Over the past few months, members of the HURIDOCS team have participated in and hosted a series of events that highlight our ongoing commitment to strengthening human rights work through innovative use of technology and knowledge sharing.
- On 26 August, our Programme Officer, Phurbu Dolma, participated in the Digital Rights in Asia-Pacific (DRAPAC 25) conference hosted by Tech Global Institute. The conference brought together participants from the region to explore the challenges and best practices in collecting, preserving and analysing digital evidence in conflict zones and repressive environments.
- On 26 to 28 August, Bono Olgado, our Senior Documentalist, visited the Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic to deliver a lecture and hold consultations with the students of the GRIL Clinic, particularly around partner engagement and understanding documentation practices.
- On 2 to 4 September, our Communications Officer Alejandra Kaiser attended the European Festival of Civic Education in Oslo. The festival included a masterclass on hope-based communications and presented a number of learning and networking opportunities.
- On 4 September, Hyebin Bina Jeon, our Programme Officer, participated in the Global Knowledge Hub Peer Learning Webinar, hosted by the Digital Democracy Initiative. The purpose of this webinar is to explore the opportunities and challenges of using open-source data for documenting human rights violations. Other participating organisations include WITNESS and Mnemonic.
- On 8 to 9 September, our Programme Manager Lucía Gómez Vicenete, attended a workshop in Durham co-organised by our partner, Legal Center Lesvos, to assess the economies of expulsion by mapping the pushbacks and detention in the Aegan region.
- On 10 September, Salva Lacruz, our Programme Manager, presented at an in-person panel at the 2025 Latsis Symposium in Zurich at the session titled ‘AI and human rights: Risks and promises: examining the ethical considerations and opportunities of AI in human rights contexts’.
- On 12 September, Yolanda Booyzen, our Director of Development and Communications, presented at an online workshop at the 2025 Latsis Symposium in Zurich at the session titled ‘Information management & machine learning for human rights: exploring how modern data tools can support documentation and digital transformation in the public sector’.
- On 12 September, Matel Sow, our Director of Programmes, spoke at the online event ‘Coherent Artificial Intelligence for Kenya’, organised by the Center for Law in Information Technology. She joined experts from law, media, technology and academia to discuss AI regulation, applications and the future of work.
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.