Tools and techniques
Important: you need to register to download HURIDOCS tools. Both registration and downloading are free, quick and easy.
Human rights organisations and documentation centres are granted permission to reproduce portions of these documents in order to facilitate documentation and training, provided acknowledgement of the source is given.
HURIDOCS has developed various tools to manage and organise information related to human rights. These tools can be divided into four groups:
- Monitoring and documenting human rights violations
- Monitoring respect for economic, social and cultural rights
- Tools for human rights libraries and documentation centres
- Information and communication technology tools
You will also find a convenient overview of all tools on this page:
All of these tools are available to you immediately and for free on our website as electronic documents. Many of these tools can also be purchased in paper format.
HURITOOLS: If you have slow internet access, you can also order HURITOOLS, a convenient and easy-to-use CD which contains all HURIDOCS tools. More about HURITOOLS.
Translations: HURIDOCS tries to offer its tools in the three following languages: English, French and Spanish. Thanks to the help of partners and volunteers, some of them have also been translated into other languages, such as Russian. More about tool translations.
Tools development: HURIDOCS tools were developed together with organisations and individuals who use them, and . Tool development has often taken place in Task Forces dedicated to a specific topic. More about tools development.
Download our leaflets about tools:
- Tools. Tools timeline, Evsys, Semantic Web. PDF (164 KB)
- Tools overview PDF (433 KB)
- Translations PDF (824 KB)