Hadi al Khatib | Open Source Research Methods: Documenting Human Rights Violations and International Crimes
Are you interested in conducting historical and human rights investigations with visual evidence from conflict archives? Join our online “Exposing the Invisible” talks focused on methods, cases and resources for investigating human rights violations in conflict. Our guest experts will reveal their tactics, tools and challenges of working in these areas, providing practical insight and ethical considerations for investigators and researchers.
About the Session
Drawing on over a decade of work by Mnemonic's team, the session will walk participants through the open source investigation cycle from discovery and capture to preservation, verification, and analysis. It will also showcase investigations from multiple contexts to present how scattered digital evidence is transformed into structured findings that support accountability actors. In addition, the session will address challenges such as mis-information and deepfakes and present resources to identify and counter manipulated or misleading online content.
About the Speaker
Hadi Al Khatib is the founder of the Syrian Archive and the Managing Director of Mnemonic, a leading NGO dedicated to forensically collecting, preserving, and verifying open-source digital documentation. Mnemonic investigates human rights violations and international crimes, supporting a wide range of accountability actors. Mnemonic hosts the Syrian, Yemeni, Ukrainian, Iranian, and Sudanese Archives, and it provides rapid response support in other contexts.
About Us
This event is hosted by Tactical Tech as part of the *Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative (CIJI). Tactical Tech is an international non-profit organisation that engages with citizens and civil-society organisations to explore and mitigate the impacts of technology on society. Exposing the Invisible is a Tactical Tech project that develops resources, training and collaborations promoting investigation as one of the most important forms of public engagement.
Credits and Licensing
This Talk Series is produced by Jasmine Erkan and Laura Ranca from Tactical Tech's Exposing the Invisible project.
Video Editing: Sam Harper
Music: Theatre Of Delays - bensound.com (License Code: BB7YX3QJFDPGQZ22)
This event is part of the CIJI project co-funded by the European Union.
Disclaimer:
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.