Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems, International (HURIDOCS)

Systèmes d'information et de documentation sur les droits de l'homme, international
Sistemas de Documentación y de Información sobre Derechos Humanos, Internacional

Contact Details

Main address: Exec Dir: Mr Daniel D'Esposito, International Secretariat, Rue de Cornavin 11, CH-1201, Geneva, Switzerland, Tel: (41 22) 755 5252, Fax: (41 22) 755 5260, E-mail: danieldesposito (at) huridocs.org , E-mail (2): info (at) huridocs.org

URL: http://www.huridocs.org/

http://www.hurisearch.org/

Aims

Help human rights organizations use information technologies and documentation methods to maximize the impact of their advocacy work.

Official Relations

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)^* (Consultative Status); United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)^* (Special).

Activities

Develops and offers tools and techniques for information handling and documentation control; develops new standards; provides advocates with customized training and support; offers advice on the establishment/strengthening of information systems; offers advice on software; encourages cooperation among documentation centres. Task Forces: (3) Software Development; HURISEARCH search engine; Semantic Web.

Publications

HURIDOCS News (periodical) in English, French, Spanish. Conference and seminar reports and proceedings - in English, French, Spanish; standard formats and other tools for enhancing human rights documentation; introductory manuals.

Members

An open network with no formal membership structure. Organizations involved in various ways in network (over 2,600) in 165 countries and territories:

• Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

• Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico^*, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Uruguay, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).

• Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong/China, India, Indonesia, Iran - Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan/China, Tajikistan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam, Yemen.

• Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea.

• Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ukraine.

UNESCO NGO Section Data

Type of Relation with UNESCOConsulatative Status

Admission Date1997

Reclassification date1997

Programme sector: EDNo

Programme sector: SCNo

Programme sector: SHSYes

Programme sector: CLTNo

Programme sector: CIINo

Programme sector: BSPNo

Programme sector: AFRNo

History1982 Creation. HURIDOCS inaugural Assembly in Strasbourg (France). 1997 Operational Relations (151 EX/ONG.2 Add.) (151 EX/Dec. 9.2) 2003 Renewal of operational relations (166 EX/38) (166 EX/Dec.9.2)

Contribution to UNESCO's programmes HURIDOCS is an information centre initially based in Norway. Il adopted an international structure in 1993, and since 1989 it has been using and sitributing the CDS/ISIS software. Various members of the HURIDOCS staff have participated in trainin seminars and other international meeting regarding CDS/ISIS. Cooperation with the Organization (Science and Communications Sectors) is considered to be still too irregular and should be further developed within the operational relations frameworks to which the Director-General has decided to admit HURIDOCS.

Keywords Human rights,Training

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