Harnessing Social Media as Evidence of Grave International Crimes

Frontline journalism: the dangers—and importance—of human rights reporting

An urgent call to advance the rights of refugee and migrant women in Greece

Global student summit on open source human rights investigations convened at UC Berkeley

Bellagio Workshop Examines Open Source Information as Evidence

War crimes investigations increasingly rely on open source information — videos, photos, and social media posts that are publicly accessible on the internet — as potential sources of evidence. When tribunal investigators, human rights activists, and students in…

Documenting hate against my Muslim community

I was accustomed to seas of white prayer hats, smiling eyes peering through…

Missing Peace Young Scholars on conflict-related sexual violence and exploitation

By Maddie Boyd and Dylan Saba

Although more than 100 children and adults in the Central African Republic in 2016 accused French peacekeepers of…

The Gift

On the last day of fourth grade, I leaned against a window as my fellow students buzzed around our classroom, high on sodas and celebration and the delight of having our beloved teacher back: she had been out for more than five months while her husband struggled through the last stages of a fatal illness. He…

Why Gavin Sheridan’s ‘nerdy journalism’ is good for democracy and human rights

Introducing Undocumental—a new ‘forum for illegalized people’ launched from UC Berkeley