Resources

Digital Security First-Aid Kit for Human Rights Defenders

The kit is simply written for computer non-experts. Since security is complex and simple answers might not always be sufficient, this kit also provides links to more exhaustive resources for additional support. The work on this kit has been guided by APC...

Security in a Box

Security in-a-Box is a guide to digital security for activists and human rights defenders throughout the world.

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Digital Security and Privacy

Human rights defenders are increasingly using computers and the Internet in their work. Although access to technology is still a huge issue around the world, electronic means of storing and communicating information are getting more and more common in human rights...

Anonymous Blogging

This guide to anonymous blogging with Wordpress & Tor helps you to ensure that your writing can't be traced back to your identity. It explains in detail how you can use the Tor Browser Bundle, Wordpress and webmail to provide a very high level of anonymity. The...

Protektor Manual

Protektor Services wants to assist by providing the right tools to help the people that need them without keeping them in the dark on how things actually work.

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Digital Security for Human Rights Reporters

Digital tools and technologies are making it easier for journalists to do their work — to research, verify, store, and publish information on computers, mobile phones and the Web.

However, these same technologies can put journalists...

Human Rights Software: Information Support Solutions For Social Justice

Human rights centres and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have crucial information support needs, many of which can be met by the existing and ongoing development of information technology software applications. The purpose of this article is to raise awareness within human rights...

Directory of Rapid/Response Grants 2014

Comprehensive directory of grants compiled by the IHRFG's Human Rights Defenders Working Group.

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Protection Fund for Defenders of Land Rights "Defender la tierra"

This info note documents the emergency fund piloted in Colombia in 2011 and 2012 by the Center for Research and Popular Education - Peace Program (CINEP PPP), an ILC member with extensive experience in monitoring and addressing land-related human rights violations....

Prisoners of Conscience Grant

Prisoners of Consceince provide two types of financial assistance to prisoners of conscience:

1. Relief and rehabilitation grants (which could include family reunions)

2. Bursary grants for post graduate study

Full details of these can be found on the corresponding grant...

Journalist Assistance Application

The Journalist Assistance program helps journalists through a combination of financial and non-financial assistance. CPJ's Gene Roberts Emergency Fund, which dispenses emergency grants to journalists in distress worldwide, was renamed in honor of Gene Roberts, veteran U.S. journalist and former...

Brazil Fund for Human Rights

The Brazil Human Rights Fund is a pioneering initiative that aims to contribute to the promotion of human rights in the country, creating sustainable mechanisms of donating resources geared to the promotion and protection of civil rights, economic, social, environmental and cultural....