Thrilled that HRC Faculty Director @alexakoenig.bsky.social is one of the inaugural members of Women Transforming Global Security, a new feminist global network addressing crises related to nuclear weapons proliferation, climate change, human rights, and more: transformingsecurity.org

HRC's @alexakoenig.bsky.social and @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social each have new articles out in @uchicagolaw.bsky.social's International Law Journal's summer 2025 edition! Check out the full journal here, with the articles linked below: cjil.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...

1/2 Article out from Chicago on guidelines we'll be launching this fall w/ the Institute for International Criminal Investigations on using #OSINT methods to investigate sexual and gender-based violence w/ the goal of bringing two int'l investigative worlds together cjil.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...

Internship: #UNJob Alert 🚨 @unodet.bsky.social is hiring interns in Geneva! Help build a better future of emerging tech by fostering #DigitalCooperation. Tracks: 🔹Research & Technical Content 🔹Stakeholder Engagment & Policy Coordination Apply by 🔗 26 Aug 2025: tinyurl.com/ph9r8xhm

OSINT Provides Powerful Evidence of Gender Crimes in Iran and Beyond Well done Alexa Koenig @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson. #OSINT #ICC

“Allowing the worldwide publication of war crimes on the open web emboldens perpetrators, demoralizes victims, and frustrates national law enforcement, who rarely have jurisdiction to act when crimes are committed outside their territories," writes Lindsay Freeman - @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social

"In West Africa...there is a new band of online influencers: war influencers" @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social @hrcberkeley.bsky.social details how the Wagner group + other PMCs use Telegram to terrorize - and details 1st steps to accountability www.lawfaremedia.org/article/war-...

Babies are again being born #HIV positive in #Uganda, after US #ForeignAid cuts. @payalkshah.bsky.social writes it’s among many signs the resulting global #HealthCrisis is also a #HumanRights crisis. www.justsecurity.org/114839/us-fo... #UNHumanRightsCouncil #HRC59

(1/3) Catch up on our recent analysis: • Israel / Iran • Political violence • U.S. military deployment • Trump executive actions • Public health • European security • Corruption • United Nations / Counterterrorism • Series: Gender & protests in Iran www.justsecurity.org/114795/diges...

The final in a special @justsecurity.org series, @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson discuss how #OSINT can strengthen accountability for gender crimes through our report on attacks against #WomanLifeFreedom protestors: www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...

If you're doing research on online civility or lack thereof, get to know the Civility Analyzer module in @communalytic.org. It can automatically identify toxic, insulting, & threatening posts or posts showing compassion, curiosity, & respect in any text-based dataset. Communalytic.org

New resources are available for investigators using open-source information to document and prosecute #gender-related crimes. Andrea Richardson and @alexakoenig.bsky.social explain how they are being used in #Iran and beyond: www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...

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

The UN Fact-Finding Mission on #Iran is doing incredible work to document #crimesagainsthumanity and #humanrights violations committed by the Islamic Republic. The Iran Digital Archive Coalition is proud to assist by providing #digitalevidence.

Being involved with the creation of the #Iran Digital Archive Coalition and working with these incredible partners has been a career highlight. Each of us cares deeply about #accountability for #humanrights violations and #crimesagainsthumanity in Iran

More to come in this series, including a piece from @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson on using open source information to establish elements of the international crime against humanity of gender persecution: www.justsecurity.org/tag/series-o...

During the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests in #Iran, security forces responded with violence, killing at least 500 people. A group of civil society orgs worked to safeguard evidence, write Jess Peake, Nushin Sarkarati, and Kelly Liu. First in a series: www.justsecurity.org/114163/coali...

1/ Out today! The first two pieces in a special series @justsecurity.org on our collaborative investigations into gender persecution + attacks on Woman Life Freedom protestors in Iran. www.justsecurity.org/tag/series-o...

It was incredibly exciting to learn about the variability of and extraordinary work being done at other university OSINT labs. This academic field has come so far in just under a decade. Great to meet you Lydia + to share the stage with these innovative humans!

Whoa. So many thoughts on the ethics, prejudicial value and more of an AI generated statement from a deceased victim in court..... www.npr.org/2025/05/07/g...

Join us in celebrating the book launch of "Failure of the State: Organised Crime and Mexico’s Disappeared" by HRC Senior Researcher Dr. Lene Guercke! 📅 May 1 🕔 5 PM 🎙️ @alexakoenig.bsky.social & Omar Gómez-Trejo 📍 HRC @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social 🍽️ Snacks served! 🔗 events.berkeley.edu/hrc/event/29...

Open-source researchers: whether you’re actively searching for evidence re: conflict-related sexual violence or not, you may find it. We've just launched the pilot Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code w/ IICI to help www.muradcode.com/open-source-... @berkeleylaw.bsky.social

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

Heart-wrenching reporting (video) from BBC journalist who reached Mandalay. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar #earthquake

Total we launch 2 additional reports from the Iran Digital Archive Coalition that underscore the int'l crimes we've been documenting through open source investigations + the importance of the #IranFFMI's continuing work #HRCLab humanrights.berkeley.edu/projects/inv...

We've published two new reports, the latest in an ongoing series, which offer additional evidence that international crimes have been perpetrated in Iran, and demonstrate how digital open source information can support future legal accountability: humanrights.berkeley.edu/projects/inv...

"Digital investigations are more ethical and effective when they are survivor-centered and trauma-informed," write @alexakoenig.bsky.social & @anthonyghaly.bsky.social for @justsecurity.org: www.justsecurity.org/108985/guida... www.justsecurity.org/108985/guida...

“Guidance on how to conduct digital investigations into sexual violence remains underdeveloped, leaving a dangerous gap,” write @anthonyghaly.bsky.social and @alexakoenig.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/108985/guida...

Before & after of earthquake destruction. Mahamuni - first image - is a very important temple. Last image is the Ananda Pagoda, just south of Mahamuni. #Burma #Myanmar #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar #earthquake

We're currently hiring two roles! Fancy yourself as an open source investigator and trainer? Apply here for a role in our human rights and conflict monitoring team by April 6th www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-i...

Thanks to @kaamilahmed.bsky.social of the Guardian for this spotlight on the Berkeley Protocol and how it can be used to strengthen social media and other online content as evidence!! A short watch but one that nods to the work of many of HRC's friends...

Are you an #OSINT practitioner looking to upskill? Join us and @instituteici.bsky.social for our Advanced Open Source Investigations course, held in The Hague May 5–9. Applicants should have already taken our Foundational course / have experience. Apply by March 17: iici.global/courses/open...

Join @alexakoenig.bsky.social at the University of San Francisco School of Law's Women's Law Association Trailblazing Tea for an exploration of the intersection between women's health, legal protections, and data privacy in a post-Dobbs world. 🗓️ March 14 ⌚️ 5:30–8:00 PM 📍 2130 Fulton Street, SF

My colleague @artiscuriskis.bsky.social and I wrote about the new DOGE acting administrator, who actually has a good legacy in health...one she is destroying as being part of DOGE, for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Join @alexakoenig.bsky.social for a dialogue on leveraging technology to document attacks on healthcare in Palestine, Ukraine, and Sudan to support accountability efforts, along with experts from @p4hr.bsky.social, Al-Haq & Sudan Human Rights Hub 🗓️🕚 Feb 25 11:00 PM PT 🗓️🕑Feb 26 2:00 PM CST 📍Virtual

Feb 26: Do you teach or train students/professionals in #OSINT? Join @alexakoenig.bsky.social, Andrea Richardson, Brian Nguyen, and Lene Guercke online or in-person in Taipei to brainstorm new strategies for finding facts online, given our fast-changing digital world: www.rightscon.org

Feb 25/26: Join @alexakoenig.bsky.social for an online dialogue on leveraging technology to document attacks on healthcare in Palestine, Ukraine, and Sudan to support accountability efforts, along with experts from @p4hr.bsky.social, Al-Haq, and Sudan Human Rights Hub: www.rightscon.org

Thank you for having me!

HRC Co-Faculty and Investigations Director @alexakoenig.bsky.social presented on @bellingcat.com’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/bel...

I just landed in #Taipei and excited for @rightscon.org next week! If you're in town, let me know! And please join me as I co-host two #opensource workshops on Tuesday with @alexakoenig.bsky.social and others. #RightsCon2025 #opensource #OSINT #digitalinvestigations #digitalevidence

Heading to #RightsCon? Do you teach or train people open source investigative methods ( #OSINT )? Have an interest in helping to shape how people learn this work? Please join us!

Live in 10 minutes, very excited for this one!

Thanks to Bellingcat for hosting this conversation on the ethical challenges that come with using open sources to investigate gender-based violence and that arise when coming across such content

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📺 Missed last week's webinar with @alexakoenig.bsky.social on open source investigation into international crimes and the Berkeley Protocol? Catch up now on the @warstudieskcl.bsky.social YouTube page 👇 @hrcberkeley.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggng...

👩‍💻 Later this month we're hosting @alexakoenig.bsky.social for a talk on online investigations into international crimes and the role of the Berkeley Protocol. 🗓️ 4pm, 29th January 2025 📍 Online 🔗 Register below @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @hrcberkeley.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

California up next! Happy 2025, all. Here's to strength and solidarity in the year ahead

Thanks Indigo for selecting my forthcoming book "Chasing Shadows" as one of the most anticipated for 2025! Canadian readers: this week only you can get 30% discount on pre-orders. Details here: www.indigo.ca/en-ca/chasin... Book website is here: chasingshadowsbook.ca

"This is done for the families and the community" - Eric Stover, HRC co-faculty director, pulls from his decades of experience investigating mass grave sites in Rwanda, Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, Argentina and elsewhere to talk about what needs to happen next to ensure accountability #Syria

Working on accountability for war crimes? As Kathy Roberts shares in the podcast below, "I used to joke the traditional way that lawyers are trained to deal with trauma is w/ alcohol + drug abuse." For some other coping strategies, def worth a listen! @berkeleylaw.bsky.social @adlampros.bsky.social