The Citizen Evidence Lab is intended to support human rights researchers and advocates to better take advantage of the new digital data-streams emanating from conflict zones and other human rights hot spots. It is an online space to share best practices, techniques and tools for authenticating user-generated content for human rights defense.

The Citizen Evidence Lab was created as part of Amnesty International’s Sensor Project – a global network that seeks to advance the practice and power of human rights defense. Christoph Koettl is the founder and editor of the Lab.