HRD-UN Dataset (2000–2016)
Abstract
The HRD-UNCases Dataset includes 12,086 cases of individual human rights defenders raised by the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders in 3,807 communications between September 2000 and November 2016. The dataset includes detailed information on the background of each individual, the alleged violation, and responses received by the state concerned.
Type
Publication
Harvard Dataverse
Authors
Researcher in Political Science
I am passionate about exploring and comparing human rights protection and state coercion in democratic as well as authoritarian contexts. For my work and studies, I have received various scholarships and awards, and spent considerable time abroad in countries on five continents. I was previously a visiting scholar at Stanford University, USA, and a research fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute, Germany, where I co-developed the Academic Freedom Index. I hold a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Freiburg.