This workshop Organized by Shabaka and the Center for Information Resilience (CIR) is the second of a two-part series (the first part on Data and Digital Security in the Sudan context). The Workshop will be led by Sudan Witness investigator Will Munro, and CIR Director of Investigations Ben Strick.

This presentation takes researchers through the basics of using open-source techniques to document human rights for accountability, social media searching and using satellite imagery to verify information and make new findings. The techniques shown are what our investigators use to investigate human rights abuses, infrastructure damage, extrajudicial killings, gender-based violence and other events where information discovered online has been used to verify or add provenance to events on the ground.

The Workshop will follow practical case studies from Sudan since April 15, 2023 – specifically focusing on events in areas where access is hindered or limited. The main fields attendees will learn in this session is:

• How do open source techniques fit to play a role in IHL, such as documenting harm to civilians and damage to critical infrastructure? How to verify a claim using satellite imagery (FIRMS, Sentinel Hub, other satellite imagery)

• How to further verify a claim using social media searches (Facebook, WhoPostedWhat, Twitter Advanced Search) • How to document and categorise information for thematic investigations (Google Sheets)

• How to present and map findings and investigations (Google Earth)

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