How to Catch a War Criminal in the 21st Century

Efforts to investigate and prosecute war crimes have transformed over the past three decades—from the ad hoc tribunals of the 1990s to the International Criminal Court and today's universal jurisdiction cases. New technologies and methods, from digital forensics and open-source intelligence to survivor-led documentation, are reshaping how justice is pursued.

Hosted by The Reckoning Project and Yale University's Genocide Studies Program, this symposium brings together leading practitioners, scholars, lawyers, and journalists to examine how accountability mechanisms have evolved—and how they must continue to adapt to meet the challenges of our time.

Through a series of in-depth panels, speakers will explore enduring lessons from past tribunals, innovations in evidence gathering, and the urgent need for credible, effective systems of justice in conflicts spanning Palestine, Sudan, Syria, and Ukraine.