Programmes Improving access to human rights information

UPR Info supports human rights defenders by improving access to information coming out of the Universal Periodic Review mechanism. We rebuilt their database with machine learning features, which resulted in faster updates and increased sustainability.

Over the course of many fruitful years, we have worked with the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) to build the African Human Rights Case Law Analyser in order to improve access to rulings issued by the region’s human rights mechanisms.

HURIDOCS joined a coalition of organisations to create CYRILLA, an open database of digital rights law around the world. The multilingual library makes it easier to analyse these legal frameworks by bringing them all together into one place.

We helped Plan International integrate more powerful features into the international human rights law library on their Girls’ Rights Platform, including the ability to save and edit individual paragraphs. Why? Existing language often serves as a starting point for new policy.

Although Human Rights Council documents are openly available online, they can be tough to navigate for human rights defenders with few resources. HURIDOCS develops the RightDocs database to make these texts easier to find.

Decisions issued by regional human rights mechanisms are important tools for advocates — only if they can be easily found and analysed. HURIDOCS has long collaborated with the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) to make sure these rulings are available to the changemakers who need them. How? With the SUMMA case law database.