Technology Tools in Human Rights (2016)
Produced with support from the Oak Foundation, this report details technologies used for human rights documentation and addresses the challenges human rights documentation initiatives face.
Publications
DatNav: How to Navigate Digital Data for Human Rights Research (2016)
We have access to more relevant data today than ever before. But integrating data collection and management into the work of human rights research can be challenging.
Citizen Media Research and Verification: An Analytical Framework for Human Rights Practitioners (2016)
This paper examines the role of open source research in human rights fact-finding and seeks to address a gap in the current literature, which lacks a human rights perspective.
Framing Human Dignity: Visual Jurisprudence at the Constitutional Court (2016)
The Constitutional Court in Johannesburg was established as a key institution in South Africa’s democracy. The Court is a unique space because it houses a visual art collection.
Digital Human Rights Reporting by Civilian Witnesses: Surmounting the Verification Barrier (2015)
The verification barrier in human rights fact-finding arises between amateur civilian witnesses and professional fact-finders, but can be surmounted by verification strategies and verification subsidies.
Advocacy Organizations’ Evaluation of Social Media Information for NGO Journalism: Evidence and Engagement Models…
Advocacy organizations engage with social media using the evidence model, which prioritises veracity, and the engagement model, which prioritises participation.
Annual Report 2014-15
CGHR's five-year anniversary event showcased how interdisciplinary research is vital to human rights. The Centre launched the theme 'Human Rights in the Digital Age'.
ICTs and Human Rights Practice (2015)
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are creating opportunities and risks for human rights. Our understanding of their impact has lagged. This report provides a look at ICT initiatives.
Ritual and Myth in the Russell War Crimes Tribunal on Vietnam (2015)
This paper provides a sociological explanation of the performative core of the Russell Tribunal's power and legitimacy following a certain speech-act theory.
Annual Report 2013-14
CGHR has combined interdisciplinary work with policy over the last five years. Under Dr Srinivasan, the Centre has built partnerships that ensure dissemination of this important work.
Governance in rebel-held East Ghouta in the Damascus Province, Syria (2014)
This paper will describe the civilian administration in East Ghouta and the mechanisms which have allowed it to withstand chemical attacks by the Syrian regime and others.
Africa’s Voices: Using mobile phones and radio to foster mediated public discussion and to…
This paper presents the findings from a one-year applied research pilot project, Africa's Voices, run by CGHR. Africa's Voices developed out of CGHR's wider research programme on interactive media in Africa.