence Lab brought together >50 DVC student volunteers, local orgs & colleagues to reflect & develop new OSI skills. Marija Ristić kicks off our multi-part Summit Series, where we’ll be sharing lessons & reflections from the 3 days citizenevidence.org/2023/01/12/wha…

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Out now! Our new episode unpacks some of the most innovative technology entering courtrooms around the world. We ask what virtual reality’s role in international justice could look like and the implications this could have to proceedings at the #ICC.

Delighted to see our work cited in this important Report of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on "New technologies and enforced disappearances" documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/…

HUGE NEWS!! We have been named Finalist for the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize, in the "Outstanding International Impact" category. Full story: ukri.org/news/finalists…

Mobile phones are everywhere, and conflicts are increasingly being recorded and shared online. The OSR4Rights research group aims to strengthen the use of open-source research in human rights investigations. They're 2024 #ImpactPrize finalists!🎉 More:orlo.uk/696tY

🎉Llongyfarchiadau i osr4rights, a arweinir gan yr Athro Yvonne McDermott Rees #PrifAbertawe, ar gyrraedd rownd derfynol 'GwobrEffaith Economic and Social Research Council!

🎉Congratulations to osr4rights, led by #SwanseaUni's Prof Yvonne McDermott Rees, on being an Economic and Social Research Council #ImpactPrize finalist! Read how the project is using open source research to transform the discovery and documentation of human rights violations➡️tinyurl.com/cwckjmuv

This year’s winner of Outstanding International is the OSR4Rights research group (osr4rights) led by Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees for 'Strengthening the use of open source research in human rights investigations'. Congratulations! 🎉4/

We're thrilled to share in the prestigious Economic and Social Research Council #ImpactPrize as part of the osr4rights team for research on using mobile phone evidence in human rights cases! Read more on its impact on the discovery + documentation of human rights violations: ➡️bit.ly/3Ol1LGI