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<h2>About us</h2><h3>Who we are</h3><p>Ukrainian Archive is a program of Mnemonic, a non-profit organization which operates globally to help human rights defenders effectively use digital documentation of human rights violations and international crimes to support advocacy, justice, and accountability. In response to the armed conflict in Ukraine, Mnemonic has established the Ukrainian Archive by building on the success of the Syrian, Yemeni, and Sudanese Archives. To see more about Mnemonic’s work, visit <a href="https://mnemonic.org/">https://mnemonic.org/</a>.</p><p>Ukrainian Archive is a Ukrainian-led program, supported by open-source investigators, conflict analysts, investigative journalists, legal practitioners, and IT specialists. Our team preserves, analyses, and memorializes documentation of humanitarian law and human rights violations in the armed conflict in Ukraine. We do this by archiving and analyzing the digital documentation in our database and on this website in order to support the important work of investigative journalists, human rights activists, and criminal justice practitioners on the violations of public international law and provide potential evidence used for legal case building. By preserving verifiable documentation within our archive and helping others do the same, we hope to support a challenging but important process of transitional justice for the people of Ukraine.</p><h2>Primary objectives</h2><ul><li>to support accountability mechanisms through the verification, investigation, and analysis of open-source digital documentation of human rights violations in the armed conflict in Ukraine;</li><li>to archive at-risk open source materials and verify audio-visual content;</li><li>to consolidate evidence and provide access to available data to human rights defenders;</li><li>to provide capacity-building training to international and Ukrainian partners on the collection, verification, and investigation of open-source information concerning human rights violations.</li></ul>

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<p>Ukrainian Archive is a program of Mnemonic committed to creating a sustainable platform for preserving the digital records related to human rights violations and war crimes committed in Ukraine, and support accountability work.
Please contact us if you would like to join our team. We are always looking to consider enthusiastic individuals to join Ukrainian Archive. We would be delighted to collaborate with other individuals and organizations holding archives and committed to the accountability work.</p>
<p>We welcome submission of data collected and can help you preserve your own materials as well as conduct investigation together or independently.</p>
<p>We are developing a curriculum and guidelines on open-source investigation in the context of the armed conflict in Ukraine. In the meantime, we are looking for opportunities to work jointly on accountability efforts in the margins of the Ukrainian crisis.</p>
<p>We can be reached at <a href="mailto:info@ukrainianarchive.org">info@ukrainianarchive.org</a></p>


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<h3>Archiving and Investigating</h3>
<p>Since March 2022, Ukrainian Archive has been working on the creation of a digital memory of the crime of aggression, human rights violations, and war crimes committed in Ukraine by all parties. We collect, preserve, process, verify and investigate data collected. Explore our investigations and analysis here.</p>
<h3>Supporting Accountability Efforts</h3>
<p>Our goal is to support the important work of investigative journalists, human rights activists, and criminal justice practitioners on the violations of public international law, and to provide potential evidence used for legal case building.</p>
<h3>Providing Capacity-Building Trainings</h3>
<p>We provide capacity-building trainings to international and Ukrainian partners on the collection, verification, and investigation of open-source information concerning human rights violations.</p>
<h3>Supporting Transitional Justice</h3>
<p>We believe in transitional justice, as without accountability sustainable peace is very difficult to achieve. It is important to build a digital memory about the tragedy which began on 24 February 2022, when the life of each Ukrainian anywhere in the world changed for generations to come. Throughout the centuries, Ukraine has suffered from the dominance and imperialistic expansion of powerful neighboring states. However, the spirit of independence of the Ukrainian people has not been broken. We support those looking to preserve their stories and start building a new chapter of Ukrainian history with a focus on reconciliation and sustainable peace.</p>


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<li>T﻿he Nuremberg <a href="https://www.nurembergacademy.org/news/detail/981ded0d992c801e6c181ee97edc694d/special-hearing-of-the-united-states-helsinki-commission-at-courtroom-600-896/">Academy Special Hearing of the United States Helsinki Commission at Courtroom 600</a></li>
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<h2>2023</h2>
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<li>B﻿BC <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVwPVns4YJI">Are social media companies removing war crimes evidence?</a></li>
<li>WSJ <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/smartphones-are-changing-the-war-in-ukraine-adb37ba1">Smartphones Are Changing the War in Ukraine</a></li>
<li>France24 <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230228-accountability-and-justice-gathering-digital-evidence-of-war-crimes-in-ukraine">&#39;Accountability and justice&#39;: Gathering digital evidence of war crimes in Ukraine</a></li>
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<h2>2022</h2>
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<li>TIME <a href="https://time.com/6154559/ukraine-syria-solidarity-russia-invasion/">‘I Fear That History Will Repeat Itself.’ Syrians Express Solidarity With Ukraine After Russian Invasion</a></li>
<li>Middle East Monitor <a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220324-russia-attacks-in-syria-are-lesson-for-online-investigation-in-ukrainian-war-research-says/">Russia attacks in Syria are lessons for online investigation in Ukrainian war, research says</a></li>
<li>DW <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/open-source-investigators-syria-ukraine/a-61236760">Lessons from online investigators in Syria help Ukraine</a></li>
<li>Just Security <a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/80871/ukraine-may-mark-a-turning-point-in-documenting-war">Ukraine May Mark a Turning Point in Documenting War Crimes</a></li>
<li>W﻿ired <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/open-source-russia-war-crimes-ukraine/">The Race to Archive Social Posts That May Prove Russian War Crimes </a></li>
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