Human rights defenders need evidence, law and research to advocate justice and accountability.

We develop tools and strategies that make this information accessible.

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Uwazi

Our database application is designed for human rights defenders to preserve and manage collections of information.

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We partner with human rights groups to help them overcome documentation and information management challenges.

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Check out our guides, frameworks and more for finding, documenting and organising human rights information.

Featured projects

Mapping violence in detention

HURIDOCS supported Border Criminologies at the University of Oxford to build an evidence-based platform that documents human rights violations inside immigration detention facilities.

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Documenting and honouring the human cost of war

After the closure of their physical museum in Kabul, HURIDOCS supported the Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organisation (AHRDO) through a collective journey to create an online museum using Uwazi as the platform.

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Mapping Foreign Nationals on Death Row

We supported the University of Oxford Death Penalty Research Unit and the Foreign Nationals Death Penalty Research Network with the development of a database mapping foreign nationals at risk of capital punishment in Asia and the Middle East.

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