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Digital Witness - Using Open Source Information for Human Rights Investigation, Documentation, and Accountability (Hardcover)
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Digital Witness - Using Open Source Information for Human Rights Investigation, Documentation, and Accountability (Hardcover)
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From videos of rights violations, to satellite images of
environmental degradation, to eyewitness accounts disseminated on
social media, human rights practitioners have access to more data
today than ever before. To say that mobile technologies, social
media, and increased connectivity are having a significant impact
on human rights practice would be an understatement. Modern
technology - and the enhanced access it provides to information
about abuse - has the potential to revolutionise human rights
reporting and documentation, as well as the pursuit of legal
accountability. However, these new methods for information
gathering and dissemination have also created significant
challenges for investigators and researchers. For example, videos
and photographs depicting alleged human rights violations or war
crimes are often captured on the mobile phones of victims or
political sympathisers. The capture and dissemination of content
often happens haphazardly, and for a variety of motivations,
including raising awareness of the plight of those who have been
most affected, or for advocacy purposes with the goal of mobilising
international public opinion. For this content to be of use to
investigators it must be discovered, verified, and authenticated.
Discovery, verification, and authentication have, therefore, become
critical skills for human rights organisations and human rights
lawyers. This book is the first to cover the history, ethics,
methods, and best-practice associated with open source research. It
is intended to equip the next generation of lawyers, journalists,
sociologists, data scientists, other human rights activists, and
researchers with the cutting-edge skills needed to work in an
increasingly digitized, and information-saturated environment.
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