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Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you!

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Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley.bsky.social · 16d

Thrilled that HRC Faculty Director @alexakoenig.bsky.social is one of the inaugural members of Women Transforming Global Security, a new feminist global network addressing crises related to nuclear weapons proliferation, climate change, human rights, and more: transformingsecurity.org

Reimagining Security for the 21st Century - WTGS

Women Transforming Global Security represents a groundbreaking alliance of distinguished women leaders pioneering a comprehensive framework for addressing

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Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley.bsky.social · Aug 29

HRC's @alexakoenig.bsky.social and @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social each have new articles out in @uchicagolaw.bsky.social's International Law Journal's summer 2025 edition! Check out the full journal here, with the articles linked below:
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26.1 | Chicago Journal of International Law

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Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Aug 27

2/2 With a big thanks to colleagues and important thought leaders who've done important work at this intersection: @anthonyghaly.bsky.social Andrea Richardson Hannah Bagdasar Charlotte Maher and others

Digital Investigations of Systematic and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Practice and Possibilities | Chicago Journal of International Law

I. Introduction

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Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Aug 27

1/2 Article out from Chicago on guidelines we'll be launching this fall w/ the Institute for International Criminal Investigations on using #OSINT methods to investigate sexual and gender-based violence w/ the goal of bringing two int'l investigative worlds together cjil.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...

Digital Investigations of Systematic and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Practice and Possibilities | Chicago Journal of International Law

I. Introduction

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United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies @unodet.bsky.social · Aug 18

Internship: #UNJob Alert 🚨

@unodet.bsky.social is hiring interns in Geneva! Help build a better future of emerging tech by fostering #DigitalCooperation.

Tracks:
🔹Research & Technical Content
🔹Stakeholder Engagment & Policy Coordination

Apply by 🔗 26 Aug 2025: tinyurl.com/ph9r8xhm

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Jun 26

OSINT Provides Powerful Evidence of Gender Crimes in Iran and Beyond

Well done Alexa Koenig @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson.

#OSINT #ICC

Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley.bsky.social · Jun 20

The final in a special @justsecurity.org series, @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson discuss how #OSINT can strengthen accountability for gender crimes through our report on attacks against #WomanLifeFreedom protestors:
www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...

Open-Source Information Provides Powerful Evidence of Gender Crimes in Iran and Beyond

Digital open source data can be ethically deployed to strengthen investigations and prosecutions on gender crimes in Iran and elsewhere.

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Jun 25

“Allowing the worldwide publication of war crimes on the open web emboldens perpetrators, demoralizes victims, and frustrates national law enforcement, who rarely have jurisdiction to act when crimes are committed outside their territories," writes Lindsay Freeman - @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social

Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Jun 23

"In West Africa...there is a new band of online influencers: war influencers" @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social @hrcberkeley.bsky.social details how the Wagner group + other PMCs use Telegram to terrorize - and details 1st steps to accountability www.lawfaremedia.org/article/war-...

War Crimes for Fun and Profit

War influencers are posting evidence of their crimes online. Why has there been so little accountability?

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Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Jun 23

"In West Africa...there is a new band of online influencers: war influencers" @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social @hrcberkeley.bsky.social details how the Wagner group + other PMCs use Telegram to terrorize - and details 1st steps to accountability www.lawfaremedia.org/article/war-...

War Crimes for Fun and Profit

War influencers are posting evidence of their crimes online. Why has there been so little accountability?

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · Jun 18

Babies are again being born #HIV positive in #Uganda, after US #ForeignAid cuts.

@payalkshah.bsky.social writes it’s among many signs the resulting global #HealthCrisis is also a #HumanRights crisis.

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#UNHumanRightsCouncil #HRC59

U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts to Healthcare Trigger a Global Human Rights Crisis: How the World Must Respond

The U.N. Human Rights Council's current session offers a critical opening for leaders to address the health crisis spurred by U.S. funding cuts.

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · Jun 21

(1/3) Catch up on our recent analysis:

• Israel / Iran
• Political violence
• U.S. military deployment
• Trump executive actions
• Public health
• European security
• Corruption
• United Nations / Counterterrorism
• Series: Gender & protests in Iran

www.justsecurity.org/114795/diges...

Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (June 15-20, 2025)

Israel / Iran • Political violence • U.S. military deployment • Trump executive actions • Public health • European security • Corruption • United Nations / Counterterrorism • Series: Gender & protests...

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Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley.bsky.social · Jun 20

The final in a special @justsecurity.org series, @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson discuss how #OSINT can strengthen accountability for gender crimes through our report on attacks against #WomanLifeFreedom protestors:
www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...

Open-Source Information Provides Powerful Evidence of Gender Crimes in Iran and Beyond

Digital open source data can be ethically deployed to strengthen investigations and prosecutions on gender crimes in Iran and elsewhere.

www.justsecurity.org

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Jun 17

If you're doing research on online civility or lack thereof, get to know the Civility Analyzer module in @communalytic.org. It can automatically identify toxic, insulting, & threatening posts or posts showing compassion, curiosity, & respect in any text-based dataset. Communalytic.org

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · Jun 18

New resources are available for investigators using open-source information to document and prosecute #gender-related crimes.

Andrea Richardson and @alexakoenig.bsky.social explain how they are being used in #Iran and beyond:

www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...

Open-Source Information Provides Powerful Evidence of Gender Crimes in Iran and Beyond

Digital open source data can be ethically deployed to strengthen investigations and prosecutions on gender crimes in Iran and elsewhere.

www.justsecurity.org

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Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Jun 18

"Suddenly the phone records the crack of 3 gunshots. By the third the camera loses focus and [tumbles] out of its holder’s hands...apparent footage of the killing of a protestor." Final post in series @justsecurity.org on how #OSINT can help prove gender crimes www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...

Open-Source Information Provides Powerful Evidence of Gender Crimes in Iran and Beyond

Digital open source data can be ethically deployed to strengthen investigations and prosecutions on gender crimes in Iran and elsewhere.

www.justsecurity.org

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Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thank you!

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · Jun 12

The UN Fact-Finding Mission on #Iran is doing incredible work to document #crimesagainsthumanity and #humanrights violations committed by the Islamic Republic. The Iran Digital Archive Coalition is proud to assist by providing #digitalevidence.

Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Jun 11

3/ Second up: A Roadmap for Justice in Iran, outlining the work of the UN Fact-Finding Mission, with which we've been sharing open source data and analysis w/ an eye towards the pursuit of legal accountability www.justsecurity.org/113838/roadm...

An Update from the UN’s Fact-Finding Mission

Leaders of the U.N. Independent Fact-Finding Mission in Iran provide a path for accountability, reparations, and international support.

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Jess Peake @jesspeake.bsky.social · Jun 12

Being involved with the creation of the #Iran Digital Archive Coalition and working with these incredible partners has been a career highlight. Each of us cares deeply about #accountability for #humanrights violations and #crimesagainsthumanity in Iran

Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Jun 11

1/ Out today! The first two pieces in a special series @justsecurity.org on our collaborative investigations into gender persecution + attacks on Woman Life Freedom protestors in Iran. www.justsecurity.org/tag/series-o...

Series on Gender and Protests in Iran

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Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley.bsky.social · Jun 12

More to come in this series, including a piece from @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson on using open source information to establish elements of the international crime against humanity of gender persecution:
www.justsecurity.org/tag/series-o...

Series on Gender and Protests in Iran

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · Jun 11

During the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests in #Iran, security forces responded with violence, killing at least 500 people.

A group of civil society orgs worked to safeguard evidence, write Jess Peake, Nushin Sarkarati, and Kelly Liu.

First in a series:

www.justsecurity.org/114163/coali...

The Coalition that Preserved Content from Iran’s Protests

Woman, Life, Freedom victims and survivors are calling for help. We must amplify their voices and demand justice.

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Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Jun 11

4/ Coming soon! More in the series, including Andrea Richardson's and my article from @hrcberkeley.bsky.social on using open source information to establish elements of the international crime against humanity of gender persecution, building off her recent co-authored report, stay tuned....

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Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Jun 11

3/ Second up: A Roadmap for Justice in Iran, outlining the work of the UN Fact-Finding Mission, with which we've been sharing open source data and analysis w/ an eye towards the pursuit of legal accountability www.justsecurity.org/113838/roadm...

An Update from the UN’s Fact-Finding Mission

Leaders of the U.N. Independent Fact-Finding Mission in Iran provide a path for accountability, reparations, and international support.

www.justsecurity.org

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Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Jun 11

2/ First up: Safeguarding Evidence from Nushin Sarkarati (Atlantic Council Strategic Litigation Project), @jesspeake.bsky.social (UCLA Lab) and Kelly Liu (Mnemomic) who outline our collab as the Iran Digital Archive Coalition + the special series www.justsecurity.org/114163/coali...

The Coalition that Preserved Content from Iran’s Protests

Woman, Life, Freedom victims and survivors are calling for help. We must amplify their voices and demand justice.

www.justsecurity.org

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Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · Jun 11

1/ Out today! The first two pieces in a special series @justsecurity.org on our collaborative investigations into gender persecution + attacks on Woman Life Freedom protestors in Iran. www.justsecurity.org/tag/series-o...

Series on Gender and Protests in Iran

www.justsecurity.org

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Alexa @alexakoenig.bsky.social · May 25

It was incredibly exciting to learn about the variability of and extraordinary work being done at other university OSINT labs. This academic field has come so far in just under a decade. Great to meet you Lydia + to share the stage with these innovative humans!

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