ABSTRACT
As members of the international community, people should all continue to be shocked that political instability and government conflicts continue to cause mass human rights violations throughout the world. The crimes committed against humanity during World War II shocked the global community as the full extent of the Holocaust was revealed to the world. International leaders in the newly formed United Nations (UN), spurred into action, drafted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide to prevent future atrocities. There are many different factors involved in the process of using remote sensing to detect violations of international law. The detection of different phenomena requires specific sets of factors, also known as sensor characteristics. The sensor's temporal resolution, or how often a satellite passes over a target area, is also critical in the detection of violations. Several factors now make a regional early warning system for mass human rights violations a reality.
