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Digital tools have transformed how violence is documented, allowing activists, journalists and families of victims to gather forensic evidence, yet legal systems still often sideline that grassroots knowledge. (Unsplash)

More evidence doesn’t mean more justice: The limits of visual technologies in human rights cases

The expansion of technologies has increased the documentation of violence. But it doesn’t always lead to justice since courts often exclude information gathered by families and communities.
Adye Sunday, 25, right, was abducted by Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and forced to be one of his ‘wives.’ He fathered her two children, one of whom Betty, 3, stands at left. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The war after the war: How violence is passed down through generations

War does not end when the fighting stops or peace agreements are signed. Its harms are transmitted across generations.

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