Topic directory
Rights
Verified datasets, public-interest software, research publications and organisations addressing rights.
- Alaveteli
Open-source Freedom of Information platform by mySociety that powers public Right to Information request portals across 25+ countries
Tool TransparencyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to Alaveteli - Alternative Law Forum
Legal collective integrating legal practice with social justice, human rights, labour struggles, gender equity, and public interest research
Organisation Law & policingRights Karnataka, India
Go straight to Alternative Law Forum - Centre for Law and Policy Research
Legal research trust dedicated to constitutional history, transgender rights, disability law, and caste discrimination litigation in India
Organisation Law & policingRights Karnataka, India
Go straight to Centre for Law and Policy Research - Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
Independent international NGO advocating for police accountability, prison reforms, judicial access, and freedom of information across South Asia
Organisation Law & policingRights India, Global
Go straight to Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative - Decidim
Open-source digital citizen participation and participatory democracy platform for consultations, voting, assemblies, and participatory budgeting
Tool GovernanceTransparency Global, India
Go straight to Decidim - Housing and Land Rights Network
Non-profit organisation monitoring forced evictions, homelessness, and advancing the human right to adequate housing and land tenure across India
Organisation HousingCities India
Go straight to Housing and Land Rights Network - Indian Kanoon
Search more than three crore Indian laws, judgments and orders, cross-linked to statutes, citations, courts, judges and precedents
Data source Law & policingRights India
Go straight to Indian Kanoon - Internet Archive
The web's memory — archived pages, books, government records and broadcasts, plus the Wayback Machine
Archive MediaTechnology Global
Go straight to Internet Archive - Internet Freedom Foundation
India's foremost digital rights organisation — defending free speech, privacy, net neutrality, and surveillance reform through litigation and public advocacy
Organisation RightsTechnology India
Go straight to Internet Freedom Foundation - Jan Shaurya
Protects girls from caste-based sexual exploitation through education, legal awareness, mentorship and community leadership
Organisation GenderRights India, Madhya Pradesh
Go straight to Jan Shaurya - Jan Swasthya Abhiyan
Indian network of the People's Health Movement coordinating public health practitioners, activists, and unions for health equity and healthcare rights
Organisation HealthRights India
Go straight to Jan Swasthya Abhiyan - Jan Swasthya Sahyog
Community health non-profit providing low-cost rural clinical care, village health worker networks, and public health research in central tribal India
Organisation HealthNutrition Chhattisgarh, India
Go straight to Jan Swasthya Sahyog - Kalpavriksh
Environmental action group working on conservation, livelihoods, ecological justice, education and alternative development
Organisation EnvironmentRights India
Go straight to Kalpavriksh - Karnataka ASDDO Dashboard
Privacy-preserving static dashboard and EPIC lookup for 1.08 crore voter deletions across Karnataka under SIR 2026
Dashboard ElectionsGovernance India, Karnataka
Go straight to Karnataka ASDDO Dashboard - Mapeo
Free offline-first mapping toolset designed with Indigenous communities for locally controlled territorial documentation
Tool TechnologyLand Global
Go straight to Mapeo - Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan
Grassroots peasant-worker union that pioneered Jan Sunwais and led the historic movement for India's Right to Information and MGNREGA
Organisation RightsLabour Rajasthan, India
Go straight to Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan - Mongabay India
Independent nonprofit reporting on India's forests, wildlife, oceans, climate, conservation and environmental governance
Publication EnvironmentClimate India
Go straight to Mongabay India - OpenSpeaks Tools
Offline-oriented tools for subtitling, organising media and documenting oral knowledge in Indigenous and low-resourced languages
Tool Culture & heritageTechnology India, Global
Go straight to OpenSpeaks Tools - People's Union for Civil Liberties
India's oldest human rights membership organisation, conducting fact-finding inquiries and litigation for civil liberties and constitutional rights
Organisation RightsLaw & policing India
Go straight to People's Union for Civil Liberties - SEARCH Gadchiroli
Community health research non-profit pioneering low-cost maternal-newborn healthcare and tribal public health models in central India
Organisation HealthNutrition Maharashtra, India
Go straight to SEARCH Gadchiroli - Software Freedom Law Center, India
Legal services organisation defending digital rights, user privacy, free expression, and tracking internet shutdowns across India
Organisation RightsTechnology India, Global
Go straight to Software Freedom Law Center, India - Tella
Secure documentation app for human rights — encrypt photos, videos, and audio on mobile, with camouflage features for high-risk environments
Tool RightsTechnology Global, India
Go straight to Tella - UNHCR Refugee Data
UNHCR statistics on forcibly displaced populations — refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced, and stateless people, by country of origin and asylum
Data source MigrationRights Global, India
Go straight to UNHCR Refugee Data - Uwazi
Open-source evidence database for organising, connecting, analysing and publishing human-rights documents and records
Tool RightsLaw & policing Global, India
Go straight to Uwazi