1. Tackling the hard
challenges, growing with
them
HURIDOCS
2009-2014

2. The Challenges
HURIDOCS: Malta
26th
March 2014
1.Architecture and search for large
human rights websites
2.Extroverted data: Let databases talk
3.Case management
4.Digital libraries

3. Large Websites
HURIDOCS: Malta
26th
March 2014
• Challenge: Making information find-
able on large-scale human rights
websites
• Solution: Carefully designed architec-
tures, building on cross-cutting tax-
onomies, leveraging faceted search

4. Large Websites
International
Commission of Jurists
African Commission
on Human and
Peoples' Rights
www.icj.org www.achpr.org

5. Extroverted Data
HURIDOCS: Malta
26th
March 2014
• Challenge: Much of the data human
rights groups gather is locked up in
internal databases and only
published in static reports
• Solution: Direct publishing,
visualisation, while leaving control
with publisher to filter sensitive
information

6. Extroverted Data
Opendata Georgia Hafiza Merkezi
www.opendata.ge http://www.zorlakaybet
meler.org/

7. Case Management
Casebox
www.casebox.org

8. Digital Libraries
• Challenge: Make available document
collections, and enrich them
meaningfully
• Solution: Easy to use, update and
social library tools

9. Digital Libraries
African Human Rights
Case Law Analyser
Inter-American Human
Rights Case Law
Analyser
www.caselaw.ihrda.org Forthcoming

10. HURIDOCS Growth
• More than 150 project partners
between 2009-2014
• Staff: two in 2009, six in 2012, ten in
2014 (based on five continents)
• From no to three institutional donors
(Open Society, Oak, MacArthur
Foundations)

11. Financial Growth
Annual Budget in CHF
0
100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
700000
800000
900000
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 (projected)

12. New Challenges
• A flexible tool that allows everyone to create their
own digital libraries within minutes
• Leveraging Casebox' flexibility: create and document
more themes
• Human Rights groups will use online tools – how to
improve their security when doing so
• Extending HURIDOCS services, managing growth
• Increase stakeholder participation in HURIDOCS
governance

13. Thank you for your
attention!
Visit us: www.huridocs.org
Contact us: info@huridocs.org
Twitter: @huridocs