Reflective Teaching, Evidence, and Control of Teacher Education
Reflective Teaching, Evidence, and Control of Teacher Education
Wed, Mar 22, 16:00
UCL Institute of Education (IOE) • London
Free
Actions Panel
Open source evidence and the laws of war
Global Legal Action Network & Bellingcat are launching two reports on open source information as evidence for international accountability
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Garden Court Chambers 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LJ United Kingdom
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About this event
Global Legal Action Network and Bellingcat are pleased to invite you to the launch of two joint reports which outline critical developments in the use of online information as evidence that have emerged through our organisations’ work.
PUTTING PRINCIPLES INTO PRACTICE: Testing Open-Source Video as Evidence in the Criminal Courts of England and Wales Lessons Learned From a Mock Voir Dire Hearing
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INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW & THE AERIAL BOMBARDMENT OF YEMEN: A Study of the Contribution of Online Open Source Investigation
The first report is a written analysis of a ground-breaking event we staged last year simulating a court hearing before an English Crown Court Judge on whether to allow into evidence in a (fictional) criminal trial a piece of open source video evidence. The objective was to test a methodology developed by Bellingcat and GLAN aimed at ensuring open source investigations can produce evidence suitable for use in criminal courts. Teams of English barristers presented Prosecution and Defence arguments along with expert evidence from Bellingcat in respect of the piece of evidence - a Twitter video depicting an alleged war crime in Yemen. The judge delivered a ‘ruling’ in which she admitted the video, giving reasons which are analysed in the report being launched.
The second report is a legal commentary on the substantive contributions online audiovisual content can make to the difficult question of whether attacks causing civilian harm have necessarily violated international humanitarian law. The report discusses and demonstrates, using practical examples of open source investigations conducted in respect of airstrikes in Yemen, the vital additional information online investigations can provide in the context of IHL assessments. This use case for open source information is particularly crucial given the need for arms-supplying states to assess the IHL compliance of recipient countries - and the rarity with which criminal accountability is seen for conduct of hostilities attacks.
The speakers will introduce the reports through a 60 minute seminar which will be followed by a Q&A session, before refreshments and networking.
To watch the event live log in to our youtube page at 6pm here - https://youtu.be/MW22dbNolt4
