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
SOMO: Human Rights and Grievance Mechanisms
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...
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Online Toolkits
Topics
Advocacy
Information Collection and Documentation
Information Verification and Analysis
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...
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Handbooks, Manuals and other publications
Topics
Advocacy
Information Collection and Documentation
Information Verification and Analysis
Forensically
Forensically is a set of free tools for digital image forensics. It includes clone detection, error level analysis, meta data extraction, magnifying functions, noise analysis, level sweep. This tool...
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Online Toolkits
Topics
Information Verification and Analysis
TinEye
TinEye is a reverse image search engine that uses image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks. TinEye allows users to search not using keywords but with images. Upon...
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Web browsers & search engines
Topics
Information Verification and Analysis
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...
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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...
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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...
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Software
Topics
Information Collection and Documentation
Information Verification and Analysis
Information Visualization and Design
Project Management