November 18 Wednesday

The Probative Value of User Generated Content in Human Rights Investigations

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 1:00PM - 2:30PM
YLS, Rm. 124
Open To The Yale Community
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The Probative Value of User Generated Content in Human Rights Investigations

Jay Aronson is the founder and director of the Center for Human Rights Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also an Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society in Carnegie Mellon’s History Department. His research and teaching focus is on the interactions of science, technology, law, and human rights in a variety of contexts. He recently completed a long-term study of the ethical, political, and social dimensions of post-conflict and post-disaster identification of the missing and disappeared, and been involved in various projects to improve the quality of civilian casualty recording and estimation in times of conflict.

Non pizza lunch will be served.

http://isp.yale.edu/event/visual-law-project-jay-aronson