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App empowers civilians to capture evidence of war crimes on smartphones

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Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Sun, 7 Jun 2015 23:00 GMT

Author: Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Kieran Guilbert

LONDON, June 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new mobile phone app enabling civilians in conflict-torn countries to capture and share verifiable footage of war crimes will help authorities to prosecute the perpetrators, a leading legal body said as it launched the app on Monday.

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