Interoperability for Justice: Why FOSS Matters for Civil Society
2025-10-01 , OSPO, governance and business

Danna Ingleton, ED of HURIDOCS (Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems) will share why free and open source software (FOSS) is essential for justice-oriented work. Beyond ethical alternatives to big tech, open source tools safeguard security, protect data sovereignty, and empower practitioners in human rights, social justice, and humanitarian response. This talk will highlight the urgent need for interoperability within the FOSS community to build the critical technology infrastructure that civil society needs to claim rights, seek justice, and recover from crises.


Danna Ingleton, ED of HURIDOCS (Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems) will share why free and open source software (FOSS) is essential for justice-oriented work. Beyond ethical alternatives to big tech, open source tools safeguard security, protect data sovereignty, and empower practitioners in human rights, social justice, and humanitarian response. This talk will highlight the urgent need for interoperability within the FOSS community to build the critical technology infrastructure that civil society needs to claim rights, seek justice, and recover from crises.