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The DCCI is staffed by professionals and academics from a wide range of backgrounds: international law, diplomacy, security, criminal investigation, asylum, IT, etc.

 

They all share the same conviction that international law must be implemented in order to protect human life and dignity, and when this is not possible, to organize the legal repression of those responsible for perpetrating crimes. Given the stakes involved, the identities of members and sources are, in principle, kept confidential.

 

Each member is employed in his or her area of expertise to research, centralize and analyze intelligence on war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed around the world.

Documentation's flagship programs :

The DCCI leads five key initiatives to document international crimes, ensuring that judicially exploitable intelligence is accessible to national judicial authorities and competent international organizations (International Criminal Court, etc).

JUSTICE ATLAS

Objective : Develop an interactive cartographic tool that geolocates international crimes (war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide) and presents the context in which they are committed. The constitutive elements are presented in a format that is easily exploitable for judicial use: synthetic but exhaustive, neutral and factual. This information is intended for legal professionals (magistrates, judicial investigators, lawyers), journalists and human rights organizations.

Key elements :

  • Implementation of a mapping system that records crimes worldwide.
  • Feeding a centralized database with available OSINT and HUMINT, including testimonies and information gathered from DCCI’s sources networks on the field.
  • Development of reliable, secure digital tools for documentation analysis.

PARTNERSHIP WITH JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES AND SPECIALIZED INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Objective : To cooperate with international criminal justice professionals, in order to improve the circulation of information relevant to penal prosecution.

Key elements :

  • Organize the circulation of information, while respecting the procedural confidentiality of the investigation, and lead networks of partners.
  • File formal complaints when facts are discovered or when suspects are identified, and provide the relevant documentation to support legal proceedings, for the benefit of magistrates and investigative authorities.
  • If an alleged perpetrator is located in a foreign State, report the fact to the local judicial authorities, or transmit the information to a local NGO so that they may file a legal complaint in their own country.

TRAINING JOURNALISTS IN CRIMINAL DOCUMENTATION

Objective : To strengthen the capacity of journalists to effectively document violations of international law, taking into account relevant parameters from a judicial standpoint.

Key elements :

  • Develop specialized training to document exactions in a context of armed conflict.
  • Workshops on specific investigative techniques and collecting testimonies from victims of violence, while taking into account the sensibility of their situation.
  • Creation of training materials dedicated to journalists covering war crimes.

SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS WHO ARE REFUGEES IN FRANCE

Objective : To provide victims of war and persecution who are refugees in France with the opportunity to speak in a safe environment. This includes support from a psychologist, legal advice, and data collection to feed into the DCCI databases. This highlights the voices of victims and allows their testimonies to be used to strengthen the intelligence needed to organize the criminal prosecution of perpetrators.

Key elements :

  • Establish support for victims who are refugees in France, offering psychological counseling and relevant legal advice.
  • Psychological assistance with professionals to enable victims verbalising and overcoming their traumas, then record their testimonies for analysis and integration into the DCCI's databases.
  • Partnerships with specialized organizations protecting victims and facilitating access to their rights.

PROMOTING ART TO HIGHLIGHT AND DENOUNCE CRIME

Objective : To give visibility to victims and exactions through artistic expression, in order to promote international criminal justice and encourage the submission of testimonies to the DCCI.

Key elements :

  • Promote artistic projects by artists from countries at war, and exert influence in favor of the implementation of international public law.
  • Collaboration with artists, cultural institutions and human rights organizations to develop and exhibit artwork related to the topic.
  • Exhibitions and digital storytelling initiatives for the duty of remembrance.

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