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]

TOMORROW: Join our webinar with HRC's @betsy_popken, @JalalAK_jojo from @7amleh, Marwa Fatafta from @AccessNow, Hanaa Eltigani of YCON, and @solomonbrett, all in discussion on protecting civilians impacted by digital warfare.
https://t.co/nZY4KHqPxW

📅 6/4
⌚ 9 AM PST
📍 Zoom

[Global Crisis Management Report @globalcmrpt]

RT @hrcberkeley Digital Warfare: From The Ground Up Webinar, June 4 https://t.co/Sbr3pRbnt4 @betsy_popken @JalalAK_jojo @7amleh @AccessNow

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

We're #hiring a development officer! You'll be managing grants; identifying, cultivating & stewarding prospective and current donors; planning & implementing fundraising efforts; & reporting metrics on campaign performance. Apply by June 3: https://t.co/NRlfTPgtCL

[7amleh حملة @7amleh]

From internet shutdowns and digital surveillance to online incitement and attacks on digital infrastructure, civilians are increasingly affected by conflicts unfolding in digital spaces.

Join us for a discussion on the impact of digital warfare and the growing need for accountability and digital ceasefires with @accessnow, YCON Sudan, @hrcberkeley, @betsy_popken, @JalalAK_jojo.

📅 Thursday, June 4, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM PST
🔗 Register: https://t.co/7MfqcNJA6O

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

We're #hiring a development officer! You'll be managing grants; identifying, cultivating & stewarding prospective and current donors; planning & implementing fundraising efforts; & reporting metrics on campaign performance. Apply by June 3:
https://t.co/NLBeNSK3l1

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

Interested in learning about how to protect civilians impacted by digital warfare? Join us virtually on June 4 for a panel with HRC's @betsy_popken, @JalalAK_jojo from @7amleh, Marwa Fatafta from @AccessNow, and more!
📅 6/4
⌚ 9 AM PST
📍 Zoom
https://t.co/nZY4KHqPxW

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

Tune in to @KALXradio's to hear HRC's @KAlexaKoenig and Investigation Lab student team leads Maneh Davityan and Talia Harter to discuss their investigation and research into El Salvador's #CECOT mega-prison:
🎙️: https://t.co/xtuXToP2OG

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

"Speaking truth to power by investigating the experience of Venezuelan detainees at #CECOT & contradicting the administration’s narrative feels essential" wrote HRC Lab student Maneh Davityan, whose research supported @HRW's report.
🔗 Read the piece: https://t.co/50qchHSHi2

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

We're #hiring a development officer! You'll be managing grants; identifying, cultivating & stewarding prospective and current donors; planning & implementing fundraising efforts; & reporting metrics on campaign performance. Apply by June 3:
https://t.co/NLBeNSK3l1

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

@KALXradio had HRC's @KAlexaKoenig speak on the psychological toll of graphic imagery online. Listen to Part 1 below & stay tuned for Part 2, where Alexa & our Lab student leads discuss our investigation into El Salvador's #CECOT mega-prison.

🎙️: https://t.co/vyzwMuaYB3

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

Interested in learning about how to protect civilians impacted by digital warfare? Join us virtually on June 4 for a panel w/HRC's @betsy_popken, @JalalAK_jojo from @7amleh, Marwa Fatafta from @AccessNow, and more!
📅 6/4
⌚ 9 AM PST
📍 Zoom
Register: https://t.co/nZY4KHqPxW

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

From issues of target distinction to the accountability gap in AI warfare, our students spent the last semester researching how loitering munitions challenge international humanitarian law. Read their reflections here: https://t.co/X2Of7dZzgS

[UC Berkeley Law @BerkeleyLaw]

"Today, what we’re getting is just a volume that is not contained to your newspaper or the news, it’s something that we have with us 24-7."

Prof. @KAlexaKoenig, Co-Faculty Director of @hrcberkeley joined @KALXradio to talk about online graphic trauma: https://t.co/8tlFvhvWVR

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

Thrilled to see HRC’s Linda Gordon & partner Masheika Allgood reflected in @CALittleHoover report on data centers & electricity policy. Their testimony reflected impacts on water, air quality, utility rates & more, showing a need for comprehensive policy. https://t.co/1NVDljCu7N

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

Don't miss tomorrow's global launch of the "Child Marriage Theory of Change in Crisis Settings"! Hosted by @PlanGlobal & @save_children, this framework is rooted in HRC research led by @JFreccero that centers the voices of 280 girls in Jordan & Uganda:
https://t.co/2DERWndD83

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

"If a democratic transition comes, we can, through the information and skills we’ve acquired, employ this training in how we truly document and monitor these violations and conduct good investigations," said Sudanese lawyer Mozamel Belgali Mohammed:
https://t.co/faUcWy8ZGj

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

In November 2025, we partnered with @theICTJ to train displaced human rights defenders from Sudan on open source investigative methods. With these new skills to document atrocities, their aim is to strengthen capacity for transitional justice processes:
https://t.co/XNWnn4Ms5x

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

Alongside @StanfordCIGH and others, HRC is co-sponsoring an event on Rohingya history, life in Bangladesh's refugee camps, asylees in the US, and more!
📅 Tuesday, May 5
⌚️ 6:30–8 PM PST
📍 IEAS Conference Room
🔗 RSVP for in-person & Zoom: https://t.co/PE0o7Hgod3

[UC Berkeley Law @BerkeleyLaw]

After training with the International Center for Transitional Justice and @hrcberkeley, Sudanese refugees are using open-source tools to document abuses at home. Their hope: Peace, and justice for victims: https://t.co/jaK6tW3roY #BerkeleyLaw

[Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley]

Happening #TOMORROW! HRC Faculty Director @KAlexaKoenig in conversation on solidarity, migration, and democratic life in Central America with @Cristosal's Executive Director @NoahFBullock!
⌚️12:45 PM
📍@BerkeleyLaw Room 132
🔗 RSVP: https://t.co/Y4nFVC3fGG