This side event will discuss how human rights evidence and data collection work has been evolving in recent years and how the international community can support these efforts.
In this discussion, we hope to bring together human rights defenders, tool developers and machine learning practitioners to share knowledge and experience.
El proceso de documentar las desapariciones puede ayudar a las familias a establecer lo que le sucedió a sus seres queridos.
Despite the need and new technology available today, human rights defenders continuously run into frustrating technical challenges when trying to find and share information.
An expanded Uwazi will make it easy to record connections between people, documents, and events in a way that speaks best to the logic of the investigating organisation.
We supported more than 50 organisations to improve access to crucial information.
“…working largely remotely required us to change the way we work, how we communicate and how we stay motivated and connected with each other.”
We’ve also added better search, better use of screen real estate and plenty of bug fixes.
We’ve got two sessions planned: a panel to discuss information management and human rights bodies, and a tech demo.
The MEA aims to recognise individuals, or exceptionally organisations, who are working in conditions hostile to fundamental human rights, at risk, and in need of protection.