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About Us: What HRC Does
Human Rights Connection enables human rights activists around
the world to share lessons, tools and practical strategies to advance
their work. It has three noteworthy characteristics:
- FREE MANUALS AND CASE STUDIES: The site has short, easy-to-use
articles and checklists that activists can download, print out
and carry away for free. In addition, case studies will provide
real-world examples of how activists implemented the techniques
described in the manuals. A particular emphasis will be placed
on finding and highlighting materials developed in the global
South for local activists.
- AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES: Manuals will be available
in five languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic.
Other languages, such as Mandarin and Russian, will be included
as the site grows.
- INFORMATION EXCHANGE: The key to HRC's success is the ability
of activists and groups to share the case studies, best practices and
other information that suit their needs. By providing their email addresses
to us, activists will get regular updates on new information. An Advisory
Committee of activists from different parts of the world reviews
documents to ensure that they are applicable and are presented in a
user-friendly manner. Activists who use our site can give feedback on
site material.
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How HRC Addresses Problems
Faced by Rights Activists
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Problem
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Our Solution
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Limited access to training
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Material locally accessible via
the Internet allowing activists to teach themselves
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Expensive material hard to obtain
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Material available for free via
the Internet, circumventing unreliable and expensive
mail and fax systems
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Overwhelming online material
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Brief, easily downloadable documents
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Language barriers
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Material available in English,
French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic
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Material not tailored to activists
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Material suggested and written
by activists from around the world
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Our immediate target audience are the several hundred activists
that make up the combined networks of the Coordinating Committee.
More broadly, we believe that HRC will be an important resource
for the thousands of activists around the world who can access the
web and can work in one of the languages that we have available.
The Internet is the cheapest, fastest and safest way to distribute
material to activists around the world. Mail service in many countries
is often slow and unreliable, and sending documents by international
courier is expensive. Faxed documents are hard to read in countries
with substandard phone lines. Even in countries with poor telecommunications
systems, many activists are able to get online, even for only brief
periods of time. Since Internet access is expensive, these activists
want to be able to download what they need quickly without having
to spend a lot of time looking for it.
We can reach the activists who need our material because the Coordinating
Committee organizations have worked directly with hundreds of activists
around the world, many of whom are in touch with other activists
in their regions.
The Need for Our Work • Advisory
Committee 
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