Where to go from here The future is ours and the time is now Between your human rights expertise and the information in this guide, you have everything you need to assess the value of different data for your work, and to begin using them. The considerations, assessments, and uses outlined are rooted in practices with which you’re already very familiar–like those around ethics, security, and verification. Developing the ability to critically assess and understand what new tools and platforms allow you to do and how remains much more important than focusing on specific tools. Being aware of what those tools do, the biases within the data you receive and work with, and, above all, engaging with the data responsibly, are as important as ever. At the time of writing, projects like those discussed above are far from being the norm. Generally speaking, human rights researchers are still using the same techniques that they have been for decades. Available data will continue to increase and become more accessible. Its costs, as well as the costs of technologies will continue to decrease. Though the learning curve may be steep at times, engaging these techniques is central to the human rights work of today and tomorrow. 80