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Statistical methods for human rights / Asher, Jana (ed.) ; Banks, David ; Scheuren, Fritz J., xxi, 339 p.. - Heidelberg : Springer, 2008.

ISBN 978-0-387-72836-0

LANGUAGE: ENG

ABSTRACT: PART I:STATISTICAL THINKING ON HUMAN RIGHTS TOPICS:. Introduction, by Jana Asher. 2. The statistics of genocide, by Mary Gray and Sharon Marek. 3. Why estimate direct and indirect casualties from war? The rule of proportionality and causality estimates, by Beth Osborne DaPonte. 4. Statistical thinking and data analysis enhancing human rights work, by Jorge Luis Romeu. II. RECENT PROJECTS:. 5. Hidden in plain sight: X.X. burials and the desparecidos in the department of Guatemala 1977-1986, by Clyde Collins Snow, Fredy Armando, Peccerelli Monterroso, Jose Samuel Susanavar Bolanos, Alan G. Robinson, and Jose Maria Najera Ochoa. 6. The demography of conflict-related mortality in Timor-Leste (1974-1999): Reflections on empirical quantitative measurement of civilian killings, disappearances, and famine-related deaths, by Romesh Silva and Patrick Ball. 7. Afghan refugee camp surveys: Pakistan 2002, by James Bell, David Nolle, Ruth Citrin and Fritz Scheuren. 8. Metagora: a set of experiments in measurement of democratic governance, by Jan-Robert Suisser and Raul Suarez. PART III: HISTORY AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES:. 9. Human rights of statisticians and statistics of human rights--early history of the American Statistical Association's committee on scientific freedom and human rights, by Thomas B. Jabine and Doug A. Samuelson. 10. Obtaining evidence for the international criminal court using data nad quantitative analysis, by Herbert F. Spirer and William Seltzer. 11. New issues in human rights statistics, by David Banks and Yasmin H. Said. 12. Statistics and the millennium development goals, by Paul J. Fields, David Fitch, Fritz Scheuren, Paul Wasserich and Jana Asher. PART IV: A FINAL WORD OF WARNING:. 13. Using population data systems to target vulnerable population subgroups and individuals, by William Seltzer and Margo Anderson.

INDEX WORDS:
* mänskliga rättigheter = human rights = ihmisoikeudet
* brott mot mänskliga rättigheter = human rights violations = ihmisoikeusloukkaukset
* internationell humanitär rätt = international humanitarian law = kansainvälinen humanitaarinen oikeus
* judeförintelsen = holocaust = juutalaisvaino
* internationella brottmålsdomstolen = international criminal court (ICC) = kansainvälinen rikostuomioistuin
* ICRC = ICRC = ICRC
* internationella tribunalen för krigsförbrytelser = international tribunal on war crimes (ICTY and ICTR) = kansainvälinen sotarikostuomioistuin
* NGO = NGO = NGO
* folkmord = genocide = kansanmurha
* krigsförbrytelser = war crimes = sotarikokset
* statistiska metoder = statistical methods = tilastomenetelmät

GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Africa / Asia / Cambodia / Chile / Cuba / El Salvador / Guatemala / Hungary / Iraq / Jamaica / Latin America / Mexico / Nigeria / Netherlands / Norway / Rwanda / Senegal / South Africa / Sudan / Tanzania / Uganda / Yugoslavia

NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; ICESCR; ICCPR; Genocide convention; Geneva conventions;

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