Human Rights Center

Investigating war crimes, pursuing justice, and preparing tomorrow's advocates.

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

We officially launched the #BerkeleyProtocol on Digital Open Source Investigations with @UNHumanRights High Commissioner @volker_turk and launched HRC's 30th Anniversary year! We're deeply grateful for our partnership with UN OHCHR, and look forward to our future collaborations.

[Volker Türk @volker_turk]

As new tech risks new rights abuses, our ability to monitor & defend others' rights is increasingly vital.

I'm proud to work w/ inspiring @BerkeleyLaw students to launch the Berkeley Protocol: a tool to ensure digitally documented evidence can contribute to legal accountability.

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

On Oct. 26, we're hosting "Inside China's Secret Prisons," a book talk w/Orville Schell & Adam Hochschild on China's prison camps, their Soviet roots & threats to journalists who investigate them.
RSVP: https://t.co/mjBEi4XnLI
📅 10/26
⌚️ 5:30 PM
📍Booth Auditorium @BerkeleyLaw

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

🎬 Episode 1 of “Ten Years of HRC's Investigations Lab” is LIVE! HRC's @KAlexaKoenig sits down with alum @heytherehaley, partner @NoahFBullock of @Cristosal & Lab student @taliaharter to discuss investigating human rights harms related to immigration:
https://t.co/6sGjGXacMI

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

THIS FRIDAY! Join us for HRC's annual Student Fellowship Conference. Hear from our 2026 fellows about their summer work on pressing human rights issues.
📅 Oct. 16
🕔 12:45 PM
📍@berkeleylaw Warren Room (295)
🍴 Lunch + reception included
https://t.co/WvKIydNpuw

[Talia Harter @taliaharter]

It was wonderful to talk with Noah Bullock of @Cristosal, Investigations Lab alum Haley Willis, and @KAlexaKoenig about immigration, our work with the @hrw on CECOT, and OSINT for the start of a series for the Lab’s 10th anniversary! Looking forward to the conversations to come.

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

3/3 Our feedback window is open for two work weeks, and closes at 5 PM PT on October 23. The final draft will officially launch at the Paris Peace Forum w/ @betsy_popken on November 10.

🖊️ Share your feedback here: https://t.co/xtlaJaKAcX

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

1/3 📢 The Human Rights Center is seeking public feedback on our new Digital Ceasefire and De-escalation Handbook (DCDH)!

📝 Read the DCDH draft: https://t.co/kkmsDaRrTV

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

2/3 The handbook helps mediators, parties, and affected communities negotiate digital aspects of armed conflict, grey zone activity & internal disturbances.

Key areas include:
📡 Internet interference
🛜 Information threats
💻 Cyber attacks

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

Two days until Ep. 1 of “Ten Years of HRC’s Investigations Lab.” @taliaharter, a @UCBerkeley student & Lab team lead, explains more on our research with @Cristosal + @hrw on Venezuelans deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison. Tune in on Wednesday for the full episode!

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

On Oct. 26, we're hosting "Inside China's Secret Prisons," a book talk w/Orville Schell & Adam Hochschild on these camps, their Soviet roots & threats to journalists who investigate them. RSVP today:
https://t.co/mjBEi4XnLI
📅 10/26
⌚️ 5:30 PM
📍Booth Auditorium, @BerkeleyLaw

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

👀 Sneak peek of Ep. 1 of “Ten Years of HRC’s Investigations Lab” featuring @heytherehaley. Haley was part of the Lab’s very first cohort, then spent 7 years on @nytimes Visual Investigations team. The full video with @KAlexaKoenig, @noahbullock & Talia Harter drops on Oct 14!

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

🧵 3/3 Our first episode drops next Wednesday, October 14, and features Haley Willis (formerly @nytimes), @noahbullock of @Cristosal, and @taliaharter a @UCBerkeley undergrad and student lead in our Lab. Follow along, and learn more about the Lab here: https://t.co/wqU3Othj2F

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

🧵1/3 In 2016, we began a movement as the 1st university-based lab using digital open sources to investigate human rights violations. We started w/ @amnesty to co-create the Digital Verification Corps. Today we celebrated 10 years together in Geneva & committed to 10 more.

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

🧵2/3 All year we'll be celebrating w/ “Ten Years of HRC's Investigations Lab” speaker series which invites current students, alumni & investigative partners alongside @KAlexaKoenig for a conversation on a crucial issue of human rights concern through the prism of #OSINT.

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

5/5: And in Spanish via Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad @MXvsCORRUPCION:
https://t.co/oj7KIvflNq

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

1/5: As bad actors harness sophisticated tools like zero-click spyware and mass surveillance, human rights research has to match the pace and creativity of these tech-enabled crimes.

Our investigation shows what we accomplished with little infrastructure. 🧵

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

4/5: Also make sure to read @lindsaysfreeman's legal argument for Mexico as a test case for the ICC's cyber policy.

Read it in English via @just_security: https://t.co/tiM0xOtFwx

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

Join us for HRC's annual Student Fellowship Conference! Hear from our 2026 fellows about their summer work on pressing human rights issues.
📅 Oct. 16
🕔 12:45 PM
📍 @berkeleylaw Warren Room (295)
🍴 Lunch + reception included
https://t.co/WvKIydNpuw

[Leonardo Núñez González @leonugo]

Esta es la plataforma que el equipo jurídico de @BerkeleyLaw preparó como una especie de compendio de evidencias para la Corte Penal Internacional sobre las acciones del gobierno de AMLO contra periodistas y activistas. Aquí su argumento:
https://t.co/U0NXpO48Yn