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DataGov | Tracking and analyzing governance around the world
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Democracy, Economic Governance, Europe and CIS, Human Rights, Latin America and the Carribean, Public Administration, Web Resource, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe DataGov database provides country and regional scores from publicly available sources. The Database provides a user-friendly interface for accessing most of the publicly available indicators related to governance. The interactive tool permits users to easily produce cross-national comparative and time series graphs and tables for immediate printing or for export to standard office software....
Human Rights & Governance Assessments: Standards, Principles and Indicators(ppt)
Asia and the Pacific, Human Rights, Presentation, Academic/Think TankPresentation delivered at a workshop on the Oslo Governance Forum on Democratic Governance Assessments for Social Accountability, in Oslo 2011.
Indonesia Country Assessment: The Asia-Pacific Rights and Justice Initiative
Asia and the Pacific, GAP, Human Rights, Justice, Report, UNDP ProducedAuthors/Editors: Ana Patricia Graça and Andrea Davis This report presents the assessment findings of the DGTTFsupported Indonesia project Strengthening Access to Justice and the Rule of Law (A2J Assessment Project). The country study is an assessment and not a project evaluation. It provides an overall analytic review of results, rather than an evaluation of progress. It aims mostly to...
Human Development Report 2010
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Europe and CIS, Governance and MDG, Human Rights, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, UNDP ProducedThis year’s Report celebrates the contributions of the human development approach, which is as relevant as ever to making sense of our changing world and finding ways to improve people’s well-being. Indeed, human development is an evolving idea—not a fixed, static set of precepts—and as the world changes, analytical tools and concepts evolve. So this Report is...
The State of the World’s Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Human Rights, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Other UN AgencyIn commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 2009, UNICEF is dedicating a special edition of its flagship publication The State of the World’s Children to child rights. The report broadly assesses the Convention’s impact on children’s well-being and human development during the past two decades,...
Cambodia Gagged: Democracy at Risk? Report on Freedom of Expression in Cambodia
Asia and the Pacific, Human Rights, Report, Civil SocietyThe fundamental right to freedom of expression is becoming increasingly eroded in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Violations of the right have intensified with tactics of intimidation, threats, harassment and spurious legal charges being used as a means of silencing criticism. The Royal Government of Cambodia has breached its constitutional and international human...
Freedom House: Worst of the Worst 2010
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Human Rights, Report, Civil SocietyDespite a net 37-year gain in support for the values of democracy, multiparty elections, the rule of law, freedom of association, freedom of speech, the rights of minorities and other fundamentals, universally valid human rights, the last four years have seen a global decline in freedom. This report - as a spin-off of the Freedom in the World 2010 index - focuses on...
UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2008
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Global Index, Human Rights, Latin America and the Carribean, Other UN AgencyUNHCR systematically gathers and reports statistics on populations of concern, including numbers, locations, demographic characteristics, as well as legal and physical protection needs. Such information is required to design programmes that bring protection and improved welfare to refugees, stateless persons, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and others of concern. The Statistical...
State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Human Rights, Justice, Land Governance, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Other UN AgencyFirst UN publication on the state of the world’s indigenous peoples reveals alarming statistics on poverty, health, education, employment, human rights, the environment and more. In the United States, a Native American is 600 times more likely to contract tuberculosis and 62 per cent more likely to commit suicide than the general population. In Australia, an indigenous...
The State of the World's Human Rights
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Human Rights, Justice, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Civil SocietyAmnesty International's 2010 report documents abuses in 159 countries and shows how powerful governments are blocking advances in international justice by standing above the law on human rights, shielding allies from criticism and acting only when politically convenient. Between January and May 2009, some 300,000 Sri Lankans were trapped on a narrow strip of land between the retreating...