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Doing a Number on Violators


Coders Bare Invasion Death Count


How statistics caught Indonesia’s war-criminals


A Human Rights Statistician Finds Truth In Numbers

The tension started in the witness room. “You could feel the stress rolling off the walls in there,” Patrick Ball remembers. “I can remember realizing that this is why lawyers wear sport coats – you can’t see all the sweat on their arms and back.” He was, you could say, a little nervous to be cross-examined by Slobodan Milosevic.


The Forensic Humanitarian

International human rights work attracts activists and lawyers, diplomats and retired politicians. One of the most admired figures in the field, however, is a ponytailed statistics guru from Silicon Valley named Patrick Ball, who has spent nearly two decades fashioning a career for himself at the intersection of mathematics and murder. You could call him a forensic humanitarian.


Chad: Habré Knew of Deaths in His Jails


Inside a Dictator’s Secret Police


Hissène Habré, le Pinochet Africain


Benetech Statistical Expert Testifies in Guatemala Disappearance Case


60,000 Dead in Syria? Why the Death Toll is Likely Even Higher


Patrick Ball on the Perils of Misusing Human Rights Data


Guatemalan Ex-Cops Get 40 Years for Labor Leader’s Slaying


Benetech Scientists Publish Analysis of Indirect Sampling Methods in the Journal of the American Medical Association


Syrian Death Toll Reaches 60,000, Says UN Rights Agency


Data Dive Reveals 15,000 New Victims of Syria War


Analyze This!


The Body Counter


5 Questions for Kristian Lum

Kristian Lum discusses the challenges of getting accurate data from conflict zones, as well as her concerns about predictive policing if law enforcement gets it wrong.


Data Analysis By Benetech Scientists Aid in Arrest of Former Guatemalan Police Chief


Data Mining for Good: CJA Drink + Think

At the Center for Justice and Accountability's happy hour, "Drink and Think," Patrick Ball spoke about "Data Mining for Good." The talk included a discussion of how HRDAG brings human rights abusers to justice through data analysis, and HRDAG's work conducting quantitative analysis for truth commissions, NGOs, the UN and other partners. The event was held at Eventbrite. More photos are below. The Center for Justice and Accountability Young Professionals' Committee for Human Rights September 16, 2014 San Francisco, California Link to CJA event page Back to Talks   All photos © 2014 Carter Brooks.

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