Reading time: 3 minutes Last week, we learned a lot of lessons, from virtually attending RightsCon, the world’s biggest summit in this digital age. This year marks the tenth anniversary of this conference, and featured over 1,000 speakers and more than 500 sessions. This resource roundup contains organizations and tools designed to safely connect and collaborate with human rights…
Network for Digital Rights in Ethiopia (NDRE) s a civil society-led network composed of human rights, media, and digital rights advocacy civic groups and individuals. It aim to increase awareness about digital rights, establish communities that work together to promote digital rights, and influence policy, regulations, and legislations that affect digital rights. NDRE works to…
Action for Transparency is an organization that calls for the accountability of government funds in the health and education sector. They engage with individuals from Kariobangi, one of Nairobi’s informal settlements, enlisting the help of the constituents of Kariobangi in the monitoring and evaluation of projects and funds allocated to them. Action for Transparency (A4T)…
The Radical Database is a growing list of petitions, fundraisers, legal help/aid, Food & Medicine assistance, reading lists to petitions, career help to mental health resources, and more. There’s something for everyone. No matter what, you’ll find what you’re looking for. It’s free, so no excuses. This website was created by Angelina Ruiz, an artist,…
Reading time: 3 minutes During these grave and unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic, new digital tools are revealing harrowing data on privacy violations and government emergency powers. This #FeaturedResourceFriday we share how an online tracking platform monitors restrictions to civic freedoms and how this tool can improve government accountability and protect civil society. Measuring the need and…
This guide looks at how metadata has been used to expose, protect and verify abuses and excesses of power. It considers exactly what metadata is contained within what format and introduces tools to extract, strip and add metadata.
The World Justice Project (WJP) engages citizens and leaders from across the globe and from multiple work disciplines to advance the rule of law. Through Research and Scholarship, the WJP Rule of Law Index, and Engagement, WJP seeks to increase public awareness about the foundational importance of the rule of law, stimulate policy reforms, and…
Indigenous Rights Radio uses the power of community radio to inform Indigenous communities of their rights. We envision a world in which Indigenous communities, equipped with knowledge of their rights, are empowered to protect their lands, languages, and cultures.
Educar en derechos humanos y promover su respeto para contribuir a la consolidación de la democracia y la justicia en el ámbito interamericano, en coordinación con los órganos del Sistema Interamericano, actores de la sociedad civil, la academia y el Estado.
The project will create an easily accessible Multimedia Virtual Space (a website but also an interaction of physical places inside each NGO’s offices) where already existing actors in the field of HR, connected in a open Coalition, can upload and find resources (printed/audio/video material and information) on the themes and issues of HR of their interest and also function as a forum through which they can easily and more readily circulate any material or information pertaining to their activities, events or initiatives.
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