Launch of GLAN/Bellingcat Methodology for Online Open Source Investigations

Launch of GLAN/Bellingcat Justice and Accountability Methodology for Online Open Source Investigations

With simultaneous translation into Arabic and Ukrainian

Swansea University is pleased to host the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and Bellingcat as they publish their state-of-the-art step-by-step methodology for conducting open source investigations. The methodology, designed in close consultation with Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees, has accountability processes in mind.

Incorporating the principles that courts will consider when evaluating user-generated content, this methodology can be tailored to the particular needs of other organisations and the specific contexts of their investigations. An earlier draft of the methodology was rigorously tested through a mock admissibility hearing exercise in 2021.

Join us for this roundtable to discuss:

1. The evolution of the methodology;

2. The key points of the justice and accountability methodology;

3. How other organisations might tailor the methodology to their needs.

A Q & A session with GLAN and Bellingcat will follow.

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Lansio Methodoleg GLAN/Bellingcat ar gyfer Ymchwiliadau Ffynhonnell Agored Ar-lein

Gyda chyfieithu ar y pryd i Arabeg a Wcreineg

Mae'n bleser gan Brifysgol Abertawe groesawu GLAN a Bellingcat wrth iddynt gyhoeddi eu methodoleg arloesol cam-wrth-gam ar gyfer cynnal ymchwiliadau ffynhonnell agored. Mae gan y fethodoleg, a ddyluniwyd mewn ymgynghoriad agos â'r Athro Yvonne McDermott Rees, brosesau atebolrwydd mewn golwg.

Gan ymgorffori’r egwyddorion y bydd llysoedd yn eu hystyried, gellir addasu’r fethodoleg hon i anghenion penodol sefydliadau eraill, a chyd-destunau penodol eu hymchwiliadau. Profwyd drafft cynharach o'r fethodoleg yn drylwyr trwy ymarfer gwrandawiad derbynioldeb ffug yn 2021.

Ymunwch â ni i drafod:

1. Esblygiad y fethodoleg;

2. Prif bwyntiau’r fethodoleg cyfiawnder ac atebolrwydd;

3. Sut y gallai sefydliadau eraill deilwra'r fethodoleg i'w hanghenion.

Bydd sesiwn cwestiwn ac ateb gyda GLAN a Bellingcat yn dilyn.