We’re expanding our Uwazi application to support case management and documentation of human rights violations.
UPR Info is making human rights recommendations more accessible—with a little help from machine learning
HURIDOCS collaborated with UPR Info to relaunch their Database of UPR Recommendations and Voluntary Pledges with improved features.
Cross-sector collaborations “are essential to creating sustainable and robust solutions to issues that we care most about”
Three HURIDOCS team members reflect on their recent experience working with Google . org Fellows to leverage machine learning for human rights.
“A small group of dedicated people are not to be underestimated in what they can achieve”
Three Google . org Fellows talk about their experience over the last several months helping HURIDOCS to leverage machine learning for human rights.
How machine learning is helping Plan International put girls’ rights at the forefront of the international agenda
The Human Rights Database is powered in part by machine learning, the result of collaboration between Plan International, HURIDOCS and Google.org fellows.
More security, collaboration and efficiency: Uwazi version 1.6
CSV import, two-factor authentication and public submission forms are just some of what’s now available on our flagship platform for organising human rights information.
Atlas of Torture fosters a more collaborative movement to prevent “one of the most serious human rights violations”
Supported by HURIDOCS, the project offers a database of torture-related information and a space for experts to exchange insights.
“I don’t think that our work as defenders of human rights will ever stop”
Watch these short films about the 2020 Martin Ennals Award laureate, Yemeni human rights activist Huda Al-Sarari, and finalists Norma Librada Ledezma and Sizani Ngubane.
A year of exciting collaboration, innovation and human rights advocacy: Our 2019 Annual Report
How did HURIDOCS spend 2019? Helping our partners to document important human rights information and make it accessible.
HURIDOCS office in Geneva closes to visitors until further notice
HURIDOCS staff have also been asked to work from home in light of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Three inspiring women in Mexico, South Africa and Yemen are Martin Ennals Award finalists
Huda Al-Sarari, Norma Ledezma and Sizani Ngubane are human rights defenders who have risked their lives to promote justice and dignity in their local communities.
HURIDOCS leadership changes hands during first three months of 2020
With Executive Director Friedhelm Weinberg on parental leave, Director of Programmes Kristin Antin is stepping up in the interim.
A collaborative effort to make the machine work for human rights information
Together with some of our partners and Google.org Fellows, we’re exploring how machine learning can support access to human rights law.
There’s dedication, and then there’s Bert Verstappen
As our senior documentalist retires, we celebrate his unrivalled commitment, skill and kindness after more than three decades at HURIDOCS.
POSITION FILLED: HURIDOCS seeking an Info Management Intern to help share our knowledge
Want to learn the ins and outs of an information management system used by human rights defenders around the world? Apply to be our next intern!
Learn how to research international law for human rights advocacy
This free course from HURIDOCS and Advocacy Assembly helps activists find international human rights law to use in their local advocacy.
How Global Legal Action Network is documenting digital evidence of airstrikes against civilians in Yemen
An integration between Digital Evidence Vault and Uwazi allows users to capture, organize and analyze online content in a streamlined way.
Who are we hanging? Justice Project Pakistan launches database on the death penalty
Justice Project Pakistan and HURIDOCS partnered to create a database that shows who is sitting on one of the world’s largest death rows—individuals with disabilities, juveniles and other vulnerable people.
Nigeria Court Digitisation Project is using Uwazi
The CLEEN Foundation has launched the Nigeria Court Digitisation Project – an initiative that leverages Uwazi to bring transparency into the monitoring of key jurisprudence. Corruption in Nigeria Nigerians have a lot to be optimistic about. As of 2015, Nigeria is the world’s 20th largest economy. It is considered a regional power and by some, […]
Geneva-based HURIDOCS is a Google AI Impact Grantee
HURIDOCS will apply Artificial Intelligence to Human Rights Documentation Google announced today that the Geneva-based NGO HURIDOCS is one of 20 organizations that will share 25 million US dollars in grants from the Google Artificial Intelligence Impact Challenge. The Google Artificial Intelligence Impact Challenge was an open call to nonprofits, social enterprises, and research institutions […]
3 ways activists are being targeted by cyberattacks
Cybersecurity is paramount for activists – as these cautionary tales demonstrate. Image: Unsplash This blog was first posted at Agenda on the World Economic Forum website. When activists open their inboxes, they find more than the standard spam messages telling them they’ve finally won the lottery. Instead, they receive highly sophisticated emails that look like […]
7 key achievements from our work last year: Our 2018 Annual Report
Last year we reached our 36th year working together with human rights organisations to preserve documentation for memory, to advance accountability for abuses, and to make key information on human rights easily accessible. We are proud of our long-term partnerships and for the opportunity to add more collaborations with organisations around the world every year, […]
New features in Uwazi v1.5 👏
We’re happy to announce new features in Uwazi 🙌 Click on the links to get more details! Support for right-to-left languages, administrators can manage languages via Uwazi UI.Data synchronization between two or more Uwazi instances. Even more security: Uwazi has been audited by a third party and patched, along with several security improvements such as […]
Abdul Aziz Muhamat is laureate of Martin Ennals Award
Sudanese refugee activist Abdul Aziz Muhamat is the 2019 Martin Ennals Award Laureate. He was among three finalists, selected last October by a jury of ten of the world’s leading human rights organizations, together with Marino Cordoba Berrio (Colombia) and Eren Keskin (Turkey). This award sheds light on the very cruel refugee policy of the […]
The “events” method for documenting human rights violations: Watch the webinar!
The events method allows defenders to document individual cases of human rights violations in order to better understand patterns.