HuriSearch is a human rights search engine developed by HURIDOCS and FAST to facilitate access to over 3000 human rights websites and documents from 150 countries. It filters out non-relevant content, provides fresh information, analyzes search results to suggest new directions, and ranks documents solely based on relevance without paid listings or popularity factors. The interface is available in 7 languages with search across 77 languages.

1. Introduction HuriSearch, a HURIDOCS project, was developed in collaboration with FAST. A global network for human rights information and documentation a world leader in enterprise search solutions

2. HuriSearch objectives To facilitate access to human rights information on the web To provide human rights professionals with a powerful web research tool To increase the visibility of information published by grassroots organisations To encourage webmasters to use metadata

3. HuriSearch in figures Access to more than 3000 websites Documents from almost 150 countries Interface in 7 languages Search in 77 languages

4. Key advantages of HuriSearch It filters out non-relevant content It provides fresh information It analyses search results and suggests new search directions It is independent from political or commercial interests

5. The HuriSearch Screen Drill-down area: Narrow down search by Language Country Organisation HURIDOCS term Keyword Results area: Displays basic information on the documents retrieved Enter search terms Search Area: Select language Select collection

6. Advanced Search Screen

7. The Drill-down Area The drill-down area enables you to narrow down your search by: Languages Countries Organisations HURIDOCS terms Keywords

8. HuriSearch Ranking Documents are ranked on the result list solely on relevance . NO paid listings are accepted NO popularity rankings are applied

9. Metadata HURIDOCS encourages webmasters to use metadata for describing the contents of their website. Example for metadata: Metadata make it easier for search engines to retrieve and sort documents. <meta name=&quot;keywords&quot; content=&quot;hurisearch, human rights, search engine, moteur de recherche, droits de l'homme, Suchmaschine, Menschenrechte&quot;>