📅Last week, HURIDOCS joined our partners forming El Obse to reflect, strategise, and strengthen their collective work in #Chiapas, Mexico. We are proud to accompany the ongoing work of this network in a context where #HumanRightsDefenders frequently face threats and violence.🕊️

Our partners at TGEU put together a practical guide on how they use #Uwazi to monitor and document anti-trans violence, from data modelling to visualisation. A useful read for anyone working in #HumanRightsDocumentation. 👉 Read the guidelines: https://ow.ly/KVH250Z1Bo3

Back in November, our ED, Danna Ingleton, shared her reflections on the rapidly shifting human rights and technology landscapes, and if anything, her words feel even more relevant today.💯 👉 Read the full reflection: https://ow.ly/IPMm50YZmCz #HumanRights #CivilSociety #TechForGood #HURIDOCS

🧰 🚨Defenders' Toolbox: We just added two new resources to our library! 1️⃣Introduction to Documentation Theory and 2️⃣Databases and Data Modelling Theory, both modules include a manual and a workbook 🔗 Module 1: https://ow.ly/r5eH50YYaNi 🔗 Module 2: https://ow.ly/QiPi50YYaNp

🌍HURIDOCS collaborated with the Centre for Human Rights to develop a database that maps the domestic impact of the UN treaty system. 👉🏽 Read more here: https://huridocs.org/2026/04/huridocs-collaborates-with-centre-for-human-rights-on-database-that-maps-the-domestic-impact-of-the-un-treaty-system/

Launching this Wednesday at 16:00🙌 @upchr.bsky.social We are so proud to have supported this important project! 🙏 Sign up here 👉 www.chr.up.ac.za/implementati...

🗞️The HURIDOCS newsletter is coming out tomorrow! Have you signed up? Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest on our projects, tools, and the human rights documentation community straight to your inbox! 💯🔗 https://ow.ly/eNum50YKh54

🌍 HURIDOCS is heading to RightsCon Lusaka 2026 (5–9 May)! We will be joining the global human rights summit with two sessions and a community booth! Read more 🔗 https://ow.ly/czFS50YJP93 More details on dates & times coming soon! We hope to see you there!🌟 #RightsCon2026

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#HURIDOCS' Ximena Arrieta Borja was in Rome this week for an invitation-only peer convening on #HumanRightsDocumentation and investigations, with Airwars, FIND, Katiba Institute, Mnemonic, Truth Hounds, Videre, WITNESS and others. Learning, reflecting, and finding new paths forward together. 🕊️

🧰As part of our Defenders' Toolbox series, today we are highlighting Essential digital security guidelines for human rights defenders.🔒 Prepared by Tomiwa Ilori during his fellowship with HURIDOCS. Available in Spanish, English and French. 🔗 Download here: https://ow.ly/cth650TGNpR

After six years, the HURIDOCS team was finally in the same room. 🌍 27 people, 20+ countries, five days in Marrakesh, strengthening the team behind the work and setting the path ahead.🚀 This wasn't a luxury, but practising what we preach: humanity! Read more🔗 https://ow.ly/H7LP50YI9bH

Human rights lawyer #YuWensheng has been released and returned home after serving his arbitrary sentence. We call on the intl. community to continue to pay attention to Yu’s health and follow-up situation, and hope that he can regain true freedom. https://x.com/xuyan709/status/2043598096031264882

🇸🇻 En los últimos años, el espacio cívico se ha reducido significativamente en El Salvador. Las personas defensoras de derechos humanos han enfrentado crecientes amenazas y criminalización, lo que ha obligado a muchas al silencio o al exilio. youtu.be/xWOYRRqxIiw

📣We are looking for new members to join the HURIDOCS Board. If you work at the intersection of #HumanRights, tech, civil society, or governance, and want to help shape the future of #HumanRightsDocumentation, we'd love to hear from you. Read the requirements and apply: 🔗https://ow.ly/KyTs50YEZyl#HumanRights

🧰As part of our Defenders' Toolbox series, we are highlighting one resource every Tuesday! ➡️This week: a free online course on #HumanRightsDocumentation, developed by Totem in collaboration with HURIDOCS, WITNESS and Horizontal. Read more here🔗https://ow.ly/bOn750YESpe#HumanRightsDocumentation

Our ED @ingleton.bsky.social will join an online panel on AI, surveillance & accountability in high-risk contexts. Organised by the War Crimes Research Office at American University Washington College of Law. 📅 8 April | 12:00–13:00 ET / 18:00–19:00 CET Register here: https://ow.ly/fsNE50YCai7

The #UnitedNations #HumanRights Council has appointed Andrea Bolaños Vargas as Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders.🕊️ We look forward to engaging with the mandate to support HRDs in documentation, so their evidence can better reach and inform the UN system.🚀

📈⚠️Alarming findings in the third report from our partners at the Observatory of Human Rights Defenders in Chiapas: defenders face intensifying violence, harassment, and criminalisation. 🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/BAoc50YBB56

🧰Each Tuesday, as part of our Defenders’ Toolbox series, we highlight a resource from our Resource Library. This week ➡️file naming conventions, the most visited resource in our library. A simple but essential practice for organising documentation. Read more 🔗 https://ow.ly/T2jx50YAuQk

📣A new open-access database on the domestic impact of UN Human Rights Treaties launches on 22 April. Developed by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with HURIDOCS and powered by Uwazi.🚀 🗓 22 April | 16:00 SAST | Hybrid Read more & RSVP🔗 https://ow.ly/NRZf50YB59C

📣 In case you missed it ➡️ A new public database for lawyers working with death penalty cases in Asia: Death Penalty Defence- Asia (powered by Uwazi). ✨ Read how seven partners across the region came to create this valuable resource and HURIDOCS role. 🔗 ow.ly/XYNs50YwloC

🚨Resource alert: A new database supporting lawyers defending death penalty cases in Asia. ▶️Read the Project Spotlight to find out more and share this valuable resource with your network! 🔗https://ow.ly/e2Fq50YwloG

🧰As part of our Defenders’ Toolbox series, we highlight a resource from our Resource Library. A data dictionary documents your information structure: what each field means and how it should be used. It supports clarity and consistency over time. Find out more ➡️https://ow.ly/TWnf50YvUTs

✈️ After a week of meetings across Europe, our ED @ingleton.bsky.social reflects on #HumanRights work today: not just collecting information, but connecting, structuring, and making it truly usable. This has shaped our work for decades, and what comes next.🚀 Read more: huridocs.org/2026/03/buil...

🧰Each Tuesday, as part of our Defenders’ Toolbox series, we highlight a resource from our Resource Library. ➡️The Microthesauri remains a valuable and relevant resource for bringing greater clarity and structure to human rights documentation work.🚀 Read more here 🔗 https://ow.ly/Pjq450Yv9gW

🧰This week, the Defenders’ Toolbox series focuses on the controlled list of terms, which helps reduce ambiguity, strengthen categorisation, and improve how information can be searched and used over time. Explore this topic further and more in our Resource Library. ➡️https://ow.ly/9mjG50Yrslx

📢 Meet the team at HURIDOCS: Lucía Gómez, Programme Manager In this series, we introduce the incredible people behind HURIDOCS mission. Curious about what the Programme Manager does and their role in human rights work? ▶️Read the full article: https://ow.ly/Tfyo50Yo8EF

🧰This week’s Defender's Toolbox focus is on designing a conceptual data model, an essential step after deciding that a database is needed and setting goals. This helps to clarify what information to collect and how it is related. 🗺️ 🔗Read more: https://ow.ly/29pv50YgBmC

🧰Once you have decided that you need a database, setting clear goals is an important next step. 🔗Explore this topic further on HURIDOCS Resource Library: https://ow.ly/GRcX50YgyNA

💡Human rights documentation needs tools that save time, adapt to real-world needs, and support meaningful analysis. We have highlighted 10 ways Uwazi helps make that possible.💡 ➡️ https://ow.ly/KOJ050Ygwxf

Whose interests does AI actually "encapsulate"? Current debates on Trustworthy AI focus heavily on technical accuracy and safety. But is that enough for a democracy? Learn more and register for our upcoming event here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

🧰This week, HURIDOCs Defender's toolbox is going back to basics: what is a database, and when it might be useful when you are starting a project or rethinking how information is organised. Read the full resource to explore this topic further: 🔗https://ow.ly/TVU350Ygup4

🧰The #DefendersToolbox shares tools and resources to equip #HumanRights defenders with practical support for their work. The HURIDOCS Resource Library brings together guidance for documentation, research, and information management. 🔗Explore the library: https://huridocs.org/resource-library/#DefendersToolbox

🌍 When crises make headlines, they often touch someone on our global team. That’s why we created the HURIDOCS Staff Emergency Fund, a real show of solidarity and care. 🤝 We’re committed to transparency and sharing what we learn. More in our Executive Director’s blog: 🔗 https://ow.ly/tWCx50Y8E2g

🧰The #DefendersToolbox series shares tools and resources to equip #HumanRights defenders with practical support for their work. The Rapid Response Documentation supports effective prioritisation and decision-making when documenting violations. 🔗Read the principles: https://ow.ly/3Seu50XWzGp#DefendersToolbox

📢 Announcing the #GlobalHumanRightsRepository, an upcoming database by HURIDOCS and the Oxford Institute of Justice and Technology. Soon, global, regional & national human rights documents will be easier to find and use! Learn more: https://ow.ly/MvQH50Y7CU1#GlobalHumanRightsRepository#HumanRights #TechForGood

We are excited to have him on board! ✨

💪In late January, HURIDOCS PO Phurbu Dolma joined civil society in 🇧🇩 for conversations on OSINT and #HumanRightsDocumentation at the Verify & Resist workshop (WITNESS#HumanRightsDocumentation Activate Rights) and the Archive & Resist Conclaves in Cox’s Bazar and Dhaka (Activate Rights, Surge Bangladesh, UNDP). 🕊️🙏

📣HURIDOCS Tech Team is growing! We have three open positions: Back-end, Front-end, and Full-stack Software Engineers. ▶️Read more and apply before 12 February. 🔗https://huridocs.org/join-our-team/ #Remotejobs #NGOjobs #SoftwareEngineer #TechJobs #ImpactJobs

🧰The #DefendersToolbox shares tools and resources to equip #HumanRightsDefenders w/practical support for their work. We're looking at how Uwazi & Tella work together from secure evidence capture on your phone to organised documentation on your Uwazi instance. 🔗Read more https://ow.ly/CIkL50XWzqt

📣 Call for applications: 2026 Sakharov Fellowship Programme for Human Rights Defenders The @europarl.europa.eu offers 14 non-EU HRDs a 2-week training on EU policies & mechanisms, with insights into the EU’s human rights work. 🗓️ Deadline to apply: 15 Feb 2026 www.europarl.europa.eu/sakharovpriz...

📣We are thrilled to share HURIDOCS AI Internal Governance Policy & Framework, shaped by our values and team input. Read how it started and dive into the policy 👇 🔗https://ow.ly/NjlT50Y3By6 #ResponsibleAI #TechForGood

We are excited to be working with the Oxford Institute for Technology and Justice, launched in October 2025, on one of its core collaborative projects: the Global Human Rights Repository, powered by Uwazi.🌎📂 ▶️Watch the video to learn more: https://www.techandjustice.bsg.ox.ac.uk/video-overview

📣HURIDOCS is looking for a Project Coordinator to play a key role in building the Global Repository of Human Rights. 🔗Explore the key responsibilities and requirements: huridocs.org/join-our-team/ #NGOJobs #ProjectCoordinator #RemoteJobs

🧰The #DefendersToolbox series shares tools and resources to equip #HumanRights defenders with practical support for their work. Find out how to request your own Uwazi instance and explore how it can support and enhance your documentation workflow. 🔗https://huridocs.org/uwazi-contact/#DefendersToolbox

📣At a time when #HumanRights are under pressure, it is essential to have reliable ways to document, organise, and protect information. Stay tuned for the #DefendersToolbox!🧰 w/ tools, guidance, and approaches designed to equip and support human rights defenders with crucial documentation actions.

Data created during times of human rights violations can be used to prove command responsibility: that those at the very top are responsible for the actions of the agents carrying out their orders. hrdag.substack.com/p/dictatorsh...

📣Partners from #ElObseChiapas will meet with Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs on 19Jan. The discussion will present evidence of alarming violations against HRDs in Chiapas and push for urgent protection.📍Details below /live stream available. 🔗Explore the reality they face: https://elobse.org/

We are back! ✨These words reflect how we want to move forward in 2026: working together steadily, staying grounded and keeping hope rooted in action.🚀 💥Let’s connect to make #HumanRights work stronger, together! *Image created by Daniël du Plessis.