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The OpenEvSys database tool was developed for Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems, International (HURIDOCS) by Respere. This new database tool builds on HURIDOCS's earlier database systems, which have been used by human rights organisations around the world for the last 20 years.

OpenEvSys is a database for the management and documentation of human rights violations. Anyone can download and use it for free on their own computers, or contact HURIDOCS for secure online hosting.

OpenEvSys stands for Open Events System. Its built on the Events methodology for recording violations, and the "who did what to whom" data model. An event can best be understood as a basket, containing information on violations, victims, perpetrators, sources and interventions. An event is similar to the notions of incident or case.


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About OpenEvSys

OpenEvSys: screenshot of the event browser.
OpenEvSys: screenshot of the event browser.
OpenEvSys: screenshot of an event summary.
OpenEvSys: screenshot of an event summary.
OpenEvSys: who did what to whom?
OpenEvSys: who did what to whom?
OpenEvSys: building an advanced search query.
OpenEvSys: building an advanced search query.
OpenEvSys: easy to customise by end-users.
OpenEvSys: easy to customise by end-users.

OpenEvSys allows you to do the following tasks:

  • Record, browse and retrieve and information on events violations, victims, perpetrators.
  • Analyse your data, produce reports and detect trends and patterns of abuse.
  • Manage and track your interventions, such as medical aid, legal aid, etc.
  • Secure digital storage of related documents: testimonies, affidavits, audiovisual files.


OpenEvSys has many features, including:

  • Built on standards: the HURIDOCS Events Standard Formats and 48 Micro-thesauri.
  • Easy to customize formats, fields, and terms to your own needs.
  • Easy browsing of your data: events, persons, violations, documents.
  • Can handle hundreds of thousands of events, persons, violations.
  • Powerful multi-entity advanced search, to identify patterns and trends in your data
  • Multi-lingual and translated into English, Spanish, French, Khmer, and Indonesian. Translations into Russian, Arabic and Turkish available if needed.
  • Customisable user roles and permissions.
  • Free and Open Source Software - you can freely use and modify OpenEvSys, no licenses or vendor lock-in.
  • Click here for a full list of OpenEvSys features


Technology and hosting:

OpenEvSys is built as a PHP / MySQL web application. This offers many ways of hosting it: on a standalone computer, on your server and LAN, or on your web server, so you can share information on violations in a secure and standardized way over the Internet if needed.


Status:

The software is stable, mature and ready for use. The current release is Version 1.0 alpha.


Who is OpenEvSys for?

OpenEvsys is designed for use by organisations who need a software tool to manage information on violations. These include international and national non-governmental organisations, advocacy networks and national human rights institutions. Typically, these organisations or networks have the following characteristics:

  • They will have a team of information workers.
  • They require staff across departments, organisations or geographical locations to have direct access to information about violations.
  • They have increasing ICT governance and a greater capacity to access local technical support.
  • They are beginning to incorporate Internet-based tools into their public information and advocacy work.


Who uses OpenEvSys?

OpenEvSys or its predecessors have been successfully deployed and used by NGOs and NHRIs in the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Zimbabwe, Haiti and Ecuador. We cannot identify the users further, for reasons of confidentiality.


Try OpenEvSys online

Login

Try out OpenEvSys online now on the OpenEvsys Demo Server

  • To log in as "Administrator" role with full permissions: User = admin / Password = huridocs)
    • As well as adding and browsing data, Admin users can configure OpenEvSys, give or remove permissions for other users, add and remove users, change the layout and content of forms, configure search parameters, setup new controlled vocabularies, import and export complete databases, translate OpenEvsys into other languages.
  • User Documentation: read the manual on how to use OpenEvSys.

If you need help, let us know, we can provide you with an live online tutorial via Skype's screen sharing function (you'll need a version of Skype that supports this), or via Skype and Teamviewer (also free, better)

Do you think OpenEvSys could suit your organisation's needs? Drop us a line to discuss at info@huridocs.org.


Get OpenEvSys

Launchpad


Get help and training

Training

HURIDOCS documentation training in Mozambique.
HURIDOCS documentation training in Mozambique.
Training for from Latin American indigenous peoples groups.
Training for from Latin American indigenous peoples groups.

HURIDOCS can provide onsite training to assist organisations in setting up OpenEvSys, adapting and customising it, recording violations, and searching and analysis.

Using the OpenEvsys software is the easy part, as its kind of intuitive to understand and use. However documenting human rights violations is not so easy. In other words, we strongly recommend some training by experienced experts at the outset. Believe us, some training at the start will really help you to build a solid and feasible documentation project, choose the tools that suit your needs, and avoid some of the problems and pitfalls mentioned in the HRDAG Core Concepts.

For help in assessing your needs, identifying the right documentation approach, and choosing the right tool, for training on human rights documentation and use of OpenEvSys, contact us at info@huridocs.org

At the very least, give us a call to discuss your project before you start using OpenEvsys, we'd be happy to learn about your project, and provide you with a free demo over the web, links to experts and any advice we can provide. Contact Daniel D'Esposito anytime: phone to 0041 22 755 52 52, email to info@huridocs.org, skype at daniel.desposito.


Online hosting

HURIDOCS can provide fast, reliable and secure OpenEvSys hosting, and 24/7 support if needed, via our trusted technology partner Respere. If you are interested, drop us a line at info@huridocs.org


User support list

To join the OpenEvSys user support list, follow these steps:


Public Bug Tracker

You can submit a problem or issue directly to the OpenEvSys developers here:

It's a good idea to search the bugtracker, since someone else may have already found the problem you are having.

You will need to create an account with http://launchpad.net first though.


Email us

Drop us an email directly on info@huridocs.org and we'll help you out privately.


Information for developers and roadmap

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Development on OpenEvsys was started by HURIDOCS and Respere in October 2008. As the project moves forward, documents, information and other stuff about OpenEvsys will be uploaded to this wiki for review and comment.


Roadmap: OpenEvSys is constantly evolving. We hope to add the features listed below:

  • Stronger two-level login security (such as OTP sent via SMS)
  • Custom reports collection
  • Dashboards
  • Built-in charts and graphs
  • GIS and maps
  • APIs, Ushahidi integration
  • Language and vocabulary packs
  • Messaging forums to discuss cases


If you are a PHP / MySQL developer interested in contributing to OpenEvSys, please let us know at info@huridocs.org

Documentation methodology


Acknowledgements

HURIDOCS is grateful to the Danish Mission to the UN in Geneva, and to Open Society Institute's Information Program, for providing generous financial support to this project. We commend their vision to invest in tools that benefit the wider human rights community.

We also extend a hearty thanks to our project manager Tom Longley, and the team of developers at Respere for implementing this project so successfully and on budget.

We also thank Aida Maria Noval for her painstaking translation of the controlled vocabularies and methodologies into Spanish, and for providing crucial advice at key moments, from her vast experience as a human rights documentalist.

And then thanks to the HURIDOCS interns who worked on the project: Michael Harris who came all the way from Tasmania, and who set up this very website among many other things, and Max Baurs-Krey from the USA, who did an amazing job on the user manual, at an amazing speed.


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