Human Rights Data Analysis Group

Human Rights Data Analysis Group
Founded1991
FounderPatrick Ball
TypeNon-profit
Location
OriginsAAAS Science and Human Rights Program
Area served
Global
ProductData analysis in the field of human rights
MethodAssisting human rights projects by conducting rigorous scientific and statistical analysis of large-scale human rights abuses
OwnerHuman Rights Data Analysis Group
Key people
Patrick Ball, Megan Price
Websitehrdag.org

The Human Rights Data Analysis Group is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that applies rigorous science to the analysis of human rights violations around the world. It was founded in 1991 by Patrick Ball. The organization has published findings on conflicts in Syria,[1] Colombia,[2] Chad,[3] Kosovo,[4] Guatemala,[5] Peru, East Timor,[6] India, Liberia, Bangladesh, and Sierra Leone. The organization provided testimony in the war crimes trials of Slobodan Milošević and Milan Milutinović at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and in Guatemala's Supreme Court in the trial of General José Efraín Ríos Montt, the de facto president of Guatemala in 1982–1983. Gen. Ríos was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity.[7] Most recently, the organization has published on police violence in the United States.[8]

History

The Human Rights Data Analysis Group was founded in December 1991 by Patrick Ball as a part of the Science and Human Rights Program within the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[9] It moved to the non-profit umbrella company Benetech on November 3, 2003.[10] On February 1, 2013, HRDAG became an independent nonprofit organization, fiscally sponsored by Community Partners.[11]

References

  1. ^ Price, Megan; Jeff Klingner; Patrick Ball (2013). Preliminary Statistical Analysis of Documentation of Killings in the Syrian Arab Republic (PDF). The Benetech Human Rights Program, commissioned by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Guzmán, Daniel; Tamy Guberek; Megan Price (2012). Unobserved Union Violence: Statistical Estimates of the Total Number of Trade Unionists Killed in Colombia,1999-2008 (PDF). The Benetech Human Rights Program.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Silva, Romesh; Jeff Klingner; Scott Weikart (2010). State Coordinated Violence in Chad under Hissène Habré: A Statistical Analysis of Reported Prison Mortality in Chad's DDS Prisons and Command Responsibility of Hissène Habré, 1982-1990 (PDF). The Benetech Human Rights Program, for Human Rights Watch and the Chadian Association of Victims of Political Repression and Crimes.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Ball, Patrick (1999). Policy or Panic? The Flight of Ethnic Albanians from Kosovo, March-May 1999. American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  5. ^ Davenport, Christian; Patrick Ball (2002). "Views to a Kill: Exploring the Implications of Source Selection in the Case of Guatemalan State Terror, 1977-1996". Journal of Conflict Resolution. 46 (3): 427–450. doi:10.1177/0022002702046003005.
  6. ^ Harrison, Ann (2006-02-09). "Coders Bare Invasion Death Count". Wired Magazine. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  7. ^ Malkin, Elisabeth (2013-05-10). "Former Leader of Guatemala Is Guilty of Genocide Against Mayan Group". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  8. ^ Ball, Patrick (2016). "Violence in Blue". Granta. 134 (4 March 2016).
  9. ^ Grillo, Christine (2016-12-10). "HRDAG – 25 Years and Counting". HRDAG - Human Rights Data Analysis Group. Archived from the original on 2024-12-20. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  10. ^ "AAAS Science and Human Rights Program - Human Rights Data Analysis Group". American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2008-03-18. Archived from the original on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  11. ^ Adams, Justin (2013-01-02). "Benetech Celebrates Milestone; Human Rights Data Analysis Group Transitioning into Independent Organization". Benetech. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2013-02-22.