Experiments on support for women’s rights in Pakistan could improve the implementation and enforcement of UN treaties. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Social Science Experiments & Human Rights.
Framing issues in different ways can undermine or bolster support of human rights, and experiments can help to explain why. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Social Science Experiments & Human Rights. Español.
Human rights practitioners and researchers often ask very different questions when collecting data—how can we bridge these gaps? A contribution to the openGlobalRights on data and human rights.
Existing datasets on human rights have methodological weaknesses that can make them useless for any meaningful statistical analysis. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on data and human rights.
When we incorporate new technologies into human rights work, we need to be acutely aware of agency, participation and consent. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on data and human rights.
With all the hype about new technologies for human rights, activists must think critically and strategically. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on data and human rights.
With the range of options available to document and analyze human rights, it’s important to help researchers and advocates use data responsibly and appropriately. Part of openGlobalRights’ data and rights series.
Documenting torture has always been problematic, but the experiences of the poor are continually left out of the picture. A contribution to openGlobalRights’ data and human rights debate. Español, Français
Yes, cross-national datasets are inappropriate for understanding the lived experience of those suffering from human rights abuse, but that’s not why we need them.
To suggest that relying on cross-national analyses perpetuates human rights abuses is simply fallacious.
Using cross-national data in human rights research helps perpetuate social wrongs.
Without adequate data, the US racial divide remains a matter of perception, rather than of careful empirical analysis. Português
