RESOURCES AND
FURTHER READING
Make the most of the organisations and
resources working in the field. Organisations
Social media data
like The Engine Room provide technical
Citizen Evidence Lab https://citizenevidence.org
support for organisations wanting to use tech
First Draft News https://firstdraftnews.com
and data more strategically in their work,
and the Responsible Data community is a
good place to go for advice on ethical, legal
or privacy challenges arising from the use of
data in new and different contexts. Groups like
Tactical Technology Collective provide
Citizen Media Research and Verification:
An Analytical Framework for Human
Rights Practitioners
http://www.cghr.polis.cam.ac.uk/publications/
cghr-practitioner-papers-series/paper-1
guidance on using information for advocacy,
WITNESS
like this Visualising Information for Advocacy
https://lab.witness.org
book. School of Data is home to a strong
community working to help civil society
groups and journalists use data to tell stories.
Their online courses cover everything from
cleaning data to analysing it to visualising it.
If you want support on setting up and using
databases in your documentation, take a look
at Benetech, or HURIDOCS.
For links to more detailed guides and resources
visit: https://engn.it/datnav
Ethical guidelines for using eyewitness footage
https://lab.witness.org/announcing-witnessethical-guidelines-for-using-eyewitness-footagein-human-rights/
Budget data for human rights
Center for Economic and Social Rights (2015),
Defending Dignity: a manual for national
human rights institutions on monitoring
economic, social and cultural rights
International Budget Partnership (2010),
A Guide to Tax Work for NGOs
Christian Aid (2011), Tax Justice Advocacy:
A Toolkit for Civil Society
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