Today, the CIRI server has been hit by "countless brute force attempts" to remotely take control of the server. These attempts are believed to have originated in China.
We are glad to say that service to our users was not interrupted at any time, thanks to the IT team at Binghamton University.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
New Human Rights Major @ UConn
The University of Connecticut and its Human Rights Institute & College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have announced that a new undergraduate major in human rights will begin in May 2012. CIRI is very proud to be affiliated with these institutions and with this new interdisciplinary major, and encourages anyone thinking about an education in human rights to check it out.
Read the full story in CLAS Today HERE.
For those interested in graduate studies in human rights, the Human Rights Institute at UConn already offers a graduate certificate in human rights, and many PhD-granting departments such as political science, history, English, anthropology, and economics have many top scholars in the field of human rights who participate in this program (as well as will be participating in the new undergraduate major).
Read the full story in CLAS Today HERE.
For those interested in graduate studies in human rights, the Human Rights Institute at UConn already offers a graduate certificate in human rights, and many PhD-granting departments such as political science, history, English, anthropology, and economics have many top scholars in the field of human rights who participate in this program (as well as will be participating in the new undergraduate major).
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
SOPA Statement
CIRI will not be joining Wikipedia in blacking out its web presence in protest of SOPA. While opposing censorship in any form as a clear human rights violation, we feel it in the best interest of our core mission to stay online and continue to make available our ratings of government respect for human rights across the world.
That said, we provide -- in solidarity-- the following link to an Electronic Frontier Foundation analysis of how SOPA would likely constitute a violation of fundamental principles of freedom of speech: http://goo.gl/zsmOh
That said, we provide -- in solidarity-- the following link to an Electronic Frontier Foundation analysis of how SOPA would likely constitute a violation of fundamental principles of freedom of speech: http://goo.gl/zsmOh
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Follow CIRI on Twitter
You can now also follow CIRI on Twitter at @humanrightsdata
Follow @humanrightsdata
Follow along as CIRI begins a new year and begins to produce its data about human rights respect in 2011. This year, also look for more CIRI-produced reports using these data.
Also on Twitter are:
CIRI Co-Director: David L. Richards @D_L_Richards
Follow @D_L_Richards
CIRI Senior Associate: K. Chad Clay @kchadclay
Follow @kchadclay
Follow @humanrightsdata
Follow along as CIRI begins a new year and begins to produce its data about human rights respect in 2011. This year, also look for more CIRI-produced reports using these data.
Also on Twitter are:
CIRI Co-Director: David L. Richards @D_L_Richards
Follow @D_L_Richards
CIRI Senior Associate: K. Chad Clay @kchadclay
Follow @kchadclay
Friday, December 9, 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2010: THE CIRI REPORT
In conjunction with Human Rights Day, 2011, the CIRI Human Rights Data Project releases its ratings of government respect for 16 internationally-recognized human rights in almost every country in the world for the year 2010. The CIRI project's data stretch back, annually, to 1981 and can be freely accessed at www.humanrightsdata.org
The CIRI data are used by governments, scholars, international organizations, businesses, think tanks, and students the world over for a wide variety of purposes. The project is Co-Directed by Dr. David L. Cingranelli (Binghamton University) and Dr. David L. Richards (University of Connecticut) and assisted by Senior CIRI Associate K. Chad Clay (University of Georgia). Any inquiries may be addressed to info@humanrightsdata.org
Below, we present four types of stories from this year's released data:
All 14 of CIRI's indicators of particular human rights can be summed into an overall human rights score for each country in the world. The top (best) score a country can receive is 30, while the worst score would be 0. The world average was 18 and the USA scored 26 (tied for 5th place). Below are the best and worst of 2010.
Top 13 Countries:
Denmark [30]
Iceland [30]
Austria [29]
New Zealand [29]
Norway [29]
Australia [28]
Belgium [28]
Finland [28]
Liechtenstein [28]
Luxembourg [28]
Netherlands [28]
San Marino [28]
Sweden [28]
Bottom 10 Countries:
Burma [2]
Eritrea [2]
Iran [2]
China [3]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of [3]
Yemen [3]
Zimbabwe [3]
Saudi Arabia [4]
Congo, Democratic Republic of [5]
Nigeria [5]
On May 20, 2011, the United Nations elected 15 new members of the UN Human Rights Council. Here are their total CIRI human rights scores for 2010, out of a possible 30 points. Six out of the fifteen new members had scores below the world average of 18 for the year 2010. Below are the scores for each new member:
Austria [29]
Benin [16]
Botswana [22]
Burkina Faso [20]
Republic of Congo [18]
Chile [26]
Costa Rica [26]
Czech Republic [24]
India [10]
Indonesia [13]
Italy [24]
Kuwait [11]
Peru [18]
Philippines [15]
Romania [17]
The CIRI Index of Physical Integrity Rights measure's a government's overall level of respect for four rights: torture, extrajudicial killing, political imprisonment, disappearance. The index ranges from 0 (no respect for any of these four rights) to 8 (full respect for all four of these rights). In 2008-2009, the world saw an overall average increase in these rights of .047. However, a reversal of this improvement was seen from 2009-2010, with it's overall average decline in respect of -.031. In particular 2009-2010 saw the following dramatic changes:
Three Countries Lost 3 Points (Violations Increased)
Croatia
Georgia
Panama
Seven Countries Gained 2 Points (Violations Decreased)
Angola
Chad
Chile
Guinea
Italy
Kenya
Seychelles
The fact that the CIRI data stretch back in time to 1981 allows for longitudinal comparison. For example, the graph below shows how regional averages of respect for physical integrity rights have changed over the years:
An important part of this overall decline in respect for physical integrity rights comes from a continuing degradation, globally, of respect for the right not to be tortured. For example, 2009-2010 saw 17 countries engage in more torture, while only 8 engaged in less torture. Below is the list of these countries. CIRI's indicator of government respect for torture is as follows: (0) Frequent/systematic torture, (1) Moderate/occasional torture (2) No reported/confirmed episodes of
torture.
Increased Torture, 2009-2010
Austria
Bahrain
Canada
Congo, Republic of
Croatia
Georgia
Hungary
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Kyrgyz Republic
Marshall Islands
Mozambique
Nicaragua
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Slovenia
Thailand
Decreased Torture, 2009-2010
Chile
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
Italy
Micronesia, Federated States of
Seychelles
Spain
This trend in the greater use of torture is not a post-9/11 phenomenon, however. The chart below shows the increased use of torture beginning in the early 1980s. The extent of the drop in respect for this right differed by region and is seen to be particularly acute in Africa.
The CIRI data are used by governments, scholars, international organizations, businesses, think tanks, and students the world over for a wide variety of purposes. The project is Co-Directed by Dr. David L. Cingranelli (Binghamton University) and Dr. David L. Richards (University of Connecticut) and assisted by Senior CIRI Associate K. Chad Clay (University of Georgia). Any inquiries may be addressed to info@humanrightsdata.org
Below, we present four types of stories from this year's released data:
THE BEST AND WORST of 2010
All 14 of CIRI's indicators of particular human rights can be summed into an overall human rights score for each country in the world. The top (best) score a country can receive is 30, while the worst score would be 0. The world average was 18 and the USA scored 26 (tied for 5th place). Below are the best and worst of 2010.
Top 13 Countries:
Denmark [30]
Iceland [30]
Austria [29]
New Zealand [29]
Norway [29]
Australia [28]
Belgium [28]
Finland [28]
Liechtenstein [28]
Luxembourg [28]
Netherlands [28]
San Marino [28]
Sweden [28]
Bottom 10 Countries:
Burma [2]
Eritrea [2]
Iran [2]
China [3]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of [3]
Yemen [3]
Zimbabwe [3]
Saudi Arabia [4]
Congo, Democratic Republic of [5]
Nigeria [5]
THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
On May 20, 2011, the United Nations elected 15 new members of the UN Human Rights Council. Here are their total CIRI human rights scores for 2010, out of a possible 30 points. Six out of the fifteen new members had scores below the world average of 18 for the year 2010. Below are the scores for each new member:
Austria [29]
Benin [16]
Botswana [22]
Burkina Faso [20]
Republic of Congo [18]
Chile [26]
Costa Rica [26]
Czech Republic [24]
India [10]
Indonesia [13]
Italy [24]
Kuwait [11]
Peru [18]
Philippines [15]
Romania [17]
DECLINE IN RESPECT FOR PHYSICAL INTEGRITY RIGHTS
The CIRI Index of Physical Integrity Rights measure's a government's overall level of respect for four rights: torture, extrajudicial killing, political imprisonment, disappearance. The index ranges from 0 (no respect for any of these four rights) to 8 (full respect for all four of these rights). In 2008-2009, the world saw an overall average increase in these rights of .047. However, a reversal of this improvement was seen from 2009-2010, with it's overall average decline in respect of -.031. In particular 2009-2010 saw the following dramatic changes:
Three Countries Lost 3 Points (Violations Increased)
Croatia
Georgia
Panama
Seven Countries Gained 2 Points (Violations Decreased)
Angola
Chad
Chile
Guinea
Italy
Kenya
Seychelles
The fact that the CIRI data stretch back in time to 1981 allows for longitudinal comparison. For example, the graph below shows how regional averages of respect for physical integrity rights have changed over the years:
MORE TORTURE
An important part of this overall decline in respect for physical integrity rights comes from a continuing degradation, globally, of respect for the right not to be tortured. For example, 2009-2010 saw 17 countries engage in more torture, while only 8 engaged in less torture. Below is the list of these countries. CIRI's indicator of government respect for torture is as follows: (0) Frequent/systematic torture, (1) Moderate/occasional torture (2) No reported/confirmed episodes of
torture.
Increased Torture, 2009-2010
Austria
Bahrain
Canada
Congo, Republic of
Croatia
Georgia
Hungary
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Kyrgyz Republic
Marshall Islands
Mozambique
Nicaragua
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Slovenia
Thailand
Decreased Torture, 2009-2010
Chile
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
Italy
Micronesia, Federated States of
Seychelles
Spain
This trend in the greater use of torture is not a post-9/11 phenomenon, however. The chart below shows the increased use of torture beginning in the early 1980s. The extent of the drop in respect for this right differed by region and is seen to be particularly acute in Africa.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
CIRI Included in The Media Map Project
CIRI has been included as part of the Media Map project.
The Media Map Project is a multi-faceted two-year pilot research collaboration between Internews and The World Bank Institute, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Media Map is envisioned as a central long-term research contribution of the Internews Center for Innovation and Learning. The Media Map Project draws together what we know and precisely defines what we do not know about the relationships between the media sector and economic development and governance. This website makes publicly accessible extensive quantitative data on the media sector for exploration and analysis. The research also examines donors’ roles in supporting the media sector over time and provides an evidence base for their future decision-making about media support.
Through research, public events, and the data made available on this site for public use and extended research, the project aims to engage the development sector in greater understanding and exploration of the role of media and information in development. In the next phase, Media Map will continue to provide data on the media sector, and will also focus on understanding and measuring people’s information needs in changing environments.(Media Map Website)
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Amazon Defense Coalition: U.S. State Department Concludes Ecuador Provides Impartial Tribunals, Says Expert Report Using CIRI
A new report based on U.S. government data and independent surveys demonstrates conclusively that Ecuador's court system ranks better than most of its neighbors in Latin America and provides impartial tribunals to litigants, clearly undermining Chevron's claims that an $18 billion judgment against it for environmental damage from the South American country cannot be enforced. READ STORY HERE and READ THE EXPERT REPORT USING CIRI HERE
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