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.
SOMO
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 their...
Tool
Online Toolkits
Topics
Advocacy
Information Collection and Documentation
Human Rights Tools for a Changing World: A step-by-step guide to human rights fact-finding, documentation and advocacy
The purpose of this manual is to provide practical tools and step-by-step guidance for individuals and community groups who want to use human rights monitoring, documentation, and advocacy in their...
Tool
Handbooks, Manuals and other publications
Topics
Advocacy
Information Collection and Documentation
Information Verification and Analysis
Yandex Reverse Image search
Yandex is a Russian search engine with reverse image search capabilities and artificial intelligence-driven results. It provides accurate image search results and uses an open-source AI-powered and...
Tool
Web browsers & search engines
Topics
Information Collection and Documentation
Project Management
Flight Radar 24
Flightradar24 is a global flight tracking service that provides you with real-time information about thousands of aircrafts around the world. The free service tracks over 180,000 flights per day and...
Tool
Online maps & registries
Topics
Information Collection and Documentation
Information Verification and Analysis
Marine Traffic
Marine Traffic provides real-time information on the movements of ships and the current location of ships in harbours and ports. A database of information on the vessels includes for example details...
Tool
Online maps & registries
Topics
Information Collection and Documentation
Information Verification and Analysis
ATLAS.ti
Atlasi, was released in 1993 as a tool used for qualitative data analysis. Users can code or mark data sources and assign them to specific categories to be able to analyze how/when/how many times a...
Tool
Software
Topics
Information Collection and Documentation
Information Verification and Analysis
Information Visualization and Design
Project Management
Defenders’ Database
Defenders’ Database is an easy-to-use tool for human rights defenders to register, analyse and share information about human rights violations developed by the Swedish NGO Civil Rights Defenders....
Tool
Databases
Topics
Information Collection and Documentation
Live Universal Awareness Map
Live Universal Awareness Map (“Liveuamap”) is a open, data driven platform dedicated to factual reporting of a variety of important global news on topics including conflicts, human rights issues,...
Tool
Online maps & registries
Topics
Information Collection and Documentation
Information Verification and Analysis