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In this chapter from GIJN’s Reporter’s Guide to Investigating War Crimes, world-renowned war photographer Ron Haviv discusses best practices for using photo and video to cover atrocities and possible war crimes.
In this excerpt from GIJN’s Guide to Investigating War Crimes, executive director and editor of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Dzidic, discusses best practices for covering combatants and other hostile actors in war and conflict.
In the introduction to GIJN’s War Crimes Reporting Guide, GIJN Program Director Anne Koch discusses international law relating to conflict and the role of investigative reporting in uncovering war crimes.
In this excerpt from GIJN’s Guide to Investigating War Crimes, humanitarian disarmament researcher Wim Zwijnenburg offers best practices for reporting on environmental and property damage during conflicts.
In this second installment of GIJN’s reporting guide for investigating war crimes, experts offer practical tips and tools for covering attacks on civilians on the battlefield and interviewing non-combatant survivors of armed conflict.
In the first section of Chapter 13 of the GIJN Reporter’s Guide to Investigating War Crimes, the Dart Center’s Gavin Rees discusses best practices for interviewing victims and survivors of war crimes and armed conflict.
In this excerpt from GIJN’s Guide to Investigating War Crimes, former British Army officer and open source analyst Nick Waters discusses banned and restricted weapons and the international laws that regulate them.
In this installment of GIJN’s Reporter’s Guide to Investigating War Crimes, investigative reporter Christina Lamb discusses conflict-related sexual violence and the role of the press in investigating these often neglected atrocities.
Editor’s Note: The tipsheet was updated in 2023 by GIJN’s Leonardo Peralta and edited by Nikolia Apostolou. The subject of sexual violence remains a sensitive if not taboo subject in much of the world and often goes unreported.
At a recent GIJN webinar, journalist and experts discussed best practices for investigating conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), including tips for interviewing possible war crimes victims and corroborating incidents without re-traumatizing survivors.