Tools for HRDs

SOMO: Human Rights and Grievance Mechanisms

Topic: Advocacy, Information Collection and Documentation, Information Verification and Analysis Tool: Online Toolkits

SOMO is a source of information and tools to file complaints against a company, business or multinational corporation in order to prevent, stop, and seek justice for negative impacts caused by …

Toolkit for Civil Society Organizations: Advocacy in Restricted Spaces

Topic: Advocacy, Digital Security, Physical Security Tool: Handbooks, Manuals and Other Publications, Online Toolkits

This toolkit aims to provide a “menu of options” of various tactics that can be used in difficult or restrictive contexts. This guide includes inspiring case studies and concrete examples …

Guide to Secure Group Chat and Conferencing Tools

Topic: Digital Security Tool: Online Toolkits

This guide, created by Front Line Defenders, provides a simple overview of tools and platforms to choose from while working remotely. It sets the criteria for selecting tools and platforms …

Guide: Living with worry and anxiety amidst global uncertainty

Topic: Well-Being Tool: Handbooks, Manuals and Other Publications

This guide is intended to help readers to manage their worry and anxiety during fast-changing environments. It provides a number of practical exercises to follow to maintain well-being during a …

The Defender’s Protocol

Topic: Digital Security, Physical Security, Well-Being Tool: Online Toolkits

The Holistic Security Protocol for Human Rights Defenders (the Defender’s Protocol) is a tool to advance physical safety, digital security, well-being and resilience of human rights defenders (HRDs). By following …

Visualizing Data for Human Rights Advocacy Guidebook

Topic: Information Collection and Documentation, Information Verification and Analysis, Information Visualization and Design Tool: Online Toolkits

The Visualizing Data for Human Rights Advocacy guidebook was launched by a group of New York University (NYU) academics and provides accessible information on collecting, compiling and visualizing data on human …

Gendering Documentation. A Manual For and About Women Human Rights Defenders

Topic: Advocacy, Digital Security, Information Collection and Documentation Tool: Handbooks, Manuals and Other Publications

This manual for women human rights defenders (WHRDs) provides a unique tool for capturing the specific nature of violations against WHRDs. The discussions are grounded in a gender analysis that …

Reprisals guidelines for participants of the UPR

Topic: Physical Security Tool: Handbooks, Manuals and Other Publications

Safety of human rights defenders is a priority for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The purpose of these guidelines is to share information to make sure that human rights defenders …