Human Rights Data Analysis Group
@hrdag.org
We're a nonprofit organization using data analysis, scientific research, and innovation in scientific methods in the field of human rights.
Website: https://hrdag.org
Substack: https://hrdag.substack.com/
Website: https://hrdag.org
Substack: https://hrdag.substack.com/
Today and every day, we offer gratitude to our donors and funders. Thanks to your support, we use science to defend truth and human rights.
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Today and every day, we offer gratitude to our donors and funders. Thanks to your support, we use science to defend truth and human rights.
We'd love it if you subscribed to our newsletter, the absolute best way to find out about the important work HRDAG is doing. hrdag.org/newsletters/
October 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We'd love it if you subscribed to our newsletter, the absolute best way to find out about the important work HRDAG is doing. hrdag.org/newsletters/
Despite these risks, our staff will continue to support civil society in our collective pursuit of justice.
Read our full statement: hrdag.org/in-the-face-...
Read our full statement: hrdag.org/in-the-face-...
October 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Despite these risks, our staff will continue to support civil society in our collective pursuit of justice.
Read our full statement: hrdag.org/in-the-face-...
Read our full statement: hrdag.org/in-the-face-...
HRDAG remains a nonpartisan, nonpolitical organization. Our mission is focused on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Today, we denounce violations of human rights occurring in the United States. hrdag.org/in-the-face-...
Today, we denounce violations of human rights occurring in the United States. hrdag.org/in-the-face-...
October 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
HRDAG remains a nonpartisan, nonpolitical organization. Our mission is focused on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Today, we denounce violations of human rights occurring in the United States. hrdag.org/in-the-face-...
Today, we denounce violations of human rights occurring in the United States. hrdag.org/in-the-face-...
Digital documents about police misconduct typically arrived in an unstructured blob, making it difficult to extract and classify information. We developed LLMs to bring structure to the unstructured. hrdag.substack.com/p/pulling-ba...
October 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Digital documents about police misconduct typically arrived in an unstructured blob, making it difficult to extract and classify information. We developed LLMs to bring structure to the unstructured. hrdag.substack.com/p/pulling-ba...
HRDAG and our coalition sought records about police misconduct from 700+ police departments in California. We used LLMs and cross-database validation to identify when the responses we got were likely incomplete. hrdag.substack.com/p/pulling-ba...
October 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
HRDAG and our coalition sought records about police misconduct from 700+ police departments in California. We used LLMs and cross-database validation to identify when the responses we got were likely incomplete. hrdag.substack.com/p/pulling-ba...
We used LLMs to help shed light on millions of pages of documents about police abuses in California.
hrdag.substack.com/p/pulling-ba...
hrdag.substack.com/p/pulling-ba...
October 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We used LLMs to help shed light on millions of pages of documents about police abuses in California.
hrdag.substack.com/p/pulling-ba...
hrdag.substack.com/p/pulling-ba...
Under California's Right to Know Act, police departments are supposed to provide records about police misconduct and use of force.
We used LLMs to help identify when the records they sent back were likely incomplete. hrdag.substack.com/p/pulling-ba...
We used LLMs to help identify when the records they sent back were likely incomplete. hrdag.substack.com/p/pulling-ba...
October 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Under California's Right to Know Act, police departments are supposed to provide records about police misconduct and use of force.
We used LLMs to help identify when the records they sent back were likely incomplete. hrdag.substack.com/p/pulling-ba...
We used LLMs to help identify when the records they sent back were likely incomplete. hrdag.substack.com/p/pulling-ba...
How do we assess "accuracy" in the context of LLMs? We need to consider the question from multiple dimensions. hrdag.substack.com/p/pulling-ba...
October 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
How do we assess "accuracy" in the context of LLMs? We need to consider the question from multiple dimensions. hrdag.substack.com/p/pulling-ba...
What’s a cryptographic hash, and why does it matter for human rights?
Our latest Structural Zero explains.
hrdag.substack.com/p/without-en...
Our latest Structural Zero explains.
hrdag.substack.com/p/without-en...
September 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
What’s a cryptographic hash, and why does it matter for human rights?
Our latest Structural Zero explains.
hrdag.substack.com/p/without-en...
Our latest Structural Zero explains.
hrdag.substack.com/p/without-en...
Inaccurate statistics can damage the credibility of human rights claims.
That’s why we work to ensure that statistics about human rights violations are generated with as much rigor and scientific accuracy as possible.
That’s why we work to ensure that statistics about human rights violations are generated with as much rigor and scientific accuracy as possible.
August 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Inaccurate statistics can damage the credibility of human rights claims.
That’s why we work to ensure that statistics about human rights violations are generated with as much rigor and scientific accuracy as possible.
That’s why we work to ensure that statistics about human rights violations are generated with as much rigor and scientific accuracy as possible.
How do human rights workers keep going in the face of evolving threats, whether legal, financial, or physical?
Our approach is simple: scatter and keep working.
Read more on Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Our approach is simple: scatter and keep working.
Read more on Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...
August 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
How do human rights workers keep going in the face of evolving threats, whether legal, financial, or physical?
Our approach is simple: scatter and keep working.
Read more on Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Our approach is simple: scatter and keep working.
Read more on Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Decentralization matters.
With dozens of terabytes of data describing human rights violations, @hrdag.org has ensured there are multiple backups of our data in multiple jurisdictions.
Read more: substack.com/home/post/p-...
#decentralization #dweb
With dozens of terabytes of data describing human rights violations, @hrdag.org has ensured there are multiple backups of our data in multiple jurisdictions.
Read more: substack.com/home/post/p-...
#decentralization #dweb
July 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Decentralization matters.
With dozens of terabytes of data describing human rights violations, @hrdag.org has ensured there are multiple backups of our data in multiple jurisdictions.
Read more: substack.com/home/post/p-...
#decentralization #dweb
With dozens of terabytes of data describing human rights violations, @hrdag.org has ensured there are multiple backups of our data in multiple jurisdictions.
Read more: substack.com/home/post/p-...
#decentralization #dweb
3. Educate and train the next generation
We help those working in the human rights community to better understand the role and power of statistical data and reasoning.
Learn more by visiting hrdag.org (4/4)
We help those working in the human rights community to better understand the role and power of statistical data and reasoning.
Learn more by visiting hrdag.org (4/4)
July 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
3. Educate and train the next generation
We help those working in the human rights community to better understand the role and power of statistical data and reasoning.
Learn more by visiting hrdag.org (4/4)
We help those working in the human rights community to better understand the role and power of statistical data and reasoning.
Learn more by visiting hrdag.org (4/4)
Our nonprofit safeguards dozens of terabytes of data on human rights violations. We keep backups in multiple jurisdictions to ensure its safety.
Read why: substack.com/home/post/p-...
#decentralization #dweb
Read why: substack.com/home/post/p-...
#decentralization #dweb
July 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Our nonprofit safeguards dozens of terabytes of data on human rights violations. We keep backups in multiple jurisdictions to ensure its safety.
Read why: substack.com/home/post/p-...
#decentralization #dweb
Read why: substack.com/home/post/p-...
#decentralization #dweb
It is the role of scientists to seek out the truth.
But the reality is that, for scientists working in the field of human rights, there are real risks involved. Here's how @HRDAG.org thinks about those risks:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
But the reality is that, for scientists working in the field of human rights, there are real risks involved. Here's how @HRDAG.org thinks about those risks:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
July 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It is the role of scientists to seek out the truth.
But the reality is that, for scientists working in the field of human rights, there are real risks involved. Here's how @HRDAG.org thinks about those risks:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
But the reality is that, for scientists working in the field of human rights, there are real risks involved. Here's how @HRDAG.org thinks about those risks:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The threats human rights workers are facing today are complex and evolving.
Our newest substack article explores how we keep moving forward.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Our newest substack article explores how we keep moving forward.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
July 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The threats human rights workers are facing today are complex and evolving.
Our newest substack article explores how we keep moving forward.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Our newest substack article explores how we keep moving forward.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
We are statisticians using data analysis to bring clarity to human rights incidents globally. We educate the public on how scientific concepts help us understand the world.
Please add us as a "science communicator"
Website: hrdag.org/knowledge-ba...
Example article: granta.com/violence-in-...
Please add us as a "science communicator"
Website: hrdag.org/knowledge-ba...
Example article: granta.com/violence-in-...
June 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are statisticians using data analysis to bring clarity to human rights incidents globally. We educate the public on how scientific concepts help us understand the world.
Please add us as a "science communicator"
Website: hrdag.org/knowledge-ba...
Example article: granta.com/violence-in-...
Please add us as a "science communicator"
Website: hrdag.org/knowledge-ba...
Example article: granta.com/violence-in-...
You might think dictators would go to great lengths to hide their human rights violations.
But it turns out that's not true. Instead, they're generating reams of paperwork.
Learn why in our newsletter:
hrdag.substack.com/p/dictatorsh...
But it turns out that's not true. Instead, they're generating reams of paperwork.
Learn why in our newsletter:
hrdag.substack.com/p/dictatorsh...
June 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
You might think dictators would go to great lengths to hide their human rights violations.
But it turns out that's not true. Instead, they're generating reams of paperwork.
Learn why in our newsletter:
hrdag.substack.com/p/dictatorsh...
But it turns out that's not true. Instead, they're generating reams of paperwork.
Learn why in our newsletter:
hrdag.substack.com/p/dictatorsh...
We are data scientists, statisticians, and computer scientists.
We use rigorous scientific methods to analyze and investigate human rights abuses and support partner orgs seeking justice.
We believe human rights work benefits from scientific accuracy, and we're grateful to do our part.
We use rigorous scientific methods to analyze and investigate human rights abuses and support partner orgs seeking justice.
We believe human rights work benefits from scientific accuracy, and we're grateful to do our part.
June 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We are data scientists, statisticians, and computer scientists.
We use rigorous scientific methods to analyze and investigate human rights abuses and support partner orgs seeking justice.
We believe human rights work benefits from scientific accuracy, and we're grateful to do our part.
We use rigorous scientific methods to analyze and investigate human rights abuses and support partner orgs seeking justice.
We believe human rights work benefits from scientific accuracy, and we're grateful to do our part.
Our data scientists, statisticians, and software developers have traveled to 5 continents.
We travel to post-conflict countries, build databases of human rights violations, and conduct rigorous research and analysis to identify the truth.
hrdag.org
We travel to post-conflict countries, build databases of human rights violations, and conduct rigorous research and analysis to identify the truth.
hrdag.org
May 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Our data scientists, statisticians, and software developers have traveled to 5 continents.
We travel to post-conflict countries, build databases of human rights violations, and conduct rigorous research and analysis to identify the truth.
hrdag.org
We travel to post-conflict countries, build databases of human rights violations, and conduct rigorous research and analysis to identify the truth.
hrdag.org
A few of our recent projects:
✅ Consolidating data to track police misconduct
✅ Co-creating a new tool to track "wandering police officers" who try to avoid accountability by changing jobs
✅ Categorizing evidence of gender-based violence in police interactions
Read on: hrdag.org/report/2024-...
✅ Consolidating data to track police misconduct
✅ Co-creating a new tool to track "wandering police officers" who try to avoid accountability by changing jobs
✅ Categorizing evidence of gender-based violence in police interactions
Read on: hrdag.org/report/2024-...
May 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A few of our recent projects:
✅ Consolidating data to track police misconduct
✅ Co-creating a new tool to track "wandering police officers" who try to avoid accountability by changing jobs
✅ Categorizing evidence of gender-based violence in police interactions
Read on: hrdag.org/report/2024-...
✅ Consolidating data to track police misconduct
✅ Co-creating a new tool to track "wandering police officers" who try to avoid accountability by changing jobs
✅ Categorizing evidence of gender-based violence in police interactions
Read on: hrdag.org/report/2024-...
We believe that mathematics and science are powerful tools for standing up for human rights.
We use statistics and data analysis to hold perpetrators accountable. Learn more at hrdag.org
We use statistics and data analysis to hold perpetrators accountable. Learn more at hrdag.org
May 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We believe that mathematics and science are powerful tools for standing up for human rights.
We use statistics and data analysis to hold perpetrators accountable. Learn more at hrdag.org
We use statistics and data analysis to hold perpetrators accountable. Learn more at hrdag.org
December 11, 2024 at 3:35 PM