The meeting will officially open with welcoming remarks by Csaba Szilágyi of the Blinken OSA Archivum and Stefania Saccarola, Librarian and Digital Repository Coordinator of the Global Campus of Human Rights. Their opening session will set the stage for two days of exchange, collaboration, and strategic reflection on the evolving landscape of human rights documentation.
The programme will feature discussions on the future of ECCHRD, participants’ interests and motivations, and a presentation of the Global Human Rights Repository by Anjali Mehta from HURIDOCS. Participants will also have the opportunity to visit the renowned Blinken OSA Archivum and explore its collections dedicated to preserving records of human rights struggles and social justice movements.
The second day will focus on innovative approaches to human rights documentation, including sessions on activating archives for social justice, developments related to the OHCHR Knowledge Gateway and the Global Coalition for Human Rights, and the growing role of generative artificial intelligence in improving access to and analysis of human rights data and jurisprudence.
The meeting will conclude with an open discussion on the future of human rights documentation, addressing new challenges and opportunities facing the sector, followed by thematic working groups aimed at fostering collaboration and identifying concrete follow-up actions among participants. All sessions will be held in a hybrid format, enabling both in-person and online participation.