The goal is to identify new solutions to strengthen human rights defenders as well as using defender-centric approach.
In a world where repressive regimes constantly step up their coercive game and target human rights defenders, we need to find smart solutions that enable continued human rights work globally. When you...
Technology is improving at an exponential rate. Today, it is being used to empower everyone, including authoritarian state actors. This is the last of three parts of the Innovation Initiative’s Specia...
This is the second of three parts of the Innovation Initiative’s Special Series on Digital Rights entitled “Digital Rights and Civil Rights Defenders”. This series will present how Civil Rights Defend...
This is the first of three parts of the Innovation Initiative’s special Series on Digital Rights entitled “Digital Rights and Civil Rights Defenders”. This series will present how Civil Rights Defende...
Civil Rights Defenders is excited to announce the opening of our annual Innovation Challenge! The competition, which is financed by the Swedish Postcode Lottery, is open for anyone to apply. The missi...
We are proud to announce that Civil Rights Defenders, in cooperation with Linköping University (LiU) and its LiU Innovation, has been awarded funding by Vinnova to create Sweden’s first accelerator pr...
The Coalition’s mission is to ensure that technology and social media work to better support democracy and human rights globally. Thus, responding to an obvious need in today’s digital age. The Design...
We have seen an explosion of new technology over the past decades. This unprecedented advancement is impacting our everyday lives and will continue to do so in ways we can’t imagine in the years to co...
This year Civil Rights Defenders awarded four projects at our annual Innovation Challenge (IC). The remarkable contributions of these projects strengthen the security and impact of human rights defend...
A total of 101 creative applicants entered the Innovation Challenge 2018. They all brought forward ideas on how to increase the protection and efficiency of human rights defenders at risk. Today, Civi...
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