Using scientific methods from demography, epidemiology, and mathematical statistics, the Human Rights group at Benetech® transforms information into knowledge about past and on-going human rights violations. Our statistical analysis helps societies clarify the truth about their violent pasts. Our graphs and tables provide strong evidence that violence often results from policy, not from isolated acts of sadism. With our partners, we advocate for political and criminal accountability for mass atrocities.

Funders:

• Humanity United

• National Endowment for Democracy

• The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

• Oak Foundation

• OSI - Open Society Institute

• Packard Humanities Institute (PHI)

• Sigrid Rausing Trust

• US Department of State

Strategic Partners:

• ABA CEELI - American Bar Association/Central European and Eurasian Initiative [Kosovo, Sierra Leone]

• ABF - The Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran

• AVCRP - L' Association des Victimes des Crimes et Répressions Politiques
  au Tchad (Chadian Association of Victims of Political Repression and
  Crime) [Chad]

• CAVR -Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste [Timor-Leste]

• CEH - Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico (Commission for
  Historical Clarification) [Guatemala]

• CCJ - Colombian Commission of Jurists [Colombia]

• CGG - Campaign for Good Governance [Sierra Leone]

• CIIDH - Centro Internacional para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos
  (International Center for Human Rights Research) [Guatemala]

• CNVJ - Commission Nationale de Vérité et de Justice (National
  Commission for Truth and Justice) [Haiti]

• CVR - Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliacion [Peru]

• DePaul University - International Human Rights Law Institute [Iraq]

• Ensaaf - Ensaaf is a nonprofit organization working to end impunity and achieve justice for mass state crimes in India, with a focus on Punjab [India]

• Equitas - Colombian Interdisciplinary Team for Forensic Work and Psychosocial Assistance [Colombia]

• EWMI - East West Management Institute [Kosovo]

• Freedom House– [US, Syria, Egypt, Ethiopia]

• GNPA - Guatemalan National Police Archive [Guatemala]

• HHR - Home for Human Rights [Sri Lanka]

• HRAC - Human Rights Accountability Coalition [Sri Lanka]

• HRC-UCB - Human Rights Center - University of Berkeley [Kosovo]

• HRW - Human Rights Watch [Chad, Kosovo]

• ICTJ- International Center for Transitional Justice [Peru, Sierra Leone]

• IPLS - Institute for Policy and Legal Studies [Kosovo]

• LICADHO - Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights [Cambodia]

• OECD - Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [Sri Lanka]

• NRC - National Reconciliation Commission [Ghana]

• Punto de Vista [Colombia]

• TEVERE - Testimono, Verdad y Reconciliacion (Project for Testimony, Truth, and Reconciliation) [Colombia]

• TRC – Truth and Reconciliation Commission [Liberia]

• TRC – Truth and Reconciliation Commission [Sierra Leone]

• TRC - Truth and Reconciliation Commission [South Africa]

• UMAM – UMAM Documentation and Research [Lebanon]