The Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) is dedicated to protecting the health and security of populations affected by crises throughout the world. HRL generates evidence for operational response and accountability in humanitarian crises. HRL analyzes and preserves open source and remote sensing data, including satellite imagery and information shared via social media, consistent with international legal standards for use in ongoing and future accountability mechanisms. This includes maintaining rigorous chain-of-custody procedures for preservation and accountability mechanisms. Real-time analyses of these data provide support to partners delivering healthcare and responding to population needs in conflict settings.
The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) welcomes the U.S. Department of State’s announcement of its genocide determination against members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias, as well as the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s announcement of sanctions against Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa (Hemedti), for his leadership of RSF. Yale HRL has been documenting alleged crimes by RSF and Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) since the start of a brutal civil war in April 2023.
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