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Projects Berkeley-Tulane Initiative for Vulnerable Populations
The Berkeley-Tulane Initiative for Vulnerable Populations was established in 2006 to conduct research in countries experiencing serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. A collaboration between UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center and the Payson Center for International Development at Tulane University, the Initiative uses empirical research methods to give voice to survivors of mass violence. We work to ensure that the needs of survivors are recognized and acted on by governments, UN agencies, and nongovernmental organizations. We help improve the capacity of local organizations to collect and analyze data about vulnerable populations so that their human rights can be protected. The Berkeley-Tulane Initiative has undertaken a range of projects, including assisting centers for former child soldiers in northern Uganda improve their capacity to collect and analyze data and provide follow-up services to returnees (see Abducted: The Lord’s Resistance Army and Forced Conscription in Northern Uganda). At present, the Initiative is
The Initiative provides fellowships to graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley and Tulane University to work with our partnering institutions, Human Rights Watch and the International Criminal Court.
The Initiative is supported by grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Humanity United, and The Sandler Family Supporting Foundation.
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Peter Dixon is a PhD student in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He recently completed his MA research on the impact of the United Nations Development Program’s Human Development Reports and Indices on state and federal approaches to development policy in Brazil. In summer 2008, Peter will help Human Rights Watch develop a monitoring and evaluation system to measure the impact of its research, reporting, and advocacy efforts to expose and halt human rights abuses.
Devin Gabriel, a student at Tulane School of Law, will spend the summer working with the Victims and Witnesses Unit (VWU) of the International Criminal
Court in The Hague. The VWU provides counseling and other assistance for witnesses and victims who appear before the Court, and plans protective measures and security arrangements for them. Devin will help implement a survey designed to assess the level of satisfaction witnesses experience with the Unit’s services and support. Results from the survey will be instrumental to develop effective and appropriate witness services. 