FreedomLab’s Tool Library compiles all online tools and resources that can be relevant for human rights defenders, spanning a wide variety of topics. Use the filters below to find relevant resources - tools can be filtered by Topic, Type, and Target Group. Please note that tools included in this library do not belong to FreedomLab and, whilst the Library is regularly updated and maintained by the FreedomLab team, users should be aware of the risks that arise by clicking on external links. If you know of a tool that could be added to this library, fill out this form.
Report: Technology tools in human rights
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...
Tool
Handbooks, Manuals and other publications
Topics
Digital Security
Information Collection and Documentation
Information Verification and Analysis
E-learning courses from Protection International for Human Rights Defenders
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...
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E-learning courses
Topics
Digital Security
Physical Security
Protection Manual for LGBTI Defenders
This manual gives more space than other security manuals for defenders on the specific issues and obstacles that prevailing societal values and legal systems present to LGBTI defenders. It provides...
Tool
Handbooks, Manuals and other publications
Topics
Digital Security
Physical Security
Secure communication
Toolkit for Civil Society Organizations: Advocacy in Restricted Spaces
This toolkit aims to provide a “menu of options” of various tactics that can be used in a difficult or restrictive contexts. This guide includes inspiring case studies and concrete examples of...
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Handbooks, Manuals and other publications
Online Toolkits
Topics
Advocacy
Digital Security
Physical Security
Guide to Secure Group Chat and Conferencing Tools
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 that ensure...
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Online Toolkits
Topics
Digital Security
The Defender’s Protocol
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...
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Online Toolkits
Topics
Digital Security
Physical Security
Well-being
Gendering Documentation. A Manual For and About Women Human Rights Defenders
A manual for women human rights defenders (WHRDs) provides a unique tool for capturing the specific nature of violations against WHRDs. The discussions that follow are grounded in a gender analysis...
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Handbooks, Manuals and other publications
Topics
Advocacy
Data collection and documentation
Digital Security
Online IQ
Online IQ is online video guides on how to increase your digital security and to secure your smartphone and apps, such as Facebook, Google, WhatsApp and Signal.
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Media Content
Topics
Digital Security
Secure communication