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Activity Number:
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496
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Committee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights
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| Abstract - #302923 |
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Title:
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Mortality from Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity: A Field-Based Perspective on Linking Data, Method, and Policy Objectives
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Author(s):
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Romesh Silva*+
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Companies:
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Benetech
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Address:
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Human Rights Data Analysis Group, 1561 Euclid Ave, # 1, Berkeley, CA, 94708,
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Keywords:
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mortality ; human rights ; post-conflict
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Abstract:
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In most post-conflict settings, one of the first policy questions asked is "How many people died due to the conflict?" Statisticians, demographers, epidemiologists and human rights advocates have used different methods in a diverse range of settings to address this question. In this paper we review the most common methods used. We note the different yet complementary objectives of some of these initiatives, the context in which they were developed and the different standards of evidence which they were assessed against in their respective forums (e.g., judicial settings, official historical clarification processes and advocacy initiatives). We compare and contrast the methodological strengths and weaknesses and conclude by outlining an agenda for future research to refine the individual methods and better integrate some of these different methods to strengthen their comparability.
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