Holistic Security : A Strategy Manual for Human Rights Defenders

186 Pages·2018·2.688 MB·English

by  Craig Higson Smith

A Strategy Manual
for Human Rights
Defenders

A Strategy Manual
for Human Rights
Defenders
Published in 2016
Credits
Authors
Craig Higson Smith for Center for Victims of Torture
Daniel Ó Cluanaigh for Tactical Technology Collective
Ali G. Ravi for Front Line Defenders
Peter Steudtner for Tactical Technology Collective
Additional writing
Magdalena Freudenschuss for Tactical Technology Collective
Sandra Ljubinkovic for Tactical Technology Collective
Nora Rehmer for Protection International
Anne Rimmer for Front Line Defenders
Coordination
Project lead Daniel Ó Cluanaigh
Coordinator Hannah Smith
Art and graphic design La Loma GbR
Copy editing Johanna Whelehan
A project of
Tactical Technology Collective
In collaboration with
Center for Victims of Torture
Front Line Defenders
FRONTLINE
DEFENDERS
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With special thanks to
Wojtek Bogusz, Emilie De Wolf, Jelena Djordjevic,
Enrique Eguren, Andrea Figari, Ricardo Gonzalez,
Stephanie Hankey, Oktavía Jonsdottir, Becky
Kazansky, Tom Longley, Chris Michael, Eleanor Saitta,
Bobby Soriano, Niels Ten Oever, Marek Tuszynski,
Arjan van der Waal, Pablo Zavala;
our friends and colleagues from
Article 19
Centre for Training and Networking in Nonviolent Action
“Kurve Wustrow”
IREX S.A.F.E Initiative
Protection International
Tactical Technology Collective
and the community of security trainers, experts and
human rights defenders with whom we have collabo-
rated and learned throughout the process of creating
this manual.
Funders
This publication has been produced with the assistance
of the European Union
with additional support from Hivos.
The contents of this publication are the sole respon-
sibility of Tactical Technology Collective and can in
no way be taken to reflect the views of the European
Union.
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Prepare
Explore
Act
Strategise
Contents
004 Credits
010 Introduction
011 About the Holistic Approach
013 Prepare, Explore and Strategise
I
016 Prepare
018 Introduction
019 1. What is Holistic Security for Human
Rights Defenders?
026 2. Individual Responses to Threats
036 3. Inner Beliefs and Values
038 4. Team and Peer Responses to Threats
042 5. Communicating about Security within
Teams and Organisations
051 Conclusion
II
052 Explore
054 Introduction
055 1. Overall Framework for Context Analysis
060 2. Situation Monitoring and Analysis
062 3. Vision, Strategy and Actors
072 4. Understanding and Cataloguing our
Information
087 5. Security Indicators
101 6. Identifying and Analysing Threats
113 Conclusion
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III
114 Strategise
116 Introduction
117 1. Analysing our Responses to Threats
126 2. Building New Approaches to Security
134 3. Creating Security Plans and Agreements
139 4. Security in Groups and Organisations
152 5. Improving the Positive Impact of your
Security Measures and Reducing
Possible Negative Impact: The Do-No-
Harm Approach
157 Conclusion
157 Further Reading

162 Bibliography
164 Appendices
IV
Act
This manual is accompanied by a
series of short, action-focused online
guides, Act, which look at security
tools and tactics for high-risk scenarios.
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