For many years, panels on using digital evidence to combat impunity for serious international crimes consisted almost entirely of speculation about its potential. Today, we are significantly more advanced in our understanding of the role digital evidence can play and the challenges it presents. This panel addresses the life cycle of digital evidence—from capturing it (directly or by collecting it from the internet) to preserving and authenticating it to building cases and introducing it in the courtroom. Through recent cases studies and real-world examples, panellists will explain how standards, jurisprudence and practice are developing for digital documentation, open source investigations, and preservation, and how lawyers are using digital evidence to strengthen their cases. Based on their first-hand experience, panellists will explain how these exciting new developments are improving justice and accountability efforts for human rights violations around the world. At the same time, panellists will discuss ongoing challenges and identify the most significant problems still left to be solved. This is an Open Access Session, which is free to attend. We ask that you please register for this session via the zoom registration link.