On Human Rights Day, HURIDOCS hosted a webinar to showcase the critical role of documentation and technology in protecting defenders, advocating for the rights of those who are wrongfully detained and supporting those who are detained to claim their rights. This webinar featured four initiatives that recently collaborated with HURIDOCS to safeguard those who champion human rights:

• The Observatory for Human Rights Defenders in Chiapas
• SOS-Defenders
• Detention Landscapes
• Papuans Behind Bars

Welcoming remarks: Danna Ingleton, Executive Director, HURIDOCS Speakers:

• Karla Jiménez Montoya, Movilidades Libres y Elegidas (CoLibres)
• Giuseppe Scirocco, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
• Manon Louis, Border Violence Monitoring Network
• Oliver Windridge, TAPOL

Moderator:

• Matel Sow, Director of Programmes, HURIDOCS

For more information, visit https://huridocs.org

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