There’s been an explosion in recent years of special apps launched by different NGOs to help witnesses and victims document atrocities. But it is difficult to track a parallel increase in successful prosecutions based on app-generated evidence. And there remain underlying concerns about the new technology’s safety, common standards, and whether the mostly elderly judges who barely touch social media, are ready for this revolution in evidence-production.
by Stephanie van den Berg, our correspondent in The Hague
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