An undocumented crime is a forgotten crime.

The International Crimes Central Documentation (ICCD) is a non-profit, non-governemental organisation based in Paris, France.
 

Our mission: to hold perpetrators of international crimes accountable.

THE MISSION

Created in 2024, the ICCD brings together professionals and academics from varied backgrounds: international law, international relations, diplomacy, criminal investigations, asylum law, security, IT, etc. Each member is employed in their area of expertise to research, centralise and analyse intelligence relating to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed around the world.

We all share the conviction that international public law must be implemented to protect human life and dignity, or failing that, that judicial repression of individuals responsible for exactions is necessary.

The Documentation is working in a spirit of cooperation and complementarity with State, international and private actors acting in good faith to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. By combining the use of open source intelligence (OSINT) with networks of partners and human sources (HUMINT), the ICCD produces judicially relevant data for investigators, magistrates and lawyers working on these crimes. 

Considering the stakes involved, the identity of our members and sources remains, in principle, secret.

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).

ATLAS FOR JUSTICE 

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 ICCD’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 : Providing victims of war and persecution who are refugees in France with the opportunity to express themselves in a safe environment. This includes follow-up with legal advice and the collection of information to feed into the ICCD's databases. This gives victims a voice, and allows their testimonies to be used to strengthen intelligence for the criminal prosecution of perpetrators.

Key elements :

  • Establishment of support for victims who are refugees in France, offering relevant legal advice.
  • Collecting their testimonies to incorporate the intelligence into the organisation's databases, including the Atlas of Justice.
  • Partnerships with organisations working to protect victims and help them obtain their rights, as well as psychologists.

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 ICCD.

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.

FUNDINGS

So far, the DCCI is entirely funded by its own members and receives no subsidies.

Later, donation campaigns and applications for subsidies will be undertaken. Account books will be published on this page.

Our accounting records, information about our fundraising campaigns, grants received, and other matters relating to our financial resources will be published on this page.