International Law

Four high-ranking congressional Democrats sent formal requests to the CEOs of YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook’s parent company, Meta, on Thursday, asking them to archive content that could be used as evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine and citing a 2021 report from the Human Rights Center

Alexa Koenig, Executive Director of the Human Rights Center, discusses the increase in news using open source investigation techniques

Alexa Koenig, Executive Director of the Human Rights Center, says it could take years to wade through all the war crimes evidence in Ukraine, it’s critically important to process it as soon as possible, to point investigators to the most important cases – and those that could lead to speedy prosecutions

Alexa Koenig, Executive Director of the Human Rights Center, appears on the Lawfare Podcast for an in-depth interview examining the history of using social media for international criminal cases and Berkeley/the HRC’s role in developing the Berkeley Protocol

HRC’s Lindsay Freeman, one of the authors of the Berkeley Protocol, discusses helping groups in Ukraine standardize their efforts and adapt and apply the protocol in this specific situation

Professor Katerina Linos and Professor Laura Fletcher weigh in on the powers and importance of how the ICC investigates war crimes allegations against Russia

Wai Wai Nu, visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Human Rights Center, explains the meaning of the U.S. government defining the crimes perpetrated by the Myanmar military against the Rohingya people as a genocide.

Professor Eric Stover, Faculty Director of the Human Rights Center, discusses the Berkeley Protocol on Open Source Investigations and why it’s important both for the press and for courts, that information is verified

Alexa Koenig, Executive Director of the Human Rights Center, discusses the Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations and the long collaborative process of formalizing OSINT to be admissible in international courts.

Elena Chachko, Fellow at Miller Institute, says that sanctions allow you to feel like you’re taking action, but it “doesn’t necessarily accomplish what you want to accomplish in practical terms”