Microsoft Corporation and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights this month agreed to work together to build a digital human rights monitoring system and databank, reported Pass Blue.
The agreement, which was bourne out of conversations between the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay and Microsoft in 2013, includes a $5 million grant from Micorsoft as well as pro bono technical support over five years.
As part of the agreement, one project, known as 'Rights View' will comprise a 'human rights dashboard' which would be available to UN staff who are monitoring in human rights situations in countries such as Syria, Sri Lanka and Burundi.
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