Project Sunflowers

What Project Sunflowers does

Project Sunflowers is a Polish-registered non-profit initiative, implemented by Foundation Sunflowers (KRS: 0001019393), founded on 24 February 2022 in direct response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Its stated mission is to collect information about evidence of international crimes committed in Ukraine since the invasion and to provide that information to competent international and national authorities responsible for prosecution and reparations. The organization describes itself as designed to complement the activities of the International Criminal Court, national prosecutorial authorities, and future reparations bodies.

The core product is the Report War Crime web application (reportwarcrime.org), a secure online platform through which potential witnesses and victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and aggression can voluntarily submit testimonies. The platform is built around a secure database specifically constructed to store trauma-related information and is governed by strict data-protection and non-retraumatization standards. Operational reach is provided by a global volunteer network of 1,000+ volunteers across 220+ countries, supported by a team of 150+ international lawyers and partners, including bar associations, academic centers, and justice-focused NGOs. Distribution is multi-channel: self-serve web application, volunteer outreach, recurring webinars (e.g., on ICC cooperation, reparative justice, environmental harm), academic event series (Justice in Times of War), and printable leaflets in English, Ukrainian, and Polish. A Summer School of International Criminal Law is scheduled for September 2026.

The business model is donations-based; the web application is provided free of charge to witnesses and victims, and the organization has five staff employees supplemented by a largely volunteer workforce. Funding sources include corporate sponsorship (Wolters Kluwer) and an extensive network of academic, legal, and civil-society partners. No pricing or revenue figures are disclosed. The organization markets itself on three pillars: security of information, complementarity with established legal institutions, and global volunteer-driven reach, and is a member of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court.

Name

Project Sunflowers

Legal name

Foundation Sunflowers

Website

https://projectsunflowers.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Project Sunflowers, a Polish non-profit foundation founded in 2022, operates a secure web application and global volunteer network to collect voluntary testimonies about international crimes committed in Ukraine, providing evidence to the ICC and national prosecutorial and reparations authorities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Justice Technology

NAICS

Investigation and Security Services (5616), Document Preparation Services (561410)

SIC

International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights Monitoring, Documentation & Advocacy (BPADAGAK)

Keywords

• War crimes documentation
• Evidence collection platform
• International criminal justice
• Secure testimony reporting
• Human rights technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Donations and Funding: The foundation operates on donations and funding to support its mission of collecting evidence of international crimes in Ukraine.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Project Sunflowers operates "Report War Crime," a secure web application that enables victims and witnesses of international crimes committed in Ukraine to submit evidence of those crimes. The foundation processes the submitted evidence and shares it with relevant prosecutorial and judicial authorities so that it can be used in criminal proceedings and reparations claims. All submissions are free of charge to the individuals providing testimony.

Product overview

Project Sunflowers operates a single unified product: the Report War Crime web application. This platform serves as the primary tool for collecting voluntary testimonies from potential witnesses and victims of international crimes committed in Ukraine since February 24, 2022. The organization does not offer a modular platform or multiple distinct products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Report War Crime

Quantifiable outcome

• Building a database of evidence for international crime prosecution that surpasses local efforts in individual countries

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Wolters KluwercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate sponsor providing support for Project Sunflowers' mission to document international crimes in Ukraine.
• KIRP (Krakow Institute of Law)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner contributing legal expertise to the project's documentation efforts.
• Center for International Criminal Justice (KCICJ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic center providing expertise in international criminal justice matters.
• Center for International Humanitarian LawcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization focused on international humanitarian law research and advocacy.
• Peace and Justice InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiative supporting peace and justice efforts related to international crimes.
• Pravo JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJustice-focused organization contributing to accountability efforts.
• Adwokatura Polska (Polish Bar Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational bar association supporting legal documentation efforts.
• AIDP (International Association of Penal Law)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational association of penal law professionals.
• Coalition for the International Criminal CourtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation Sunflowers is a member of the Coalition for the ICC, consisting of civil society organizations in 150 countries advancing international justice.
• Ukrainian Bar AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUkrainian legal professionals organization supporting the documentation of war crimes.
• Ukrainian Criminal Law AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation of criminal law professionals from Ukraine.
• Lazarski UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolish university partner providing academic support.
• Krakowska AkademiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic institution partner.
• ELSA (European Law Students' Association)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean law students' organization.
• FeminotekaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization supporting women's rights.
• Platform for Peace and HumanitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of webinars and events for International Justice Day.
• Omnis FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation supporting justice initiatives.
• Moving ForwardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization supporting justice efforts.
• IntellectumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization contributing to the project.
• MeritumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization.
• Institute of Law (Kneu)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUkrainian academic law institution.
• National University "Odessa Law Academy" (ONMA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUkrainian academic institution.
• Lviv National University of Internal AffairsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUkrainian academic institution partner.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mnemonic: Mnemonic is a digital evidence preservation nonprofit that helps human rights defenders archive, verify, and surface digital evidence of international crimes — directly mirroring Project Sunflowers' core mission of secure collection of testimony and evidence for international justice proceedings.
• Truth Hounds: Truth Hounds is a Ukrainian human rights NGO that documents international crimes committed during the Russia-Ukraine conflict and supports domestic and international prosecutions. It competes for the same donor base and similar evidentiary mandates.
• Syrian Archive: Syrian Archive preserves and verifies digital documentation of human rights violations in Syria, applying similar open-source and victim-testimony methodologies to war crimes evidence. It is the closest geographic-and-mission analogue to Project Sunflowers' Ukraine-centric work.
• Center for Civil Liberties (CCL): CCL is a Ukrainian human rights organization awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for documenting war crimes and supporting accountability efforts in Ukraine. It is the most prominent Ukrainian comparator to Project Sunflowers, serving overlapping victim/prosecutor constituencies.

Emerging players

• HuriDocs: HuriDocs provides documentation tools, training, and standards to human rights organizations for collecting, managing, and using evidence of violations. It is an adjacent ecosystem player supporting atrocity-documentation efforts like Project Sunflowers'.
• C4ADS: C4ADS (Center for Advanced Defense Studies) produces data-driven analyses on conflict, illicit networks, and security issues, including atrocity-context research. Its analytic and evidence-synthesis outputs overlap with parts of Project Sunflowers' downstream deliverables.
• Bellingcat: Bellingcat conducts open-source investigations into conflict zones and international crimes, including Ukraine, producing evidence that has been used in international justice processes. It addresses the same end customer (prosecutors) with a different (OSINT) methodology.
• Atlantic Council DFRLab: The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab analyzes open-source and digital evidence from conflict zones, including Ukraine, and regularly produces reports usable in accountability processes. It is comparable in method (digital evidence) and Ukraine focus.
• WITNESS: WITNESS is a global nonprofit that empowers people to use video and technology to document human rights abuses and supports their use in courts. Its mission to put usable human rights evidence into justice systems aligns with Project Sunflowers' downstream goal.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/theprojectsunflowers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/projectsunflowers
• Instagraminstagram.com/project.sunflowers

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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