Social media is changing who is providing information about war and how people are consuming it, but it’s also providing legally sound evidence for war crimes trials.
In Sudan, fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group, appear to have filmed and posted online videos of themselves glorifying the burning of homes and harming prisoners. These videos could now be used by international courts to pursue war crime prosecutions.
Kaamil Ahmed explains how the international legal system is adapting to social media, using the Berkeley Protocol, and finding a way to use the digital material shared online to corroborate accounts of war crimes being committed in countries ranging from Ukraine to Sudan.
It's Complicated
Social media is changing who is providing information about war and how people are consuming it, but it’s also providing legally sound evidence for war crimes trials.
In Sudan, fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group, appear to have filmed and posted online videos of themselves glorifying the burning of homes and harming prisoners. These videos could now be used by international courts to pursue war crime prosecutions.
Kaamil Ahmed explains how the international legal system is adapting to social media, using the Berkeley Protocol, and finding a way to use the digital material shared online to corroborate accounts of war crimes being committed in countries ranging from Ukraine to Sudan.
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