More evidence doesn’t mean more justice: The limits of visual technologies in human rights cases

The Conversation · 🇦🇺 public Australia · Mar 30, 2026 · 1079 words · By Jennifer Burrell; Kamari Maxine Clarke; Sara Kendall

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What to know about More evidence doesn’t mean more justice: The limits of visual technologies in human rights cases

The article examines how digital technologies like body cameras and satellite imagery are reshaping evidence collection in cases of state violence, while highlighting systemic challenges in legal systems recognizing and processing such evidence. It explores grassroots efforts by communities to document disappearances and human rights abuses, and critiques the limitations of institutional frameworks in translating digital evidence into actionable justice.

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Why it matters

Body cameras, satellites and digital verification tools are generating more evidence of violence than ever before.

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But the institutions responsible for delivering justice still decide what counts as evidence — and what does not.

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Claim 1: “Forensic science implies that evidence is an inference rather than a tangible object.”

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Claim 2: “Family members in Mexico and Nigeria begin documenting evidence before any court proceedings.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina (born 8 January 2001) is a Nigeria beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Nigeria 2024. She represented Nigeria at the Miss Universe 2024 pageant in Mexico a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The economy of Nigeria is a lower-middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market with expanding manufacturing, financial, service, communications, technology, and entertainment sectors. It is ranked…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stanley Bobo Nwabali (born 10 June 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Nigeria national team.
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Claim 3: “The International Criminal Court (ICC) relies on technical experts to assess the admissibility and relevance of technologically derived evidence.”

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Claim 4: “In Nigeria, families use social media and missing persons portals to crowd-source identification and tips for missing persons.”

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Claim 5: “In Mexico, colectivos use geolocation mapping and drone surveys to identify clandestine grave sites and document searches in real time.”

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Claim 6: “Courts and legal institutions decide what constitutes acceptable evidence and truth.”

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Claim 7: “In Nigeria, optical biases may reproduce older hierarchies by making communities with modern land tenure more legible than nomadic or displaced populations.”

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Claim 8: “Community members are using encrypted messaging such as Signal to spot and report ICE activity, prompting an FBI investigation.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cameron Higby (born c. 2000) is an American conservative political commentator and independent journalist who operates under the outlet Fearless Media. He is known for filming political protests, cond…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the United States Depart…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Renée Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old American woman, was fatally shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross, on January 7, 2026.…
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Claim 9: “The RCMP is rolling out body cameras nationwide in Canada.”

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Claim 10: “Research findings indicate that certain forms of harm are more legible under current evidentiary systems than others.”

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Claim 11: “Body cameras, satellites and digital verification tools are generating more evidence of violence than ever before.”

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Claim 12: “In Minnesota in January 2026, court fights and public pressure over preserving and sharing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) body camera footage occurred after the killings of Alex Pretti and Renée Good.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In January 2026, protests began throughout the United States in response to the shootings by immigration agents in the second Trump administration, most notably the killing of Renée Good and the shoot…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The January 30, 2026 protests against ICE, also known as the National Shutdown or ICE Out, was a protest which took place across the United States on January 30, 2026, in opposition to expanded federa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old American intensive care nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, was shot multiple times and killed by two United States Cust…
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