Editor's note: This story has been updated with information on what the Eyewitness Project would do with video footage of local, domestic crime.

The International Bar Association, with support from LexisNexis Legal & Professional, today launched the “eyeWitness to Atrocities” app to document and report on human rights atrocities in a verifiable way so the information can be used as evidence in court. The IBA conceived of and developed the app to record photographic images and videos of international atrocities—genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity—to help bring justice to the perpetrators.

The eyeWitness app is a free camera app designed for smartphones powered with Google Inc.'s Android operating system. There is no app for Apple Inc. smartphones, said Mark Ellis, IBA executive director, to Legaltech News. According to data from the International Data Corporation's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Android continued to dominate the global market with a 78.0 percent market share in Q1.