The Work of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch: Evidence from Colombia

Vargas Duque, Juan Fernando; Spagat, Michael; Ballesteros, Ándres; Restrepo, Jorge

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dc.creator	Vargas Duque, Juan Fernando	spa
dc.creator	Spagat, Michael	spa
dc.creator	Ballesteros, Ándres	spa
dc.creator	Restrepo, Jorge	spa
dc.date.accessioned	2020-09-11T21:05:38Z
dc.date.available	2020-09-11T21:05:38Z
dc.date.created	2007	spa
dc.description.abstract	We process the main written output of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on Colombia covering the period 1988-2004, recording all numerical conflict information and accounts of specific conflict events. We check for internal consistency and against a unique Colombian conflict database. We find that both organizations have substantive problems in their handling of quantitative information. Problems include failure to specify sources, unclear definitions, an erratic reporting template and a distorted portrayal of conflict dynamics. Accounts of individual events are fairly representative and much more useful and accurate than the statistical information. We disprove a common accusation that Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch rarely criticize the guerrillas, but do find some evidence of anti-government bias. The quantitative human rights and conflict information produced by these organizations for other countries must be viewed with scepticism along with cross-country and time series human rights data based on Amnesty International reports.	eng
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.issn	ISSN: 1909- 1397
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/29838
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Centro de Recursos para Análisis de Conflictos	spa
dc.relation.citationTitle	Documentos del CERAC
dc.relation.ispartof	Documentos del CERAC, ISSN: 1909- 1397, (2007); 47 pp.	spa
dc.relation.uri	http://cerac.org.co/assets/pdf/Other%20publications/CERAC_WP_4.pdf	spa
dc.rights.accesRights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.acceso	Abierto (Texto Completo)	spa
dc.source	Documentos del CERAC	spa
dc.source.instname	instname:Universidad del Rosario
dc.source.reponame	reponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUR
dc.subject.keyword	International human rights	spa
dc.subject.keyword	Government watc	spa
dc.title	The Work of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch: Evidence from Colombia	spa
dc.title.TranslatedTitle	El trabajo de Amnistía Internacional y Human Rights Watch: Evidencia de Colombia	spa
dc.type	preprint	eng
dc.type.hasVersion	info:eu-repo/semantics/draft
dc.type.spa	Pre-print	spa