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Creating change is challenging. If we’re clear about where we are starting, where we want to go, and the path from one to the other, we’re more likely to get there.

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My Experience at RightsCon 2025: Expanding Human Rights Advocacy

RightsCon is more than a conference. It is a global hub for digital rights advocacy. Over 37,000 participants have attended in the past 12 years. This makes it the largest event of its kind. The 2025 RightsCon 13th edition sessions covered topics important to all activists. These discussions provided practical tools for activists.

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My Experience at RightsCon 2025: Expanding Human Rights Advocacy

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A Transformative Journey: My Experience with the Swedish Institute Leader Lab 2024

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Healing the Harms of the Criminal Legal System: A Conversation with All Square

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Staying Informed and Engaged: Finding Balance in a Chaotic World

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The TACTICAL MAPPING Tool

The Tactical Mapping Tool equips you to expand your understanding of human relationships. Use the tool to diagram the relationships that surround human rights abuses. See where you are in relationship to other actors to more effectively envision your pathway toward change.

Impact of Our Work

Since 1999, New Tactics has provided nonviolent and successful human rights-based approaches that human rights defenders can adapt to their own unique contexts. We have strengthened the work of thousands of individuals and organizations across the globe.

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human rights defenders trained in our Strategic Effectiveness Method

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inspiring human rights tactics available in our Tactics Database

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INSPIRING AND EQUIPPING ACTIVISTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD

Change Starts Here

Explore resources to support your advocacy

Discover our training and mentoring opportunities

Learn from other human rights defenders

Read about New Tactics in Human Rights

THE LATEST FROM NEW TACTICS

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

The TACTICAL MAPPING Tool

Impact of Our Work

Since 1999, New Tactics has provided nonviolent and successful human rights-based approaches that human rights defenders can adapt to their own unique contexts. We have strengthened the work of thousands of individuals and organizations across the globe.

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