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The Role of Crowdsourcing in Documentation and Investigation of War Crimes
Mgr. Karel Pešek, University of Defence, Brno, Institute of Intelligence Studies
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D., Masaryk University, Brno, Faculty of Social Studies, Department of Political Science
Abstract
This paper explores the use of crowdsourcing as a specific tool for gathering evidence in conflict settings, in the processes of documenting and investigating war crimes. The authors explain and demonstrate the main contemporary challenges using examples from contemporary conflicts (including the war in Ukraine).
Keywords: crowdsourcing, citizen intelligence, war crimes, crimes against humanity, admissibility, documentation, investigation.