The Future of Human Rights Investigations: Using Open Source Intelligence to Transform the Documentation and Discovery of Human Rights Violations, 2018-2021

This data collection contains transcripts of interviews carried out with experienced human rights investigators. Throughout these semi-structured interviews, participants were invited to share their views and experiences on: the extent to which OSINT has affected investigative practices; the representativeness of open source research sources to affected populations; the tools that assist in data gathering and verification; and the challenges and opportunities presented by this type of evidence.