Digital Human Rights Investigations Project
The Digital Human Rights Investigations Project trains students to use open-source digital media to investigate and document human rights violations worldwide.
Research based on Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is a technique being pioneered by various non-profit organizations and academic institutions internationally to improve the transparency and fact-checking of investigative journalism and to strengthen legal cases in the area of international human rights.
The Fall 2025 Digital Human Rights Investigations Project created these two video essays:
- The Movement of the First: The Ideological Warfare Underlying the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Relocation, Reeducation, and Redirection: United Russia’s Young Guard and the Genocide Against Ukraine
The Spring 2025 Digital Human Rights Investigations Project created these two video essays:
- Expansion of the Yunarmiya in Occupied Ukraine
- Russian Forced Deportation and Re-education of Ukrainian Children
The Spring 2024 Digital Human Rights Investigations Project created these two video essays:
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Levitt Center
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Levitt Center
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Kirner-Johnson 251
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