Tuesday, November 25, 2008

OpenEvsys

HURIDOCS Portal
This is a (in-progress) project worth keeping track of. Basically, it's a web-based system for managing information about human rights violations. For too long, NGOs have been rallying for change using catchy phrases, big numbers, etc. It's imperative that an evidence-based approach is adopted. We shouldn't be having a campaign just because the international community is having one. We need to ask if the same human rights violation is happening in Singapore.

p.s. Looks like it's time for me to pull up my socks and finish up my long dormant project of putting the UN Training Manual on Human Rights Monitoring into practice.

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