Smart Solutions to Global Problems

Human rights violations happen every day, across the world. Because of the risks and difficulties involved in documenting and reporting violations, many perpetrators are not held accountable for their actions. We are changing this. With the help of Civil Rights Defenders’ user-friendly tool, the Defenders’ Database, human rights defenders and organisations can document, analyse, and visualise human rights violations globally.

Many of the human rights defenders we partner with carry out their work under precarious circumstances. When the situation escalates and someone is in an acute threat situation, our Emergency Fund is there so we can provide rapid support. The Emergency Fund is used to, for example, temporarily relocate people, or quickly provide specific security improvements, like steel doors or security cameras.