Tools for HRDs

TunnelBear

Topic: Digital Security Tool: VPNs

Languages: English TunnelBear is a public VPN service based in Toronto, Canada. A freeware TunnelBear client is available on Android, Windows, macOS and iOS. It also has browser extensions for …

Handbook “For Human Rights beyond Borders: How to Hold States Accountable for Extraterritorial Violations”

Topic: Advocacy, Data analysis, Data collection and documentation Tool: Handbooks, Manuals and other publications

Languages: English The intention of this handbook is to make the Maastricht Principles more accessible and relevant to civil society by illustrating, with concrete examples, how they relate to specific …

Coded bias: Activist toolkit

Topic: Advocacy Tool: Handbooks, Manuals and other publications

Languages: English This guide sets you up with some basic information and tools to get you started on a path of advocacy. Everyone from concerned citizens to tech professionals can …

Video: Digital Security for Human Rights Defenders

Topic: Digital Security Tool: Videos

Languages: English. The video provides information and ways to improve digital security of human rights defenders and particularly LGBT human rights defenders by providing tips on both hardware and software …

Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations

Topic: Data analysis, Data collection and documentation, Data verification, Data visualization, Digital Security Tool: Handbooks, Manuals and other publications

Languages: English. The Berkeley Protocol is designed as a teaching tool and a reference guide for open source investigators. It provides guidelines, on international standards for conducting online research into …

Advocacy Assembly Training center

Topic: Advocacy, Data analysis, Data collection and documentation, Data verification, Digital Security Tool: E-learning courses

Languages: English, Farsi, Spanish, Arabic, Advocacy Assembly is a free digital learning website featuring courses for journalists and activists. The website was launched in 2015 by Small Media, who maintain the …

Report: Technology tools in human rights

Topic: Data analysis, Data collection and documentation, Data verification, Digital Security Tool: Handbooks, Manuals and other publications

Languages: English This report is intended to detail available technologies that are designed for human rights documentation. It demonstrates various perspectives on the challenges human rights documentation initiatives face when …

E-learning courses from Protection International for Human Rights Defenders

Topic: Digital Security, Physical Security Tool: E-learning courses

Languages: English, Spanish, French Protection international is an international non-profit organization that supports human rights defenders in developing their security and protection management strategies. It offers a variety of publications, materials as well as …