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The evidence locker of the 21st century: cooperation between social media platforms and law enforcement authorities for preserving digital material for justice
Moderators
Project Director, eyeWitness to Atrocities
Wendy Betts is the Director of eyeWitness to Atrocities, an organisation that combines law and technology to promote accountability for serious international crimes. The eyeWitness system allows human rights documenters to capture photos/videos of human rights violations that can...
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Speakers
Legal Director, Center for Justice and Accountability
Carmen Cheung is the legal director of the Center for Justice and Accountability. CJA's mission is to deter torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious human rights abuses around the world through innovative litigation and transitional justice strategies. Until...
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Senior Legal Researcher / Project Manager, Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley
Lindsay Freeman is an international criminal and human rights lawyer based in The Hague, Netherlands. As a researcher for the Human Rights Center, she leads the drafting of the International Protocol on Open Source Investigations. Her research focuses on the use of technology and...
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Program Director, WITNESS
In short....video, human rights, deepfakes, media manipulation, citizen participation, role of companies, AI, live video and experiential activismIn "long"...Sam Gregory is an award-winning technologist, media-maker, and advocate, and Program Director of WITNESS (
www.witness.org) which helps people use video and technology to defend human rights. Founded after the Rodney King incident, WITNESS has 30 years of experience in 100+ countries, supporting critical uses of video to secure accountability, reaching millions of people with skills and tools, engaging...
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Legal Advisory Board Member, Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley School of Law JD Candidate, Berkeley Human Rights Center's Investigations Lab Member, conducting open source investigations in Syria and other countries and advising the Lab's students and staff on investigative strategies and new projects. Previous experiences at the...
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Senior Legal Advisor, eyeWitness
Raquel Vázquez Llorente is a Senior Legal Advisor at eyeWitness, where she helps bridge the gap between human rights defenders on the frontlines and investigators or prosecutors by providing guidance on the application of technology to investigations. eyeWitness has developed award-winning...
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Director of Human Rights & Technology Program; Director, Human Rights Investigations Lab, Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley School of Law
Open source information pioneer, practitioner and educator with a focus on human rights and legal accountability. Leading an immersive education program at UC Berkeley teaching 80 undergraduate and graduate students how to research and analyse online information in support of human...
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Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Justice and Accountability
An attorney with the Center for Justice and Accountability, working with victims of torture and serious human rights abuse to investigate and bring cases against perpetrators seeking safe haven in the US. I also represent victims of the Khmer Rouge regime in their quest for justice...
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Global Head of Human Rights, Google
Alexandria is the global policy lead for human rights and free expression at Google. Alexandria drives Google’s work on business and human rights to support responsible approaches to policies across all Google’s products. Based in Washington, DC, Alexandria coordinates policy...
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Thursday May 17, 2018 14:30 - 15:45 EDT
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