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Conflict

Pursuing accountability and restoring the historical record

The Human Rights Center has worked at the heart of some of the world’s most dire conflicts — from eastern Congo to Cambodia to Ukraine. What started as fact-finding missions on the ground has evolved into efforts to help resolve violence globally, digital open source investigations of ongoing conflicts, and efforts to hold perpetrators of human rights violations to account. Our team remains flexible to the ever-changing conditions of conflict. In response to massive digital outpourings from active conflict zones over the last decade, we’ve set global standards for the collection and documentation of digital information depicting potential violations of international criminal and humanitarian law. 

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News

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April 8, 2025

Launch of Pilot Version of the Murad Code Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code 

For Immediate Release Launch of Pilot Version of the Murad Code Open-Source Practitioner’s Guide to the Murad Code  We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the pilot version of the Open-Source

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March 13, 2025

How social media is helping catch war criminals

HRC in the News — The Guardian, How social media is helping catch war criminals, a feature on the Berkeley Protocol and how it may help bring justice for atrocities committed in Sudan

This week in cyberspace

February 26, 2025

Interview with Betsy Popken

HRC in the News — This Week in Cyberspace: 77–Betsy Popken, interviewing Betsy Popken.

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December 20, 2024

Documenting Assad’s Crimes: Over 100,000 found in a single mass grave

HRC in the News — Times Radio: Documenting Assad’s Crimes: Over 100,000 found in a single mass grave, interviewing Eric Stover.

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December 9, 2024

For Press: UC Berkeley Human Rights Center Providing Expertise on Syria

Media Advisory On Sunday, December 8, Syria’s capital city of Damascus was liberated by multiple opposition groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), ending the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. The liberation of Damascus came