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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Human Rights Maps (159): Death Row in the U.S.
(source) More data on death row are here. More maps here.
Types of Human Rights Violations (5): Human Rights Eating Themselves – The Case of Silencing
(source) Some human rights make themselves impossible some of the time. Take the right to free speech: some forms of the exercise of this right make it difficult if not impossible for others to exercise their version of the right. … Continue reading
Human Rights Nonsense (30): No Hugging Please
(source) A school in Florida has a strict no-hugging policy, supposedly in an effort to fight sexual harassment: A mother hopes to change policies at a Brevard County public school after her son was suspended for a hug. When Nick … Continue reading
Why Do We Need Human Rights? (28): Protection, or Something More?
The standard answer to this question is protection: human rights offer people protection against other people or the state. People need rights because they want to protect their interests, their freedom, their equal status, their opportunities, their values and their … Continue reading
The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (89): A Sentence of 5 Years for Using a Contraband Cell Phone in Prison
(source) [P]arole commissioners tacked on five more years to the sentence of Dwayne Kennedy [not in the image above] — for using a contraband cell phone in prison. Kennedy, who has been incarcerated since 1990, wasn’t using the phone to … Continue reading
Posted in human rights violations, law, most absurd human rights violations
Tagged absurd, human rights, incarceration, Mobile phone, parole, prison
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Terrorism and Human Rights (36): There Are No Ticking Bomb Cases
(source) The so-called ticking time bomb case is supposed to prove that there shouldn’t be an absolute ban on torture, and that torture is in some cases justified if it can help to prevent catastrophic harm. Maybe there shouldn’t be … Continue reading
Human Rights Maps (158): Women with Unmet Need for Family Planning
The map below shows the percentage of fertile women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) who are married or in a consensual union, who are not using contraception, and who report that they do not want children or want … Continue reading
Posted in data, education, human rights maps, work
Tagged contraception, family planning, human rights, map, marriage, unwanted children
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics (37): When Surveyed, People Express Opinions They Don’t Hold
(source) It’s been a while since the last post in this series, so here’s a recap of its purpose. This blog promotes the quantitative approach to human rights: we need to complement the traditional approaches – anecdotal, journalistic, legal, judicial … Continue reading
Posted in lies and statistics, statistics
Tagged beliefs, human rights, measurement problems, opinion polls, opinions, survey
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The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (88): Gendercide Leads to Trafficking and Wife-Sharing
(source) Gendercide has a number of harmful consequences that aren’t limited to selective abortion and infanticide, but I hadn’t heard of this one yet: When Munni arrived in this fertile, sugarcane-growing region of north India as a young bride years … Continue reading
