10 December 2025 – International Human Rights Day
Committee for Justice (CFJ) participated in the RightsX Summit organized by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) at Palais Wilson in Geneva on 10–11 December 2025, in conjunction with International Human Rights Day. The summit, one of the UN’s key emerging platforms in this field, aimed to explore the future of human rights in the digital age and how technology, data, artificial intelligence and multi-stakeholder partnerships can strengthen protection and accountability. The event brought together UN officials, government representatives and UN agencies, alongside experts in technology and digital rights and civil society organisations from different regions of the world. CFJ was represented by its Executive Director, Ahmed Mefreh.
During one of the summit’s dedicated sessions on justice, accountability and technology, Mefreh delivered an intervention on CFJ’s Justice Watch Archive platform, explaining that it is not only the richest public database documenting human rights violations in Egypt, but has also become a successful model for building comprehensive, rights-based documentation systems in difficult and complex environments.
In its contribution, CFJ highlighted how structured and transparent data can strengthen accountability processes, support strategic litigation, and ensure that the stories of victims are preserved rather than erased or distorted. The Justice Watch Archive also plays a role in building a collective memory that helps prevent recurrence and reinforces efforts to combat impunity.
The summit provided an important opportunity to engage with technology experts and officials from international and national institutions working to harness digital tools in the service of justice and human rights—through improved documentation methods, data analysis, evidence protection, and safeguarding human rights defenders.
Committee for Justice expressed its pride that the Justice Watch Archive is now being used as a reference beyond the Egyptian context, contributing to regional and global debates on evidence, documentation methodologies, and the protection of victims and witnesses, at a time when attempts to erase the truth and manipulate information are on the rise.
For CFJ, marking International Human Rights Day through participation in such a forum is a concrete way to reaffirm the centrality of truth, the importance of documentation, and the necessity of collective action in the pursuit of justice.
