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.
Child Online Safety Toolkit
This comprehensive document provides functional guidance so policymakers can enshrine child online safety into law and practice. It brings together important international guidelines and agreements...
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Handbooks, Manuals and other publications
Online Toolkits
Topics
Digital Security
Physical Security
Shelter City
Shelter City is a global movement that offers safe and inspiring spaces to human rights defenders at risk where they can re-energize, receive tailormade support and engage with allies in order to...
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Other tools
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Emergency services
Physical Security
Well-being
Environmental Human Rights Defenders Toolkit
Land and Environmental Human Rights Defenders (EHRDs) play a vital role as levers of change in protecting the environment and standing up for communities and individuals who are disproportionately...
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Handbooks, Manuals and other publications
Topics
Physical Security
Well-being
Safety Kit
The world is increasingly dangerous for the press. To stay safe, journalists and their editors need appropriate training, equipment, and other resources, such as insurance and access to psychosocial...
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Online Toolkits
Topics
Digital Security
Physical Security
Well-being
OSCE RFoM Safety of Journalists Toolbox
The Toolbox presents national instruments and initiatives from across the OSCE region and makes them accessible to interested stakeholders. It is a practical instrument to showcase existing measures...
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Online Toolkits
Topics
Digital Security
Human Rights
Physical Security
Practical Support for Defenders at Risk
ProtectDefenders provides multiple different forms of practical support for HRDs at risk, including an urgent helpdesk, emergency grants, and a temporary relocation programme, all designed to ensure...
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Other tools
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Digital Security
Emergency services
Physical Security
Well-being
Emergency Material Support to HRDs at Risk
OMCT, including in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, provides material assistance and emergency support to human rights defenders at risk working in the...
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Other tools
Topics
Digital Security
Emergency services
Physical Security
Well-being
Emergency Assistant to Frontline Activists
FreedomHouse’s Emergency Assistance Program (EAP) Provides short-term support to human rights defenders (HRDs), civil society organizations (CSOs), non-traditional advocates, and survivors of...
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Other tools
Topics
Digital Security
Emergency services
Physical Security
Well-being