# Peace and Human Rights Data ![middle eastern town](/sites/g/files/omnuum6866/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/humanitarianinitiative/files/peaceandhumanrightsdata-hero.jpg?itok=nBxwxIBR) **Founded:** 2021 **Faculty Leads:** Phuong Pham, PhD, MPH, and Patrick Vinck, PhD **Status:** Active Program **Regions of Focus:** Central Africa, West Africa, Southeast Asia, South America, Middle East **Research Theme:** Risk, Resilience and Response ## Description HHI’s Peace and Human Rights Data Program conducts research and builds capacity in countries experiencing complex emergencies and serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. The program trains researchers and uses empirical and mixed research methods to consult, represent, and support survivors of mass violence and disasters. Through the program, HHI works to ensure that the needs of survivors are recognized and acted on by governments, United Nations agencies, and nongovernmental organizations. ## Projects: ### Peacebuilding and Education This project examines the role of education and schools and their associations with resilience in the context of violence and conflict. This project was developed in collaboration with UNICEF and builds on other work around youth and resilience conducted with the Eastern Congo Initiative. ### Peacebuilding and Reconstruction Polls - DRC This project conducts polls every three months in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to examine changes in security, protection, and access to justice over time. It was developed in collaboration with UNDP and MONUSCO to inform actors on the ground and provide timely data for decision making. A large baseline was conducted in 2013 based on the consultation of 5,000 randomly selected Congolese in the region. ### Framework for Assessing Resilience This projects seeks to develop a cross-cultural framework for assessing resilience in the context of conflicts and violence. It relies on large scale consultation and research in Guatemala, Liberia, and Timor-Leste. This work is implemented in collaboration with InterPeace. ### Methodology expand\_more The Peace and Human Rights Data program was created to develop and implement rigorous methodologies to investigate and inform the complex process of rebuilding societies after violence. The project features mixed-methods research undertaken in countries affected by mass violence, and include the development of measures and indicators to capture complex dynamics. One key component of this approach is a series of population-based studies to examine individuals experience of conflict, the effects of violence on their daily lives, and what survivors would like to see happen in the future. This consultation fills the gap between peacebuilding work as it is envisioned by policy-makers, and its implementation, reception and perception on the ground. At present, the website PeacebuildingData.org features research undertaken by the program’s founding members. The program further helps improve the capacity of local organizations to collect and analyze data about survivors and vulnerable populations so that their needs will be heard and their rights can be protected. Since 2003 the research team has interviewed over 40,000 survivors of violence in places like Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, the Philippines, Rwanda and Uganda. ### Publications expand\_more Download 7 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=7&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1604366&content_filter%5B1%5D=1604316&content_filter%5B2%5D=1604301&content_filter%5B3%5D=1599971&content_filter%5B4%5D=1438253&content_filter%5B5%5D=1432680&content_filter%5B6%5D=1414392&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=7&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1604366&content_filter%5B1%5D=1604316&content_filter%5B2%5D=1604301&content_filter%5B3%5D=1599971&content_filter%5B4%5D=1438253&content_filter%5B5%5D=1432680&content_filter%5B6%5D=1414392&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=7&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1604366&content_filter%5B1%5D=1604316&content_filter%5B2%5D=1604301&content_filter%5B3%5D=1599971&content_filter%5B4%5D=1438253&content_filter%5B5%5D=1432680&content_filter%5B6%5D=1414392&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=7&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1604366&content_filter%5B1%5D=1604316&content_filter%5B2%5D=1604301&content_filter%5B3%5D=1599971&content_filter%5B4%5D=1438253&content_filter%5B5%5D=1432680&content_filter%5B6%5D=1414392&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=7&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1604366&content_filter%5B1%5D=1604316&content_filter%5B2%5D=1604301&content_filter%5B3%5D=1599971&content_filter%5B4%5D=1438253&content_filter%5B5%5D=1432680&content_filter%5B6%5D=1414392&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=7&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1604366&content_filter%5B1%5D=1604316&content_filter%5B2%5D=1604301&content_filter%5B3%5D=1599971&content_filter%5B4%5D=1438253&content_filter%5B5%5D=1432680&content_filter%5B6%5D=1414392&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=7&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1604366&content_filter%5B1%5D=1604316&content_filter%5B2%5D=1604301&content_filter%5B3%5D=1599971&content_filter%5B4%5D=1438253&content_filter%5B5%5D=1432680&content_filter%5B6%5D=1414392&&format=ris) ### 2024 J.H. Drake, G. Kiwango, D. Kitapondya, F. Mashili, and S.M. Kivlehan. 2024. “[Descriptive Analysis of Road Traffic Crashes Encountered by Tanazanian Motorcycle Taxi Drivers Trained in First Aid](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X24000314)”. African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 14, 4 J.H. Drake, G. Kiwango, D. Kitapondya, F. Mashili, and S.M. Kivlehan. 2024. “[Descriptive Analysis of Road Traffic Crashes Encountered by Tanazanian Motorcycle Taxi Drivers Trained in First Aid](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X24000314)”. African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 14, 4 - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract ### Introduction In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, death from road traffic crashes (RTC) occurs at roughly double the global rate. In this study, we sought to understand the locations and types of vehicles involved in RTC in Dar es Salaam encountered by a cohort... David Mills, Alexis Schmid, David Lewander, Michelle Gonnet, Oleksii Lopatniuk, Oleksandra Demetska, Olena Sorokina, Anna Bolonska, Ramona Sunderwirth, Sean Kivlehan, Kathleen Murray, and Michelle Niescierenko. 2024. “[Expanding Trauma Education During War: Pediatric Trauma Fundamentals Training in Ukraine](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1448075/full)”. Frontiers David Mills, Alexis Schmid, David Lewander, Michelle Gonnet, Oleksii Lopatniuk, Oleksandra Demetska, Olena Sorokina, Anna Bolonska, Ramona Sunderwirth, Sean Kivlehan, Kathleen Murray, and Michelle Niescierenko. 2024. “[Expanding Trauma Education During War: Pediatric Trauma Fundamentals Training in Ukraine](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1448075/full)”. Frontiers - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract **Introduction:** On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a large-scale offensive in Ukraine, resulting in significant casualties to civilians, including children. As part of a seven-stream trauma education initiative, a novel pediatric trauma fundamentals... Joshua Drake, George Kiwango, Fredirick Mashili, Deus Kitapondya, and Sean Kivlehan. 2024. “[Effectiveness of a Bleeding Control Course for Public Transit Drivers in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania](https://www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S0022-4804(24)00374-3/abstract)”. Journal of Surgical Research Joshua Drake, George Kiwango, Fredirick Mashili, Deus Kitapondya, and Sean Kivlehan. 2024. “[Effectiveness of a Bleeding Control Course for Public Transit Drivers in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania](https://www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S0022-4804(24)00374-3/abstract)”. Journal of Surgical Research - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract ### Introduction In Dar es Salaam, mortality from road traffic injuries is roughly double the global rate. Most civilians are transported to hospitals by laypeople. We examined the impact of a bleeding control course among taxi drivers. ### Methods Before-after... ### 2023 Timothy B. Erickson, Donell Harvin, Alexis Schmid, Gideon Loevinsohn, Anna Poriechna, Oleg Martyshyn, Kryrylo Kliukach, Meaghan Sydlowski, Jonathan Strong, and Sean M. Kivlehan. 2023. “[Evaluation of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Explosive (CBRNE) Knowledge Change and Skills Confidence Among Front-Line Providers During the Russia-Ukraine War](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10171778/)”. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Timothy B. Erickson, Donell Harvin, Alexis Schmid, Gideon Loevinsohn, Anna Poriechna, Oleg Martyshyn, Kryrylo Kliukach, Meaghan Sydlowski, Jonathan Strong, and Sean M. Kivlehan. 2023. “[Evaluation of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Explosive (CBRNE) Knowledge Change and Skills Confidence Among Front-Line Providers During the Russia-Ukraine War](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10171778/)”. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract ### Objective: To evaluate the change in knowledge and skill confidence after implementation of a CBRNE training course during the Russia-Ukraine War. ### Methods: Pre/post-test study in the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, and Odesa. Fifteen... ### 2022 Sean Kivlehan, Amy Allen, Olha Viun, Dmitry Makarov, Daniel Schnorr, Sonny Patel, Sergii Ryzhenko, Phuong Pham, and Timothy Erickson. 2022. “[Evaluation of Change in Emergency Care Knowledge and Skills Among Front-Line Healthcare Providers in Ukraine With the Basic Emergency Care Course: a Pretest Post-Test Study](/publications/evaluation-change-emergency-care-knowledge-and-skills-among)”. BMJ Open Sean Kivlehan, Amy Allen, Olha Viun, Dmitry Makarov, Daniel Schnorr, Sonny Patel, Sergii Ryzhenko, Phuong Pham, and Timothy Erickson. 2022. “[Evaluation of Change in Emergency Care Knowledge and Skills Among Front-Line Healthcare Providers in Ukraine With the Basic Emergency Care Course: a Pretest Post-Test Study](/publications/evaluation-change-emergency-care-knowledge-and-skills-among)”. BMJ Open - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/6/e050871) **Objective:** Evaluate the change in participant emergency care knowledge and skill confidence after implementation of the WHO-International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course. **Design:** Pretest/post-test quasi-experimental... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/6/e050871) Frederick M. Burkle, Krzysztof Goniewicz, and Amir Khorram-Manesh. 2022. “[Bastardizing Peacekeeping and the Birth of Hybrid Warfare](/publications/bastardizing-peacekeeping-and-birth-hybrid-warfare)”. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Frederick M. Burkle, Krzysztof Goniewicz, and Amir Khorram-Manesh. 2022. “[Bastardizing Peacekeeping and the Birth of Hybrid Warfare](/publications/bastardizing-peacekeeping-and-birth-hybrid-warfare)”. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/prehospital-and-disaster-medicine/article/bastardizing-peacekeeping-and-the-birth-of-hybrid-warfare/F7985E335AFC8414D623C52219626A69) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/prehospital-and-disaster-medicine/article/bastardizing-peacekeeping-and-the-birth-of-hybrid-warfare/F7985E335AFC8414D623C52219626A69) ### 2021 Indi Trehan, Sean M. Kivlehan, Kamna S. Balhara, Joseph Bonney, Braden J. Hexom, Amelia Y. Pousson, Nana Serwaa A. Quao, Megan M. Rybarczyk, Anand Selvam, Benjamin D. Nicholson, Nidhi Bhaskar, Torben K. Becker, and Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) Group. 2021. “[Global Emergency Medicine: A Scoping Review of the Literature from 2020](/publications/global-emergency-medicine-scoping-review-literature-2020)”. Academic Emergency Medicine: Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Indi Trehan, Sean M. Kivlehan, Kamna S. Balhara, Joseph Bonney, Braden J. Hexom, Amelia Y. Pousson, Nana Serwaa A. Quao, Megan M. Rybarczyk, Anand Selvam, Benjamin D. Nicholson, Nidhi Bhaskar, Torben K. Becker, and Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) Group. 2021. “[Global Emergency Medicine: A Scoping Review of the Literature from 2020](/publications/global-emergency-medicine-scoping-review-literature-2020)”. Academic Emergency Medicine: Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/acem.14356) **Objective**: To identify, screen, highlight, review, and summarize some of the most rigorously conducted and impactful original research and review articles in global emergency medicine (EM) published in 2020 in the peer-reviewed and gray literature. ... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/acem.14356) [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/publications) ## Team [### Luciana Vosniak, MLA ](/people/luciana-vosniak-mla) Program Manager, Peace and Human Rights Data Luciana Vosniak is a Brazilian lawyer and policy professional specializing in international criminal law, human rights and humanitarian affairs. Her work and research focus on issues like transitional justice, accountability for war crimes, and... ![Luciana vosniak headshot ](/sites/g/files/omnuum6866/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-02/Staff%20Luciana%20Vosniak.jpg?itok=IVh-whFj) [### Patrick Vinck, PhD ](/people/patrick-vinck)Director of Research Patrick Vinck, Ph.D. is the Research Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. He is assistant professor at the Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and lead investigator at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. His... ![patrick-vinck](/sites/g/files/omnuum6866/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/humanitarianinitiative/files/patrick-vinck.jpg?itok=hJSvlAbq) [### Phuong Pham, PhD, MPH ](/people/phuong-pham)Director of Education Phuong N. Pham, PhD, MPH an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, serves as the Director of Education at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, and is the co-founder of KoboToolbox. With an extensive... ![phuong-phan](/sites/g/files/omnuum6866/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/humanitarianinitiative/files/phuong-phan.jpg?itok=2FJsixHr)