Join us for this research group talk with Matt.Mahmoudi and discussant Professor Srinivasan to discuss our ongoing research project that seeks to answer the question: do experimental, digital technology forms of human rights governance present a more effective mechanism for accountability than inter-governmental organisations? The first part of our project will demonstrate that the United Nations framework for human rights governance is flawed by design on three accounts: it is unable to bypass the monolith of sovereignty to discipline states; too under-resourced to establish National Human Rights Institutions; naming and shaming is impeded by geopolitical interests of strong states. The second part of this project collates this research to develop a framework for understanding the stages and mechanisms of this form of “experimental” governance. Finally, the political implications are examined, using the case studies, CameraV and eyeWitness to Atrocities.