Summer Conference Events
29 June 2023
Investor-State Disputes: Exposing Shadowy Threats to Democracy
Multinational corporations and investors have filed almost 1,000 legal cases against entire countries at an obscure branch of the World Bank. Such cases have been successfully used by corporations to circumvent environmental regulations, as well as post-apartheid policies in South Africa designed to empower black communities.
29 June 2023
Ukraine: Investigations in the Shadow of Invasion
29 June 2023
OSINT: Investigation Using Images
29 June 2023
OSINT: Finding People
28 June 2023
Open-Source: Finding Russia’s Filtration Camps
29 June 2023
Corderoy vs State Secrets: Freedom of Information Act as a Tool and a Career
In this session, openDemocracy's Jenna Corderoy will lift the lid on how she has used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain vital documents for her investigations. She will talk about how and why the FOIA is such a vital tool in holding the powerful to account, and discuss her favourite investigations and stories obtained via the Act.
28 June 2023