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Counting the Unknown Victims of Political Violence: The Work of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group

Counting the Unknown Victims of Political Violence: The Work of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group

Ann Harrison
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781466619180|ISBN10: 146661918X|EISBN13: 9781466619197
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1918-0.ch009
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Harrison, Ann. "Counting the Unknown Victims of Political Violence: The Work of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group." Human Rights and Information Communication Technologies: Trends and Consequences of Use, edited by John Lannon and Edward Halpin, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 139-156. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1918-0.ch009

APA

Harrison, A. (2013). Counting the Unknown Victims of Political Violence: The Work of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group. In J. Lannon & E. Halpin (Eds.), Human Rights and Information Communication Technologies: Trends and Consequences of Use (pp. 139-156). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1918-0.ch009

Chicago

Harrison, Ann. "Counting the Unknown Victims of Political Violence: The Work of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group." In Human Rights and Information Communication Technologies: Trends and Consequences of Use, edited by John Lannon and Edward Halpin, 139-156. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1918-0.ch009

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Abstract

The Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) (http://www.hrdag.org/) analyzes the patterns and magnitude of large-scale human rights violations. Together with local partners, HRDAG collects and preserves human rights data and helps NGOs and other human rights organizations accurately interpret quantitative findings. HRDAG statisticians, programmers, and data analysts develop methodologies to determine how many of those killed and disappeared have never been accounted for - and who is most responsible. This account illustrates how HRDAG pioneered the calculation of scientifically sound statistics about political violence from multiple data sources including the testimony of witnesses who come forward to tell their stories. It describes methodologies that HRDAG analysts have developed to ensure that statistical human rights claims are transparently, demonstrably, and undeniably true.

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