It was submitted to the ICC as evidence of a potential war crime by Starling Lab and its partners. The invasion of Ukraine has produced mountains of valuable online information that could be of interest to prosecutors, thanks to the ubiquity of cell phones. Documenting war crimesDotan's team previously used its blockchain expertise to preserve testimonials about the Holocaust and to document evidence of war crimes in northwest Syria. To start, the team began looking for open source information that could help prosecutors build a case that Russia's military had committed war crimes. It will be up to the ICC whether the evidence presented by Starling Lab is included in any case it brings.

Source: CNN June 11, 2022 07:15 UTC