The goal is to identify new solutions to strengthen human rights defenders as well as using defender-centric approach.
One of the greatest challenges for many human rights defenders is to inform the public about the continuous human rights abuses in their environments. SugarCube – one of the winning applications in th...
Latin American journalists often become targets of violence and threats, online and offline. In order to meet this worrying trend, the organisation Derechos Digitales – winner of the Innovation Challe...
The Karisma Foundation is a digital rights advocacy organisation that works to reduce gender inequalities. This year, the organisation applied to the Innovation Challenge 2018 and is one of four winne...
Laws, technology and oppressive methods used by governments can change quickly. In order to stay on top of things and avoid unnecessary risks, human rights defenders need access to the latest security...
Dear reader, happy summer wishes from Sweden! Here in Stockholm, June has been a bit moody. One day with heat and glistening sunshine, another with hefty winds and stormy clouds. In the midst of all t...
More than one hundred creative human rights defenders entered this year’s Innovation Challenge. In an innovative and creative manner, they have all brought forward ideas on how to increase the protect...
Last week we introduced three of the competitors of Innovation Challenge (IC) 2018, and promised to present two more this week. So without further ado, here are Sawsan Nashashibi with Isha L’lsha (Hai...
On Monday the 18th of June we closed the second round of Innovation Challenge 2018. The second round tested 16 of our applicants further, asking them to elaborate on their plans. The results are now b...
May 22 we closed the first round of Innovation Challenge 2018. We were amazed at the great turnout, 101 applications in total! Civil Rights Defenders would like to thank all of the participants for ma...
The concept of innovation is generally imbued with positive connotations, but often overlooked is the fact that governments are also innovative. Around the world, repressive governments are pouring im...
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