The internet is a never-ending source of knowledge and has the immense
advantage of being able to reach a large number of beneficiaries with a simple
click. Yet, the main issue remains that although there are countless useful and
valuable resources, they are scattered and one needs luck and an inspired
search method to find them. Many times work is duplicated or hardened by the
lack of easy access to information, with at the same time many valuable
materials available for free, waiting to be discovered.
Human rights practitioners rely on knowledge resources to accomplish
their work efficiently but often do not know where to find them or where to
start looking. Within our dissemination of information mandate, gathering all
this information about the available resources and placing it in a centralised
platform seemed like the logical step to make, since we believe in the value of
free information and in the benefit of having the free resources made easily
accessible and largely promoted.
Free Library Online is a project initiated by EHRA with the intention to
gather these free resources available on the internet for the use of
practitioners throughout Europe in the field of human rights.
The platform will act as a hub where the materials we find freely
available on the internet and consider useful will be indicated in a
categorised manner, easily accessible for consultation.
The materials will be accessible through a link directing the reader to the original website storing them. Full credit for ownership and copyright, as well as responsibility for the opinions expressed remains with the authors.
Should the owners disagree with indicating their materials on the
platform, they can at any time request to have them removed by sending a
message at freelibrary@ehra.fr.
The platform will be updated regularly through an ongoing process of research, with links to materials we ourselves have found on the internet and used in our own work. By the end of 2013, we intend to have a fully functional platform with already many resources indexed.
On the long run, we would also rely on the suggestions made by other
practitioners and NGOs, with the scope of developing a truly open and valuable
source of practical materials available for everyone working in the field of
human rights.
Therefore, if there are resources you consider useful and want to
recommend, please send us a message at freelibrary@ehra.fr, indicating the link to
the document and a brief description containing the following information: Title,
Theme (migrants, detention etc.), Focus (Europe-wide, EU, country etc.),
Document type (guidebook, report, article etc.), Language, Author, Publisher,
Year
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