Alexa
@alexakoenig.bsky.social
JD PhD Co-Director, Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley + Co-Founder, Investigations Lab #BerkeleyProtocol
Recovered Performer, Eternal Optimist
Forthcoming books: Digital Witness 2 and At the Intersection
picture thx: Jason Madara for The Resistance
Recovered Performer, Eternal Optimist
Forthcoming books: Digital Witness 2 and At the Intersection
picture thx: Jason Madara for The Resistance
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2/2: This work is possible thanks to the tireless work of our staff Linda Gordon, @alexakoenig.bsky.social, @betsypopken.bsky.social, and more. Explore more about this work in our 2024/25 Annual Report: humanrights.berkeley.edu/publications...
Annual Report 2024/2025 - Berkeley Human Rights Center
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October 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
2/2: This work is possible thanks to the tireless work of our staff Linda Gordon, @alexakoenig.bsky.social, @betsypopken.bsky.social, and more. Explore more about this work in our 2024/25 Annual Report: humanrights.berkeley.edu/publications...
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🧵4/5: On 11/5 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social, we're screening Estado de Silencio (State of Silence), a documentary on violence against journalists in #Mexico. Panel to follow with Santiago Maza, @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social, @betsypopken.bsky.social + more!
RSVP: events.berkeley.edu/hrc/event/22...
RSVP: events.berkeley.edu/hrc/event/22...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
🧵4/5: On 11/5 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social, we're screening Estado de Silencio (State of Silence), a documentary on violence against journalists in #Mexico. Panel to follow with Santiago Maza, @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social, @betsypopken.bsky.social + more!
RSVP: events.berkeley.edu/hrc/event/22...
RSVP: events.berkeley.edu/hrc/event/22...
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🧵3/5 @bellingcat.com's Director for Research and Training @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social & Investigator and Trainer @koltai.bsky.social spent 3 days visiting our Investigations Lab + @alexakoenig.bsky.social, sharing research and open source investigative methods with students.
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
🧵3/5 @bellingcat.com's Director for Research and Training @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social & Investigator and Trainer @koltai.bsky.social spent 3 days visiting our Investigations Lab + @alexakoenig.bsky.social, sharing research and open source investigative methods with students.
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🧵1/5 Our October newsletter just dropped! Check out our new projects & latest updates, including groundbreaking research on farmworker safety, a visit from @bellingcat.com to our Investigations Lab, our annual Human Rights Fellowship Conference, & much more: conta.cc/43JPELf
HRC October Newsletter
Email from Human Rights Center New wildfire safe and healthy research, fellowship conference, and more! October 2025 Newsletter 2024–2025 student fellow Rachel Wallace presents on a panel at the 2
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October 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
🧵1/5 Our October newsletter just dropped! Check out our new projects & latest updates, including groundbreaking research on farmworker safety, a visit from @bellingcat.com to our Investigations Lab, our annual Human Rights Fellowship Conference, & much more: conta.cc/43JPELf
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1/2: Through the Climate Disasters Initiative, the Human Rights Center @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social partners with frontline communities, analyzes disaster laws and policies, and trains students to advance equity in preparedness and recovery: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpNe...
Climate Disasters Initiative Profile
YouTube video by Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley
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October 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
1/2: Through the Climate Disasters Initiative, the Human Rights Center @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social partners with frontline communities, analyzes disaster laws and policies, and trains students to advance equity in preparedness and recovery: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpNe...
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For 30+ years, our Student Fellowship Program has trained the next generation of #HumanRights leaders—providing hands-on experience that shapes their research, advocacy & careers. Watch one fellow's story below!
🌍 400+ fellows
🤝 350+ orgs
✈️ 88+ countries
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgti...
🌍 400+ fellows
🤝 350+ orgs
✈️ 88+ countries
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgti...
Student Fellowship Profile
YouTube video by Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley
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October 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
For 30+ years, our Student Fellowship Program has trained the next generation of #HumanRights leaders—providing hands-on experience that shapes their research, advocacy & careers. Watch one fellow's story below!
🌍 400+ fellows
🤝 350+ orgs
✈️ 88+ countries
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgti...
🌍 400+ fellows
🤝 350+ orgs
✈️ 88+ countries
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgti...
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This work is possible thanks to the tireless work of our wonderful students, staff, and partners! Explore the Lab's impact and more in our 2024/25 Annual Report: humanrights.berkeley.edu/publications... @alexakoenig.bsky.social @betsypopken.bsky.social
Annual Report 2024/2025 - Berkeley Human Rights Center
humanrights.berkeley.edu
October 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This work is possible thanks to the tireless work of our wonderful students, staff, and partners! Explore the Lab's impact and more in our 2024/25 Annual Report: humanrights.berkeley.edu/publications... @alexakoenig.bsky.social @betsypopken.bsky.social
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Our Investigations Lab trains students in #OSINT & digital verification to document human rights violations worldwide. We’ve partnered with @amnesty.org, @hrw.org, @apnews.com & more to investigate abuses in Sudan, Iran, the United States & beyond. Explore more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT6D...
Investigations Lab Profile
YouTube video by Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley
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October 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Our Investigations Lab trains students in #OSINT & digital verification to document human rights violations worldwide. We’ve partnered with @amnesty.org, @hrw.org, @apnews.com & more to investigate abuses in Sudan, Iran, the United States & beyond. Explore more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT6D...
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Thrilled that HRC Faculty Director @alexakoenig.bsky.social is one of the inaugural members of Women Transforming Global Security, a new feminist global network addressing crises related to nuclear weapons proliferation, climate change, human rights, and more: transformingsecurity.org
Reimagining Security for the 21st Century - WTGS
Women Transforming Global Security represents a groundbreaking alliance of distinguished women leaders pioneering a comprehensive framework for addressing
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September 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Thrilled that HRC Faculty Director @alexakoenig.bsky.social is one of the inaugural members of Women Transforming Global Security, a new feminist global network addressing crises related to nuclear weapons proliferation, climate change, human rights, and more: transformingsecurity.org
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HRC's @alexakoenig.bsky.social and @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social each have new articles out in @uchicagolaw.bsky.social's International Law Journal's summer 2025 edition! Check out the full journal here, with the articles linked below:
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26.1 | Chicago Journal of International Law
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August 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
HRC's @alexakoenig.bsky.social and @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social each have new articles out in @uchicagolaw.bsky.social's International Law Journal's summer 2025 edition! Check out the full journal here, with the articles linked below:
cjil.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...
cjil.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...
1/2 Article out from Chicago on guidelines we'll be launching this fall w/ the Institute for International Criminal Investigations on using #OSINT methods to investigate sexual and gender-based violence w/ the goal of bringing two int'l investigative worlds together cjil.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...
Digital Investigations of Systematic and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Practice and Possibilities | Chicago Journal of International Law
I. Introduction
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August 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
1/2 Article out from Chicago on guidelines we'll be launching this fall w/ the Institute for International Criminal Investigations on using #OSINT methods to investigate sexual and gender-based violence w/ the goal of bringing two int'l investigative worlds together cjil.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...
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Internship: #UNJob Alert 🚨
@unodet.bsky.social is hiring interns in Geneva! Help build a better future of emerging tech by fostering #DigitalCooperation.
Tracks:
🔹Research & Technical Content
🔹Stakeholder Engagment & Policy Coordination
Apply by 🔗 26 Aug 2025: tinyurl.com/ph9r8xhm
@unodet.bsky.social is hiring interns in Geneva! Help build a better future of emerging tech by fostering #DigitalCooperation.
Tracks:
🔹Research & Technical Content
🔹Stakeholder Engagment & Policy Coordination
Apply by 🔗 26 Aug 2025: tinyurl.com/ph9r8xhm
August 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Internship: #UNJob Alert 🚨
@unodet.bsky.social is hiring interns in Geneva! Help build a better future of emerging tech by fostering #DigitalCooperation.
Tracks:
🔹Research & Technical Content
🔹Stakeholder Engagment & Policy Coordination
Apply by 🔗 26 Aug 2025: tinyurl.com/ph9r8xhm
@unodet.bsky.social is hiring interns in Geneva! Help build a better future of emerging tech by fostering #DigitalCooperation.
Tracks:
🔹Research & Technical Content
🔹Stakeholder Engagment & Policy Coordination
Apply by 🔗 26 Aug 2025: tinyurl.com/ph9r8xhm
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OSINT Provides Powerful Evidence of Gender Crimes in Iran and Beyond
Well done Alexa Koenig @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson.
#OSINT #ICC
Well done Alexa Koenig @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson.
#OSINT #ICC
The final in a special @justsecurity.org series, @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson discuss how #OSINT can strengthen accountability for gender crimes through our report on attacks against #WomanLifeFreedom protestors:
www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...
www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...
Open-Source Information Provides Powerful Evidence of Gender Crimes in Iran and Beyond
Digital open source data can be ethically deployed to strengthen investigations and prosecutions on gender crimes in Iran and elsewhere.
www.justsecurity.org
June 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
OSINT Provides Powerful Evidence of Gender Crimes in Iran and Beyond
Well done Alexa Koenig @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson.
#OSINT #ICC
Well done Alexa Koenig @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson.
#OSINT #ICC
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“Allowing the worldwide publication of war crimes on the open web emboldens perpetrators, demoralizes victims, and frustrates national law enforcement, who rarely have jurisdiction to act when crimes are committed outside their territories," writes Lindsay Freeman - @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social
"In West Africa...there is a new band of online influencers: war influencers" @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social @hrcberkeley.bsky.social details how the Wagner group + other PMCs use Telegram to terrorize - and details 1st steps to accountability www.lawfaremedia.org/article/war-...
War Crimes for Fun and Profit
War influencers are posting evidence of their crimes online. Why has there been so little accountability?
www.lawfaremedia.org
June 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“Allowing the worldwide publication of war crimes on the open web emboldens perpetrators, demoralizes victims, and frustrates national law enforcement, who rarely have jurisdiction to act when crimes are committed outside their territories," writes Lindsay Freeman - @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social
"In West Africa...there is a new band of online influencers: war influencers" @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social @hrcberkeley.bsky.social details how the Wagner group + other PMCs use Telegram to terrorize - and details 1st steps to accountability www.lawfaremedia.org/article/war-...
War Crimes for Fun and Profit
War influencers are posting evidence of their crimes online. Why has there been so little accountability?
www.lawfaremedia.org
June 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"In West Africa...there is a new band of online influencers: war influencers" @lindsaysfreeman.bsky.social @hrcberkeley.bsky.social details how the Wagner group + other PMCs use Telegram to terrorize - and details 1st steps to accountability www.lawfaremedia.org/article/war-...
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Babies are again being born #HIV positive in #Uganda, after US #ForeignAid cuts.
@payalkshah.bsky.social writes it’s among many signs the resulting global #HealthCrisis is also a #HumanRights crisis.
www.justsecurity.org/114839/us-fo...
#UNHumanRightsCouncil #HRC59
@payalkshah.bsky.social writes it’s among many signs the resulting global #HealthCrisis is also a #HumanRights crisis.
www.justsecurity.org/114839/us-fo...
#UNHumanRightsCouncil #HRC59
U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts to Healthcare Trigger a Global Human Rights Crisis: How the World Must Respond
The U.N. Human Rights Council's current session offers a critical opening for leaders to address the health crisis spurred by U.S. funding cuts.
www.justsecurity.org
June 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Babies are again being born #HIV positive in #Uganda, after US #ForeignAid cuts.
@payalkshah.bsky.social writes it’s among many signs the resulting global #HealthCrisis is also a #HumanRights crisis.
www.justsecurity.org/114839/us-fo...
#UNHumanRightsCouncil #HRC59
@payalkshah.bsky.social writes it’s among many signs the resulting global #HealthCrisis is also a #HumanRights crisis.
www.justsecurity.org/114839/us-fo...
#UNHumanRightsCouncil #HRC59
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(1/3) Catch up on our recent analysis:
• Israel / Iran
• Political violence
• U.S. military deployment
• Trump executive actions
• Public health
• European security
• Corruption
• United Nations / Counterterrorism
• Series: Gender & protests in Iran
www.justsecurity.org/114795/diges...
• Israel / Iran
• Political violence
• U.S. military deployment
• Trump executive actions
• Public health
• European security
• Corruption
• United Nations / Counterterrorism
• Series: Gender & protests in Iran
www.justsecurity.org/114795/diges...
Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (June 15-20, 2025)
Israel / Iran • Political violence • U.S. military deployment • Trump executive actions • Public health • European security • Corruption • United Nations / Counterterrorism • Series: Gender & protests...
www.justsecurity.org
June 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
(1/3) Catch up on our recent analysis:
• Israel / Iran
• Political violence
• U.S. military deployment
• Trump executive actions
• Public health
• European security
• Corruption
• United Nations / Counterterrorism
• Series: Gender & protests in Iran
www.justsecurity.org/114795/diges...
• Israel / Iran
• Political violence
• U.S. military deployment
• Trump executive actions
• Public health
• European security
• Corruption
• United Nations / Counterterrorism
• Series: Gender & protests in Iran
www.justsecurity.org/114795/diges...
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The final in a special @justsecurity.org series, @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson discuss how #OSINT can strengthen accountability for gender crimes through our report on attacks against #WomanLifeFreedom protestors:
www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...
www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...
Open-Source Information Provides Powerful Evidence of Gender Crimes in Iran and Beyond
Digital open source data can be ethically deployed to strengthen investigations and prosecutions on gender crimes in Iran and elsewhere.
www.justsecurity.org
June 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The final in a special @justsecurity.org series, @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson discuss how #OSINT can strengthen accountability for gender crimes through our report on attacks against #WomanLifeFreedom protestors:
www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...
www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...
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If you're doing research on online civility or lack thereof, get to know the Civility Analyzer module in @communalytic.org. It can automatically identify toxic, insulting, & threatening posts or posts showing compassion, curiosity, & respect in any text-based dataset. Communalytic.org
June 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
If you're doing research on online civility or lack thereof, get to know the Civility Analyzer module in @communalytic.org. It can automatically identify toxic, insulting, & threatening posts or posts showing compassion, curiosity, & respect in any text-based dataset. Communalytic.org
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New resources are available for investigators using open-source information to document and prosecute #gender-related crimes.
Andrea Richardson and @alexakoenig.bsky.social explain how they are being used in #Iran and beyond:
www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...
Andrea Richardson and @alexakoenig.bsky.social explain how they are being used in #Iran and beyond:
www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...
Open-Source Information Provides Powerful Evidence of Gender Crimes in Iran and Beyond
Digital open source data can be ethically deployed to strengthen investigations and prosecutions on gender crimes in Iran and elsewhere.
www.justsecurity.org
June 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
New resources are available for investigators using open-source information to document and prosecute #gender-related crimes.
Andrea Richardson and @alexakoenig.bsky.social explain how they are being used in #Iran and beyond:
www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...
Andrea Richardson and @alexakoenig.bsky.social explain how they are being used in #Iran and beyond:
www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...
"Suddenly the phone records the crack of 3 gunshots. By the third the camera loses focus and [tumbles] out of its holder’s hands...apparent footage of the killing of a protestor." Final post in series @justsecurity.org on how #OSINT can help prove gender crimes www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...
Open-Source Information Provides Powerful Evidence of Gender Crimes in Iran and Beyond
Digital open source data can be ethically deployed to strengthen investigations and prosecutions on gender crimes in Iran and elsewhere.
www.justsecurity.org
June 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"Suddenly the phone records the crack of 3 gunshots. By the third the camera loses focus and [tumbles] out of its holder’s hands...apparent footage of the killing of a protestor." Final post in series @justsecurity.org on how #OSINT can help prove gender crimes www.justsecurity.org/112988/open-...
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The UN Fact-Finding Mission on #Iran is doing incredible work to document #crimesagainsthumanity and #humanrights violations committed by the Islamic Republic. The Iran Digital Archive Coalition is proud to assist by providing #digitalevidence.
3/ Second up: A Roadmap for Justice in Iran, outlining the work of the UN Fact-Finding Mission, with which we've been sharing open source data and analysis w/ an eye towards the pursuit of legal accountability www.justsecurity.org/113838/roadm...
An Update from the UN’s Fact-Finding Mission
Leaders of the U.N. Independent Fact-Finding Mission in Iran provide a path for accountability, reparations, and international support.
www.justsecurity.org
June 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The UN Fact-Finding Mission on #Iran is doing incredible work to document #crimesagainsthumanity and #humanrights violations committed by the Islamic Republic. The Iran Digital Archive Coalition is proud to assist by providing #digitalevidence.
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Being involved with the creation of the #Iran Digital Archive Coalition and working with these incredible partners has been a career highlight. Each of us cares deeply about #accountability for #humanrights violations and #crimesagainsthumanity in Iran
1/ Out today! The first two pieces in a special series @justsecurity.org on our collaborative investigations into gender persecution + attacks on Woman Life Freedom protestors in Iran. www.justsecurity.org/tag/series-o...
Series on Gender and Protests in Iran
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June 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Being involved with the creation of the #Iran Digital Archive Coalition and working with these incredible partners has been a career highlight. Each of us cares deeply about #accountability for #humanrights violations and #crimesagainsthumanity in Iran
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More to come in this series, including a piece from @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson on using open source information to establish elements of the international crime against humanity of gender persecution:
www.justsecurity.org/tag/series-o...
www.justsecurity.org/tag/series-o...
Series on Gender and Protests in Iran
www.justsecurity.org
June 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
More to come in this series, including a piece from @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Richardson on using open source information to establish elements of the international crime against humanity of gender persecution:
www.justsecurity.org/tag/series-o...
www.justsecurity.org/tag/series-o...
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During the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests in #Iran, security forces responded with violence, killing at least 500 people.
A group of civil society orgs worked to safeguard evidence, write Jess Peake, Nushin Sarkarati, and Kelly Liu.
First in a series:
www.justsecurity.org/114163/coali...
A group of civil society orgs worked to safeguard evidence, write Jess Peake, Nushin Sarkarati, and Kelly Liu.
First in a series:
www.justsecurity.org/114163/coali...
The Coalition that Preserved Content from Iran’s Protests
Woman, Life, Freedom victims and survivors are calling for help. We must amplify their voices and demand justice.
www.justsecurity.org
June 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
During the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests in #Iran, security forces responded with violence, killing at least 500 people.
A group of civil society orgs worked to safeguard evidence, write Jess Peake, Nushin Sarkarati, and Kelly Liu.
First in a series:
www.justsecurity.org/114163/coali...
A group of civil society orgs worked to safeguard evidence, write Jess Peake, Nushin Sarkarati, and Kelly Liu.
First in a series:
www.justsecurity.org/114163/coali...