Digital Evidence Collection At The Int’l Criminal Court: Promises And Pitfalls

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has launched OTPLink, an online platform that allows victims, witnesses, civil society organizations, and governmental bodies to directly submit information or evidence related to international crimes to the OTP. OTPLink is part of the ICC’s larger digitalization initiative, Project Harmony, which uses cloud computing capabilities and artificial intelligence to review large quantities of complex information and evidence. The tools should aid in the international criminal justice project by granting victims and witnesses greater agency and accelerating the Court’s truth-seeking function. However, there are potential drawbacks and pitfalls, such as illiteracy, language barriers, and lack of digital connectivity, as well as algorithmic bias and the risk of false or misleading information being submitted to the database.