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Activity Number: 2
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Sunday, July 29, 2007 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Committee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights
Abstract - #307757
Title: Discussion of the Special Interest Group on Statistical Volunteerism
Author(s): Jana Asher*+
Companies: Carnegie Mellon University
Address: 26 Underwood Place NE, Washington, DC, 20012,
Keywords: Volunteerism ; Human Rights ; Humanitarian
Abstract:

The Special Interest Group on Statistical Volunteerism is now two years old and going strong. A variety of initiatives - from a meta-analysis of data from Darfur to the development of a protocol for rapid response to requests for statistical assistance in humanitarian and human rights crises - have been initiated. This paper discusses the initiatives of the Special Interest Group from the viewpoint of an active participant in the international human rights regime and makes suggestions for future directions for the Group.

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