Past Projects

After the Tsunami: Human Rights of Vulnerable Populations

Laurel Fletcher
Eric Stover
Harvey Weinstein
Amanda A. Morgan
Aviva Nababan
Agustinus Agung Widjaya
David Cohen
Dares Chusri
V. Chandrasekara Naidu
2005

This report presents an interview study of hundreds of tsunami survivors and key informants in five countries—India, Indonesia, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Thailand—affected by the tsunami of December 2004.

With the East-West Center

Abducted: The Lord’s Resistance Army and Forced Conscription in Northern Uganda

Phuong Pham
Patrick Vinck
Eric Stover
2007

This report uses collected information from eight reception centers in five districts of northern Uganda to aggregate and document information about the overall incidence of abductions, the circumstances surrounding the abductions, and activities while the LRA, as well as provide recommendations aimed at improving the process of reintegrating former abductees into their communities.

With the Payson Center for International Development (Tulane University)

Northern Uganda: Research Note on Attitudes about Peace and Justice in Northern Uganda

Patrick Vinck
Phuong Pham
Eric Stover
Andrew Moss
Marieke Wierda
2007

This research note presents preliminary population-based data on attitudes about peace and justice in northern Uganda. The note is intended to be descriptive and offers limited interpretation. A complete in-depth report, When the War Ends, was released later in the year.

With the Payson Center for International Development (Tulane University) and the International...

The Responsibility to Protect (R2P): Moving the Campaign Forward

Sara Heitler Bamberger
Meg Bostrom
Heather Hurlburt
Jamie O’Connell
Jessica Owen
Hosna Sheikholeislami
Rachel Shigekane
Joanna Shulman
2007

In the aftermath of an international summit on the Responsibility to Protect, this report seeks to supplement productive conversations with research that will provide a broader base of knowledge from which to advance R2P. The report’s authors surveyed groups currently working to promote R2P, examined options for the United Nations and the Security Council to strengthen the initial 2005 commitment, and analyzed cases where R2P principles might have been applied to past conflicts.

Written with the ...

When the War Ends: A Population-Based Survey on Attitudes about Peace, Justice, and Social Reconstruction in Northern Uganda

Phuong Pham
Patrick Vinck
Eric Stover
Andrew Moss
Marieke Wierda
Richard Bailey
2007

This report seeks to capture attitudes about peace, justice, and social reconstruction while peace talks were taking place between the Ugandan government and the Lord’s Resistance Army in Juba, south Sudan. It is our hope that this report will assist policy makers to develop coherent and integrated programs that promote justice and accountability and social and economic development for the people of northern Uganda.

This was written with the Payson Center for International...

Living with Fear: A Population-Based Survey on Attitudes about Peace, Justice, and Social Reconstruction in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Patrick Vinck
Phuong Pham
Suliman Baldo
Rachel Shigekane
2008

With the Payson Center for International Development (Tulane University), in partnership with the International Center for Transitional Justice

This report presents the results of a population survey focusing on areas most affected by conflict in eastern DRC. This survey aims to give voice to the victims of the Congo conflicts and thereby urge the Congolese governments and international actors engaged in DRC’s post-...

Living with Fear: A Population-Based Survey on Attitudes about Peace, Justice, and Social Reconstruction in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (French)

Patrick Vinck
Phuong Pham
Suliman Baldo
Rachel Shigekane
2008

With the Payson Center for International Development (Tulane University), in partnership with the International Center for Transitional Justice

This report presents the results of a population survey focusing on areas most affected by conflict in eastern DRC. This survey aims to give voice to the victims of the Congo conflicts and thereby urge the Congolese governments and international actors engaged in DRC’s post-...

Guantánamo and Its Aftermath: U.S. Detention and Interrogation Practices and Their Impact on Former Detainees

Laurel E. Fletcher
Eric Stover
2008

With the Human Rights Law Clinic (Berkeley Law), in partnership with the Center for Constitutional Rights

This report provides the findings of a study of former detainees who were held in U.S. custody in Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The primary objective of the study was to record the experiences of these men, assess their treatment in...

So We Will Never Forget: A Population-Based Survey on Attitudes about Social Reconstruction and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

Phuong Pham
Patrick Vinck
Mychelle Balthazard
Sokhom Hean
Eric Stover
2009

In collaboration with the Center for Advanced Study

Against the background of negotiations leading up to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), this report by the Initiative for Vulnerable Populations presents findings of a population-based survey in Cambodia to capture opinions and attitudes about accountability, social reconstruction, and the ECCC. Also available in...

So We Will Never Forget: A Population-Based Survey on Attitudes about Social Reconstruction and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (Khmer)

Eric Stover
Phuong Pham
Patrick Vinck
Mychelle Balthazard
Sokhom Hean
2009

Against the background of negotiations leading up to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), this report by the Initiative for Vulnerable Populations presents findings of a population-based survey in Cambodia to capture opinions and attitudes about accountability, social reconstruction, and the ECCC. Also available in English