Introduction: Opening the black box of international criminal investigations: Challenges of culture and practice

Annelies Vredeveldt; Nandor Knust; Jack Staniland; Dylan Drenk

doi:10.35295/osls.iisl.2785

Autores/as

Annelies Vredeveldt Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, Department of Criminology https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1925-4062
Nandor Knust The Arctic University of Norway/Fulda University of Applied Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8530-9933
Jack Staniland Griffith University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5665-9724
Dylan Drenk Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, Department of Criminology https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0015-7967

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl.2785

Palabras clave:

Investigaciones penales internacionales, testimonios de testigos oculares, comunicación intercultural, humildad cultural, inteligencia de fuentes abiertas

Resumen

Este número especial analiza la práctica cotidiana de las investigaciones penales internacionales, centrándose en cómo la cultura, la comunicación y la tecnología determinan lo que se considera verdad. A partir de aportaciones interdisciplinares, muestra que la labor de investigación en entornos posconflicto depende de la historia del conflicto, de las pruebas disponibles, de las limitaciones institucionales y de cómo los investigadores y los testigos interpretan y comunican los hechos. Los artículos destacan la importancia de la humildad cultural, de una comunicación cuidadosa desde el primer contacto hasta la sala del tribunal y de una reflexión crítica sobre las tecnologías emergentes. En conjunto, demuestran que mejorar las investigaciones internacionales requiere prácticas sensibles al contexto que reconozcan explícitamente la incertidumbre y reduzcan los sesgos.

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