Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: K Chad Clay
Author-X-Name-First: K Chad
Author-X-Name-Last: Clay
Author-Email: kcclay@uga.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Georgia
Author-Name: Ryan Bakker
Author-X-Name-First: Ryan
Author-X-Name-Last: Bakker
Author-Email: rbakker@uga.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Georgia
Author-Name: Anne-Marie Brook
Author-X-Name-First: Anne-Marie
Author-X-Name-Last: Brook
Author-Email: anne-marie.brook@motu.org.nz
Author-Workplace-Name: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Author-Name: Daniel W Hill
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hill
Author-Email: dwhill@uga.edu 
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Georgia
Author-Name: Amanda Murdie
Author-X-Name-First:Amanda 
Author-X-Name-Last: Murdie
Author-Email: murdie@uga.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Georgia
Title: HRMI Civil and Political Rights Metrics: 2018 Technical Note
Abstract: This paper details a new methodology developed to measure civil and political rights violations in a pilot sample of 13 diverse countries. In doing so, we discuss the problems present in previous attempts to measure civil and political rights cross-nationally and argue that our approach overcomes many of those problems. Using an expert survey that draws on the knowledge of human rights researchers, advocates, lawyers, journalists, and others responsible for directly monitoring the human rights situation in countries worldwide, we present new measures of the intensity and distribution of respect for seven separate areas of civil and political rights and compare those data with existing work. The results demonstrate that our technique for producing data on civil and political rights produces outcomes with strong face validity vis-à-vis existing measures, while providing more and better information than any previous cross-national data collection effort. We aim to extend this approach to most other countries in the world over the coming years.
Length: 50 pages
Creation-Date: 2018-03
File-URL: https://motu-www.motu.org.nz/wpapers/18_05.pdf
Number: 18_05
Classification-JEL: J10, K33, K40, N30, N40 
Keywords: Human rights, measurement, international comparisons, data visualisation 
Handle: RePEc:mtu:wpaper:18_05