Who can use Uwazi?
CO L L ECT IO N S
300+ Uwazi collections and growing!
At the moment, more than 150 human rights
organisations across the globe are using Uwazi
as a database tool – some for more than one
collection. That brings the total to more than 300
public and private Uwazi databases.
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What is Uwazi used for?
To date, Uwazi has been used by for the following
purposes:
• Preserving evidence related to an ongoing situation
• Managing complaints or cases for strategic litigation
• Compiling libraries of law, jurisprudence, reports or
academic works
• Investigating a trove of public-interest documents
• Building an archive that preserves collective
memory
• Monitoring and recording progress around policy
implementation
• Collecting and sharing open-access educational
resources
• Showcasing digitised art pieces or museum objects
• Cataloguing a collection of campaign or advocacy
materials
Uwazi can be customised for a variety of needs and
users. The following groups of people are already using
Uwazi in a number of ways:
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Human rights defenders
Journalists
Academics and researchers
Museum workers and art curators
Librarians and archivists
Educators
Lawyers
Open knowledge activists
PROJECT SPOT L IGHT
Case management and monitoring of
violations against migrants, refugees and
asylum seekers
“Uwazi is helping us to improve case management,
supervision and reporting, as we have detailed
control based on the structure of our data
collection and documentation tools. It also allows
us to focus our documentation on the persons,
which is an essential aspect of our psycho-legal
accompaniment model. The management of the
content, the use of filters, downloading, analysis
and generation of indicators, contribute to
strengthening our documentation model.”
– Mavi Cruz Reyes
Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Matías de Córdoba
(FrayMa), who works on issues affecting the human rights
of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Central America
US E C AS ES
Making human rights recommendations more
accessible
UPR Info Database >
Database of torture-related information and a
space for experts to exchange insights
Atlas of Torture >
Interested in Uwazi?
Who creates Uwazi?
Uwazi is developed by an in-house team of software
engineers at HURIDOCS, a global NGO, and we’re
adding new features on a regular basis.
Get in touch!
Want to know how we can work together?
Get in touch with us at hello@huridocs.org
Support our work
Want to support a community-driven open-source
tool to preserve truth and pursue justice?
Get in touch with us at fundraising@huridocs.org
HURIDOCS
Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems
3 rue de Varembé, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
www.huridocs.org/uwazi