http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/hrc_reports/rss Recent eScholarship items from Reports Fri, 15 May 2026 07:00:56 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7pw4x5bq Despite growing efforts by business, investors, civil society, and policy makers over the past two decades, workers in global supply chains continue to experience human rights abuses. While conditions have improved in some industries, the absence of robust regulatory intervention and enforcement have opened the door for private sector interventions, including the use of technology solutions, to empower and safeguard the rights of workers and enable suppliers and companies to respect human rights and provide access to effective remedies. The challenge, however, is that many, if not most, of these technology solutions have yet to achieve the needed scale and impact. This landscape assessment provides substantial evidence of a significant market and global demand for technology solutions aimed at addressing human rights risks and challenges in global supply chains. Today, hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent on these technology solutions or are being invested in emerging... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7pw4x5bq Mon, 8 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Nishinaga, Jesse Natour, Faris https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4g40k4ww <strong>The Gathering Storm:</strong>Infectious Diseases and Human Rights in Burma https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4g40k4ww Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Stover, Eric Suwanvanichkij, Voravit Moss, Andrew Tuller, David Lee, Tom Whichard, Emily Shigekane, Rachel Beyrer, Chris Mathieson, David Scott https://escholarship.org/uc/item/36v1s8nd <strong>Northern Uganda:</strong>Research Note on Attitudes about Peace and Justice in Northern Uganda https://escholarship.org/uc/item/36v1s8nd Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Vinck, Patrick Pham, Phuong Stover, Eric Moss, Andrew Wierda, Marieke https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2rx6d91v Kenya Sexual Offences Act Implementation Workshop: Comprehensive Report https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2rx6d91v Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Thuy Seelinger, Kim Koenig, Alexa https://escholarship.org/uc/item/24c0s56t <strong>Une Cour Pour Les Victimes?</strong> Une étude de 622 victimes participantes à la Cour pénale internationale https://escholarship.org/uc/item/24c0s56t Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Smith Cody, Stephen Koenig, Alexa Stover, Eric Balthazard, Mychelle https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0vq564vv <strong>The Long Road: </strong>Accountability for Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0vq564vv Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Thuy Seelinger, Kim Freccero, Julie https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8m89v0px <p>What methods can best help student researchers expose, examine, and analyze violations of human rightsand their consequences? How can student researchers acquire these skills? And what are the ethical implicationsof human rights research and advocacy?</p><p>This guidebook aims to answer these questions. Encompassing a wide range of methods, the guidebookencourages students to transcend disciplinary and professional divides and explore new techniquesto strengthen their research design and implementation. It invites readers to broaden their understandingof available methods and consider the best approach for their own research objectives. It also provides resourcesfor further study. The guidebook is specifically designed to guide human rights fellows but can alsobe used by other students planning to undertake human rights-related research in the field.</p><p>This guidebook covers quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods. To determine which methodsto prioritize, the... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8m89v0px Thu, 8 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Human Rights Center Reed, Kristin Padskocimaite, Ausra https://escholarship.org/uc/item/85p938g0 Bearing Witness at the International Criminal Court: An Interview Survey of 109 Witnesses https://escholarship.org/uc/item/85p938g0 Thu, 8 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Smith Cody, Stephen Koenig, Alexa https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7qr1k6f6 First Responders: An International Workshop on Collecting and Analyzing Evidence of International Crimes https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7qr1k6f6 Thu, 8 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Koenig, Alexa Smith Cody, Stephen Lampros, Andrea Raynor, Julia https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6b93r1mx Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Using Scientific Evidence to Advance Prosecutions at the International Criminal Court https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6b93r1mx Thu, 8 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Koenig, Alexa O' Donnell, Peggy Stover, Eric Orrego Benavente, Cristian https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5h6636qx Iraqi Voices: Attitudes Toward Transitional Justice and Social Reconstruction https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5h6636qx Thu, 8 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Human Rights Center https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4mk7s691 Returning Home: Resettlement and Reintegration of Detainees Released from the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4mk7s691 Thu, 8 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 International Human Rights Law Clinic, University of California, Berkeley Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3634d3sr Safe Haven: Sheltering Displaced Persons from Sexual and Gender-Based Violence https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3634d3sr Thu, 8 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Thuy Seelinger, Kim Freccero, Julie https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1c49288z This multi-country study interviews 622 survivors of war crimes and crimes against humanity is an independent study written at the request of the International Criminal Court and released at the Assembly of States Parties meeting in The Hague on Nov. 20, 2015. The study finds that meaningful victim participation at the International Criminal Court (ICC) hinges on greater investment by member states in outreach and educational programs, so that victims can more fully understand their rights under the Rome Statute. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1c49288z Thu, 8 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Koenig, Alexa Stover, Eric Smith Cody, Stephen Balthazard, Mychelle https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0fq6d01x Digital Fingerprints: Using Electronic Evidence to Advance Prosecutions at t he International Criminal Court https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0fq6d01x Thu, 8 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Koenig, Alexa Smith Cody, Stephen Stover, Eric Crittenden, Camille https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6v00x9jf The Victims' Court? A Study of 622 Victim Participants at the International Criminal Court https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6v00x9jf Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Cody, Stephen Smith Stover, Eric Balthazard, Mychelle Koenig, Alexa Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law https://escholarship.org/uc/item/59p3f3mn <p>Liberia’s civil war between 1989 and 2003 left hundreds of thousands dead, and many more affected by the extreme violence that ravaged the country. Peacebuilding and reconstruction have been daunting challenges for a country that was divided and impoverished even before the war. The conflict destroyed or damaged almost all structures and institutions of the state, the economy, and everyday life. Much progress has been made since President Sirleaf’s government assumed office in 2006, but enormous challenges remain. As the second presidential election since the end of the war nears, Liberia is once again at an important juncture on the path to its peaceful reconstruction.</p><p>This study was undertaken to contribute to a deeper understanding of: (1) the population’s priorities for peacebuilding, (2) Liberians’ perceptions of their post-war security, and (3) existing disputes and dispute resolution mechanisms. The study is based on extensive consultations with local organizations,... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/59p3f3mn Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2f42q5vx <p>On July 26, 2010, Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, was convicted of crimes against humanity and grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions for events that took place three decades earlier under the Khmer Rouge regime. Following this important milestone for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), the present study was implemented to (1) monitor public awareness and knowledge of the ECCC’s work, as well as of outreach and victim participation initiatives organized by the tribunal and local non-governmental organizations, (2) assess attitudes about justice and the desire for reparations for past crimes, and (3) recommend ways in which the ECCC, civil society, and the international community can continue to engage Cambodians in the work of the ECCC.</p><p>This report presents the results of a survey of 1,000 Cambodians, aged 18 or above, randomly selected throughout the country to be representative of the adult population. The interviews were conducted anonymously... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2f42q5vx Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Vinck, Patrick Pham, Phuong N Balthazard, Mychelle Hean, Sokhom https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4ch1z6zp <p>This report presents the results of a large-scale population-based survey about peace, justice, and social reconstruction in northern Uganda intended to capture community views on matters that affect ordinary people and the recovery after twenty years of conflicts. The survey was carried out between April and May 2010 in four districts (the Acholi districts) of northern Uganda: Amuru, Gulu, Kitgum, and Pader. The findings are based on a total of 2,498 interviews with adults in various locations, including home villages, resettlement sites, and former camps. They provide results that are representative of the adult population in those four districts.</p><p>This is the third large-scale survey conducted in this region by the Initiative for Vulnerable Populations at the University of California, Berkeley’s Human Rights Center. The previous surveys were conducted in 2005, while the war with the LRA continued, and in 2007 when peace negotiations were underway. This survey was designed... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4ch1z6zp Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Vinck, Patrick Pham, Phuong N https://escholarship.org/uc/item/763819rc <p>This report provides a detailed analysis of results on a wide range of topics related to the population’s priorities and needs, exposure to violence, security, community cohesion and engagement, access to information, conflict resolution, reintegration of former combatants, transitional justice, and reparations for victims. Interviewers used an open-ended format and respondents could provide more than one answer to most questions.</p><p>This report provides the findings from a survey of 1,879 adults, residents of CAR, randomly selected in the capital city of Bangui, and the prefectures of Lobaye, Ombella M’Poko, Ouham, and Ouham Pende. These prefectures encompass a large geographic area representing 52 percent of the total population of CAR and have experienced varying levels of exposure to the conflicts. Locally trained teams conducted the interviews between November and December 2009.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/763819rc Wed, 4 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Vinck, Patrick Pham, Phuong N https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4jn4j0qg <p>Forced labor is a serious and pervasive problem in the United States. At any given time ten thousand or more people work as forced laborers in scores of cities and towns across the country. And it is likely that the actual number is much higher, possibly reaching into the tens of thousands. Because forced labor is hidden, inhumane, widespread, and criminal, sustained and coordinated efforts by U.S. law enforcement, social service providers, and the general public are needed to expose and eradicate this illicit trade.</p><p>This report documents the nature and scope of forced labor in the United States from January 1998 to December 2003. It is the first study to examine the numbers, demographic characteristics, and origins of victims and perpetrators of forced labor in the United States and the adequacy of the U.S. response to this growing problem since the enactment of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (Trafficking Act) of 2000. Conducted by researchers... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4jn4j0qg Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Bales, Kevin Fletcher, Laurel Stover, Eric https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1q46h64w <p>Forced labor is a serious and pervasive problem in the United States. At any given time ten thousand or more people work as forced laborers in scores of cities and towns across the country. And it is likely that the actual number is much higher, possibly reaching into the tens of thousands. Because forced labor is hidden, inhumane, widespread, and criminal, sustained and coordinated efforts by U.S. law enforcement, social service providers, and the general public are needed to expose and eradicate this illicit trade.</p><p>This report documents the nature and scope of forced labor in the United States from January 1998 to December 2003. It is the first study to examine the numbers, demographic characteristics, and origins of victims and perpetrators of forced labor in the United States and the adequacy of the U.S. response to this growing problem since the enactment of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (Trafficking Act) of 2000. Conducted by researchers... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1q46h64w Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Tuller, David Fletcher, Laurel Stover, Eric https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7g73x8mj <p>The tsunami of December 26, 2004 devastated thousands of communities along the coastline of the Indian Ocean. More than 240,000 people were killed, with tens of thousands missing and presumed dead, and more than a million people displaced. Immediately following the tsunami, international aid agencies feared that human traffickers might seize the opportunity to compel those most vulnerable (women, children, and migrant workers) into situations of forced labor. Fortunately, few incidents of trafficking were reported, although other human rights problems, including arbitrary arrests, recruitment of children into fighting forces, discrimination in aid distribution, enforced relocation, sexual and gender-based violence, loss of documentation, as well as issues of restitution, and land and property tenure soon emerged in certain tsunami-affected areas.</p><p>This report presents the findings of a survey conducted by the Human Rights Center and East-West Center at the University of... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7g73x8mj Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Fletcher, Laurel Stover, Eric Weinstein, Harvey https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8m56w3jj <p>Twenty-one years of war, destruction, and the displacement of over 1.5 million people have turned northern Ugandan into a humanitarian disaster. One of the war’s principal perpetrators has been the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). A significant shift in the war occurred in late 2005 when the LRA withdrew its forces to the southern Sudan and then crossed the Nile, assembling in Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the summer of 2006, peace talks between the Government of Uganda and the LRA commenced in Juba, and a first Cessation of Hostilities Agreement was signed on 26 August 2006. With the withdrawal of the LRA to the Congo, security in northern Uganda has improved considerably. Some displacement-camp residents have moved to new settlement sites closer to their villages. Yet others fear leaving the relative safety of the camps until a final peace agreement has been signed and the LRA fighters have been demobilized. This is a delicate stage of the conflict,... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8m56w3jj Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Pham, Phuong N Vinck, Patrick Stover, Eric Wierda, Marieke Moss, A R Bailey, Richard https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4qr346xh <p>For nearly two decades, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has waged a war against the people of Northern Uganda. The group’s conflict with government forces has received little international attention, even though as many as 1.6 million civilians have been displaced and now languish in dozens of squalid camps throughout the countryside. In recent years, several researchers have conducted qualitative studies of the factors influencing peace and justice considerations in the north, primarily comprising interviews with Ugandan government officials, humanitarian workers, traditional and religious leaders, former LRA members, and others. These studies have contributed greatly to our understanding of the challenges policymakers face in their efforts to end years of war. Yet most research has not included population-based data that represent the spectrum of attitudes and opinions of those most affected by the violence. This report seeks to fill that void.</p><p>The report presents... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4qr346xh Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Pham, Phuong N Vinck, Patrick Wierda, Marieke Stover, Eric https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7ch761zb <p>Written in conjunction with the launching of a new international organization, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, this report addresses some of the most challenging questions concerning how to move the “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) from principle to practice.</p><p>The creation of the Global Centre for R2P marks a historic watershed as, to date, promotion of the norm has fallen on the shoulders of professionals within NGOs, governments, and international institutions who have other primary responsibilities. This report is primarily intended as a resource for the Global Centre, as well as for the myriad institutions and individuals with whom the Centre will work as it moves R2P forward.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7ch761zb Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/74x685xm <p>After a decade of negotiations leading to the adoption of its internal rules in June 2007, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) is the first serious effort to bring the law to bear, however belatedly and incompletely, on the horrendous crimes committed by leaders of the Khmer Rouge more than a quarter of a century ago. In power for just under four years (1975 to 1979), the Khmer Rouge more than decimated Cambodia. At least 1.7 million Cambodians, fully one quarter of the population, were killed or died as a result of the oppressive policies imposed by the Khmer Rouge, with execution, starvation, exhaustion from slave labor, malnutrition, and torture as the leading causes of death.</p><p>This report presents the findings of a nationwide, population-based survey undertaken by the Human Rights Center’s Initiative on Vulnerable in Cambodia. The survey sought to capture opinions and attitudes about accountability, social reconstruction, and the ECCC. Teams... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/74x685xm Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Pham, Phuong N Vinck, Patrick Hean, Sokhom Stover, Eric https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5jc0909m <p>Hurricane Katrina, which landed just east of New Orleans, Louisiana on the morning of August 29, 2005, displaced hundreds of thousands of citizens, caused over 1,800 fatalities, and left much of the city in ruins. In its aftermath, the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor lifted certain labor and wage restrictions for a period of time in an attempt to accommodate survivors who had lost security documents as well as expedite the rebuilding process. As clean up efforts got underway, reports of abuse—coupled with the easing of labor regulations, virtually no monitoring of construction sites, and the city’s lack of adequate housing and healthcare—suggested that unscrupulous contractors could easily be exploiting their workers.</p><p>The International Human Rights Law Clinic and the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley collaborated with the Payson Center for International Development and Technology Transfer at Tulane University to conduct... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5jc0909m Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Fletcher, Laurel Pham, Phuong N Stover, Eric Vinck, Patrick https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7740n8km <p>This report, conducted by the Human Rights Center and International Human Rights Law Clinic, in partnership with the Center for Constitutional Rights, provides the findings of a study of former detainees who were held in U.S. custody in Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The primary objective of the study was to record the experiences of these men, assess their treatment in detention, and explore how the conditions of their incarceration affected their subsequent reintegration with their families and communities.</p><p>Using semi-structured questionnaires, researchers interviewed 112 people from July 2007 to July 2008. Of these, 62 were former detainees residing in nine countries who had been held in U.S. custody without trial for just over three years on average. Another 50 respondents were key informants, including former and current U.S. government officials, representatives of nongovernmental organizations, attorneys representing detainees, and former U.S. military and... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7740n8km Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Stover, Eric Fletcher, Laurel https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9738b4pm <p>Two years after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) held its first elections since independence, the country is at a crossroads. Among the key challenges facing the DRC today is the question of how the country will address the massive human rights atrocities of its recent past to establish a foundation for peace and security, the rule of law, and respect for human rights to prevail in the future. The 2006 elections capped an era of international armed conflict and massive violence in the DRC that began with Laurent Desire Kabila’s 1996–97 campaign to liberate Congo from decades of repressive rule under Mobutu Sese Seko. The advent of an elected government sets the stage for state-building initiatives focusing on governance and critical long-term institutional reform in the security and justice sectors. Yet armed conflict and mass violence continue to plague eastern DRC.</p><p>This report presents the results of a population survey undertaken by the Human Rights Center at... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9738b4pm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Vinck, Patrick Pham, Phuong Baldo, Suliman Shigekane, Rachel https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7963c61v <p>Since the late 1980s, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a spiritualist rebel group with no clear political agenda, has abducted tens of thousands of children and adults to serve as porters and soldiers. Experience of forced conscription into the LRA is traumatic and varies in scope and intensity. Children and youth – some as young as 7 and 8 years old – have been forced to mutilate and kill civilians, including members of their own families and communities. In 1994, a group of parents of abducted children to establish the Gulu Support the Children Organization (GUSCO), a reception center in Gulu that provides medical care, counseling, and a number of other services. More than 20,000 children and youth have since passed through GUSCO and other reception centers throughout northern Uganda.</p><p>In December 2005, the Berkeley-Tulane Initiative on Vulnerable Populations launched The Database Project to better document abduction and help improve the capacity of 8 reception centers... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7963c61v Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Pham, Phuong Vinck, Patrick Stover, Eric