Over the past months, the HURIDOCS team has been actively participating in international conferences, research initiatives, and policy discussions focused on human rights, documentation, and responsible technology.
- From 29 to 31 October, Bina Jeon attended the 23rd Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence in Denmark. The seminar discussed the intersection of artificial intelligence and human rights, with a focus on privacy, equality, and access to remedies, and aimed to build capacity, strengthen partnerships, and develop actionable recommendations for human rights-based AI governance.
- On 6 November, Danna Ingleton travelled to Tallinn to participate as a speaker on the Digitalisation panel at the Tallinn Humanitarian Conference. HURIDOCS was invited and supported to contribute to cross-sector dialogue during the panel.
- On 24 November, Bono Olgado, Senior Documentalist, attended Ghent University’s Justice Visions GroundDoc Research Initiative: Innovation and Documentation: Reconstructing the Paradigm of Transitional Justice from the Ground Up. The session focused on data-inspired innovation in documentation and explored both the opportunities and pitfalls of data-driven approaches.
- On 26 November, Grace Kwak Danciu, Board Chair, represented HURIDOCS at the 31st Martin Ennals Award Ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland. HURIDOCS is a long-standing member of the Award’s Jury, supporting the recognition of outstanding human rights defenders around the world.
- From 2 to 4 December, Danna Ingleton, Lucia Gomez Vicent (Programme Manager), Alejandra Kaiser (Communications Officer), and Ceren Türkmen Yilmaz (EC Administrative Support) travelled to Ankara for the final Policy Dialogue Forum of a three-year European Commission-funded project implemented in partnership with AMER. The forum was one of the concluding events of the project.
- On 3 December, Alexandros Philopoulos, Product Manager, presented Uwazi’s AI capabilities at a three-day AI for Human Rights Professionals training in Geneva, organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the FNF Human Rights Hub, where participants examined how artificial intelligence can support data collection, cross-referencing, predictive analysis and reporting, while also discussing the ethics and governance of AI tools.
- On 15 December, Rafael Pólit, Tech Lead, presented at the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation podcast,Curiosity to Impact: A Webinar Series for AI Builders. The session explored how PJMF partners prototyped and launched AI-enabled products, tested and refined their models, and navigated data and AI governance challenges while sustaining trust with their user base.
HURIDOCS is honoured to be part of these conversations and to stand alongside partners, practitioners and researchers who are shaping the future of human rights work. We remain eager to contribute our experience in documentation, open-source technology and human rights to global and local dialogues.
If you are interested in connecting with our team, exploring collaboration or inviting us into future discussions, please contact us.