Mnemonic

In 2014 the Syrian Archive was established as a rapid response project working in close collaboration with Syrian reporters and documentation groups to preserve digital information of the Syrian conflict: images, videos, and other postings that are invaluable historical artifacts and potential evidence of human rights abuses.

Mnemonic grew out of the recognition that Syrian Archive’s workflows could be adapted to other locations where human rights violations must be documented and preserved but the ecosystems to do so are underdeveloped.

Since 2017, Mnemonic has used its unique position as a cross-sectoral, cross-disciplinary organisation to provide the tools and methodologies that enable human rights defenders to use digital information in the fight for justice and demand accountability.

We are a member of the Computer Incident Response Center for Civil Society a network of Computer Emergency Response Teams, Rapid Response teams, and independent Internet Content and Service Providers who help global civil society to prevent and address digital security issues. We are also a member of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism Advisory Network and the Christchurch Call Advisory Network: a coalition of human rights and documentation groups represented at the United Nations General Assembly and the Internet Governance Forum.