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The eyeWitness to Atrocities app is used by human rights defenders around the world. Their footage has contributed to investigations and analyses conducted by the United Nations, the International Criminal Court, different European war crimes units, domestic courts, and international police forces.
We worked with the legal team of eyeWitness from the early stages of our investigation, and their dossier was key in locating the alleged incidents. Having access to photo and video that could be authenticated and included a location and timestamp that could be trusted was crucial for our investigators. It allowed us to then search for additional open source information in a more targeted manner â hence making better use of our time and resources.
In 2024, frontline documenters, including independent individuals and human rights organisations, courageously used the eyeWitness app to collect and securely store more than 13,500 verified photos, videos and audio recordings from high-risk areas. This substantial body of evidence is ready for use in legal proceedings, highlighting the appâs vital contribution to global efforts to document and address human rights abuses.
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In 2023, frontline documenters, including independent individuals and human rights organisations, courageously used the eyeWitness app to capture and preserve over 18,500 pieces of authenticated photo, video, and audio footage from high-risk zones. This extensive documentation stands ready for use in courts of law, underscoring the app's crucial role in global efforts to document and address human rights abuses.
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Through 17 submissions to relevant accountability mechanisms in 2022, eyeWitness made accessible to investigators verifiable photo, video and audio recordings exposing potential atrocity crimes â genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Read moreeyeWitness to Atrocities (eyeWitness) and International Committee On Nigeria (ICON) have submitted a Joint Urgent Appeal to United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteurs....
eyeWitnessâ submission, based on both app user footage and open-source information analysed by eyeWitness, exposed the destruction of Chernihivâs neighbourhoods and properties...
On July 7 2022, eyeWitness, the International Committee On Nigeria, Rev. Canon Hassan John, and the Bwaatiye Community Development Association filed a joint urgent appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions...
(Video) In 2018, National Geographic photojournalist, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, used the eyeWitness to Atrocities camera app to uncover the everyday stories of civilians living in wartime Ukraine, whilst simultaneously gathering potential evidence of alleged war crimes...
In a short video, Nigerian journalist, Hassan John, explains how he uses the eyeWitness app to document the aftermath of violent attacks on villages in the northern and middle belt regions of Nigeria. This video is Episode 1 of the 'eyeWitness in Action' video series...
eyeWitness has enabled human rights documenters around the world to submit verifiable footage of alleged atrocities to Europol's Analysis Project Core International Crimes (AP CIC)...
eyeWitness submitted authenticated footage of potential incidents in Palestine to the International Criminal Courtâs preliminary examination. The ICC has now announced an investigation will be launched into the Situation in Palestine...
Based on verifiable footage and open source investigations, eyeWitness to Atrocities submitted a report regarding military attacks on civilian housing in Ukraine to the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing...
Due to a complaint containing eyeWitness footage, a UK Government body has acknowledged human rights violations in Palestine...
Combining eyeWitness trusted geolocation metadata with satellite imagery, lawyers at TRIAL International were able to uncover that a precious type of timber had been logged in Casamance...
Verifiable images captured using the eyeWitness app were used to bring two FDLR warlords to justice in a landmark case in the DRC...
UN investigators used authenticated images to identify the locations of major incidents that took place during the 2018 protests in Palestine...
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) collaborated with Truth Hounds, a Ukrainian based NGO, to collect...
