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Human Rights in the work of statisticians: Integrating Human Rights with data collection and dissemination - presented at the UN World Data Forum 2017
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Ta5.10 potts.intro slides with notes for intro comments
- 1. Human Rights in the work of statisticians:. Integrating Human Rights with data collection and dissemination United Nations World Data Forum 15-18 January 2017
- 2. Statistics and Human Rights “While the work of NGOs is unparalleled in its rooting out and reporting of human rights abuses, it is the technology developed by social scientists, physical scientists, and mathemeticians that arm the international human rights community with better and better tools for proving their assertions and making their cases valid in the eyes of the world.” (Asher, 2008)
- 3. Human rights guidance for data disaggregation and collection efforts “vulnerable/marginalized groups” are those more at risk of not enjoying their human rights (civil, cultural, economic, political and social), of “being left behind” How to identify these groups? What process? Relevance of a Human Rights-Based Approach to Data (HRBD), whose focus is on issues of data disaggregation and inclusive data collection
- 4. “The Agenda’s promise to leave no-one behind means dismantling the structural injustice that holds back women, minorities, indigenous people, and so many millions of others… The solutions for these people, embodied in the 2030 Agenda, lie in rights-based approaches” United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon Human Rights-Based Approach to Data to leave no one behind in the 2030 Agenda
- 5. Human Rights-Based Approach to Data to leave no one behind in the 2030 Agenda
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- I’ll go from this one to the following slide as people are filing in to the room Request that this slide be returned after the speaker presentations END I offer my sincere thanks to our esteemed panel of speakers who have so generously shared their experiences and insights with us, and to you for your warm and collegiate participation. I hope you enjoy the rest of the forum. Thank you.
- This one once most people are in the room, for people to read while we’re waiting to start Welcome distinguished guests and forum participants It’s wonderful to be here in Cape Town with you all, and to have this opportunity to discus the important role of human rights in the work of harnessing data for sustainable development. We are all here as a result of what is now recognised as a Data Revolution – an explosion in the volume of data, the use of data and our options for gathering and disseminating data. For the sustainable development agenda, the data revolution is an ever-expanding world of opportunities for data that informs planning, facilitates evaluation and assessment and makes concrete the claims of those who bring problems to light and advocate for change. In the sustainable development agenda, there is a need for data to be mobilised in the service of development more than ever before. If the data revolution is to ‘leave no one behind’, then all groups must be considered in the development of these statistics, from the very start.
- One of the key objectives, within the data revolution, is to make sure no group of people is ‘invisible’. To ensure the ‘statistical visibility’ of all groups, we speak generally about disaggregation as a key to useful data for sustainable development Vulnerable groups are at the heart of this issue, and something official statistical agencies are often well-positioned to address (at least in part)
- We can see from this statement from (now) former United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, that human rights are central to the sustainable development agenda. As we all, in this room, recognise the importance of data to the sustainable development agenda, I hope it is then clear that data and human rights have an important, mutually informing, relationship within the work of sustainable development. The human rights field has long been in the practice of identifying, assisting and advocating for those groups who, for whatever reason, are prevented from enjoying the human rights to which every person is entitled. It is precisely these groups who are most at risk of being ‘left behind’ in the broader work of sustainable development, and these groups which must be made visible, and kept at the forefront of the sustainable development agenda. Data that illuminates the situations of these groups and identifies any gaps in development progress across groups, is crucial in this respect. We are therefore enthusiastic about the work of statisticans as part of the human rights arena, and about the role of human rights practitioners in creating the data that will ensure sustainable development for all.
- With this in mind, The Office for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has produced a guidance note on HRBA to Data. The publication draws international human rights norms and principles into the work of statisticians to offer advice on key aspects of statistical work – both data collection and dissemination - that can, and we would argue should, be imbued with a human rights focus. The publication offers some practical guidance on how to approach this, and our speakers will build on these topic areas throughout the discussion today. Publication is available in the room and online We are delighted to have a panel of such esteemed speakers to explore the relationship between data practitioners and human rights actors with us today. Speaker introductions (brief) Denmark Ms Birgitte Feiring, Programme Manager, The Danish Institute for Human Rights Mr Niels Ploug, Director – Social Statistics, Statistics Denmark Ms Feiring and Mr Ploug will offer insight into the working relationship between the Danish NSO and NHRI, with particular reflections on the largely administrative data program maintained by Statistics Denmark. Ms Feiring’s reflections are also informed by her work with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions Australia Mr Brad Petry, Operations Manager, Victorian Crime Statistics Agency (Australia) Mr Petry will discuss the involvement of administrative data collectors in statistical systems, and the work involved in improving administrative data collections with human rights objectives in mind South Africa Commissioner Mohamed Shafie Ameermia, Commissioner, South African Human Rights Commission Dr Isabelle Schmidt, Chief Director – Social Statistics, Statistics South Africa Commissioner Ameermia and Dr Schmidt will discuss the situation here in South Africa and describe the recent collaborative work undertaken by their organisations. South Africa’s enshrining of human rights principles in its constitution, and the impact of this on the country’s statistical system, will be of great interest for our discussion. After our speakers’ presentations, I will invite all of you to participate in a discussion with us about the integration of human rights in the work of all statistical agencies and other data collectors.
- Without further delay I will now give the floor to our knowledgeable colleagues and I ask you to join me in welcoming them all. Removed for timing but could include: Further information about the OHCHR indicators program, including a link to the guidance note on HRBADS, can be found at – If you would like to discuss these topic or we can offer you any information or assistance, please be in touch via the hr indicators email.