FreedomLab
A learning space for Human Rights Defenders
Explore · Adapt · Protect
A virtual space for Human Rights Defenders
Free e-courses, practical tools, and an interactive game.
Free e-courses, practical tools, and an interactive game –
build for Human Rights Defenders.
Managing Risks: Safety and Security in Human Rights Work
Human rights defenders face physical, digital, and legal threats — often with limited resources. This course helps you assess risks and invest in the right security measures. Human rights defenders face physical, digital, and legal threats — often with limited resources. This course helps you assess risks and invest in the right security measures.
- 8 hours
- Certificate
Managing Risks: Safety and Security in Human Rights Work
Human rights defenders face physical, digital, and legal threats — often with limited resources. This course helps you assess risks and invest in the right security measures. Human rights defenders face physical, digital, and legal threats
- English
- Russian
Did you know now Stefan got into trouble?
An interactive learning experience based on real situations faced by human rights defenders.
Training center
Managing Risks: Safety and Security in Human Rights Work
Human rights defenders play a crucial yet demanding role in protecting human rights, often facing significant challenges. Their work is...
Human Rights Monitoring Training
This course is also available in Russian language. ODIHR’s Human Rights Monitoring Training is designed to teach you the basics...
Trauma-Informed Interviewing: Skills and Techniques for Monitors
This course is also available in Russian and Ukranian language. One of the core activities for human rights monitors is...
Training center
Your phone rigns.
It's Stefan - he's been beaten up.
He was investigating the Starlight Stadium construction site. Now it’s on you: follow the evidence, interview witnesses, verify what’s real, and decide how to respond.
An interactive learning experience based on real situations faced by human rights defenders.
Your phone rings. It's Stefan - he's been beaten up.
Your phone rings.
It's Stefan - he's been beaten up.
He was investigating the Starlight Stadium construction site. Now it’s on you: follow the evidence, interview witnesses, verify what’s real, and decide how to respond.
An interactive learning experience based on real situations faced by human rights defenders.
Your phone rings. It's Stefan - he's been beaten up.
Step into the role of a human rights defender and follow the trail of evidence. Interview witnesses, assess the credibility of information, verify digital evidence, document potential violations, and decide how best to respond. Every choice you make shapes your monitoring work and tests the skills needed to monitor and document human rights violations in complex, fast-moving situations.
Your phone rings.
It's Stefan - he's been beaten up.
He was investigating the Starlight Stadium construction site. Now it’s on you: follow the evidence, interview witnesses, verify what’s real, and decide how to respond.
An interactive learning experience based on real situations faced by human rights defenders.
Your phone rings. It's Stefan - he's been beaten up.
Step into the role of a human rights defender and follow the trail of evidence. Interview witnesses, assess the credibility of information, verify digital evidence, document potential violations, and decide how best to respond. Every choice you make shapes your monitoring work and tests the skills needed to monitor and document human rights violations in complex, fast-moving situations.
Your phone rings.
It's Stefan - he's been beaten up.
He was investigating the Starlight Stadium construction site. Now it’s on you: follow the evidence, interview witnesses, verify what’s real, and decide how to respond.
An interactive learning experience based on real situations faced by human rights defenders.
What Our Users Have To Say
FreedomLab has become one of my go-to resources. The repository brings together practical guides, digital tools, and methodologies that would otherwise take hours to find. It's an invaluable resource for anyone working to document and respond to human rights violations.
Human rights defenders
Hungary, May 2026
FreedomLab has become one of my go-to resources. The repository brings together practical guides, digital tools, and methodologies that would otherwise take hours to find. It's an invaluable resource for anyone working to document and respond to human rights violations.
Human rights defenders
Hungary, May 2026The Trauma Informed Interviewing e-course has revolutionized my understanding and has provided great strategies that I will implement in the future.
First Defense Legal Aid representative
July 2026I learned a lot of great steps and techniques that are very applicable to my research. This course has allowed me to reflect on how I can ensure my interviews are trauma-informed and ensure I am prepared to meet the needs of my interviewees.
Anonymous human right defenders
July 2026I loved playing this game! It was so good. I conducted interviews and did mistakes I don't think of anymore in my professional life. This was very refreshing for me
Human rights defenders
Tajikistan 2026What Our Users Have To Say
FreedomLab has become one of my go-to resources. The repository brings together practical guides, digital tools, and methodologies that would otherwise take hours to find. It's an invaluable resource for anyone working to document and respond to human rights violations.
Human rights defenders
Hungary, May 2026FreedomLab has become one of my go-to resources. The repository brings together practical guides, digital tools, and methodologies that would otherwise take hours to find. It's an invaluable resource for anyone working to document and respond to human rights violations.
Human rights defenders
Hungary, May 2026The Trauma Informed Interviewing e-course has revolutionized my understanding and has provided great strategies that I will implement in the future.
First Defense Legal Aid representative
July 2026I learned a lot of great steps and techniques that are very applicable to my research. This course has allowed me to reflect on how I can ensure my interviews are trauma-informed and ensure I am prepared to meet the needs of my interviewees.
Anonymous human right defenders
July 2026What Our Users Have To Say
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FreedomLab has become one of my go-to resources. The repository brings together practical guides, digital tools, and methodologies that would otherwise take hours to find. It's an invaluable resource for anyone working to document and respond to human rights violations.
Human rights defenders
Hungary, May 2026FreedomLab has become one of my go-to resources. The repository brings together practical guides, digital tools, and methodologies that would otherwise take hours to find. It's an invaluable resource for anyone working to document and respond to human rights violations.
Human rights defenders
Hungary, May 2026Starlight stadium
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About us
FreedomLab is a virtual space for human rights defenders. Here you will find a repository of training materials, tutorials, and digital tools, all tailored to your needs and requirements. We hope you will learn about tools, experiences, advocacy and fundraising strategies, as well as knowledge and skills related to security. Through support and collaboration, human rights defenders increase their capacity to monitor and report, seek redress, and advocate for the promotion of human rights..
News and upcoming opportunities for human rights defenders
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference 2025
The OSCE Finnish Chairpersonship, with the support of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), is hosting a 10-day Warsaw Human Dimension Conference, focusing on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms across the OSCE area. The conference will be held in person only on 6–17 October. Participants will have the opportunity to address the entirety of the OSCE human dimension commitments during plenary sessions and side events, covering democratic institutions, the rule of law, tolerance and non-discrimination, fundamental freedoms, and humanitarian issues. Human rights defenders are encouraged to participate, click here to learn more and register for the conference before Monday, 15 September 2025, at 17.00 CET.
Public Consultation: EU Civil Society Strategy
The European Commission has launched public consultations for the forthcoming EU Civil Society Strategy, offering an opportunity for civil society actors, including human rights defenders, to help shape future EU policy in this area. All interested stakeholders are invited to share their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing civil society today. Submissions are open until 5 September 2025. Click here to learn more.
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