Wikidata:WikiProject Human rights

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Welcome to the Wikidata Project for Human Rights!

Human rights include a variety of topics, many of them laid out by international treaty bodies and other laws. This project is to describe those rights, the activists and defenders involved in protecting them, and topics adjacent to that field of advocacy and support.

Content in Scope

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To add content in scope to this project, add the on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008) WikiProject Human Rights (Q13382529).

As part of #WikiForHumanRights a shortlist of topics in scope of that campaign can be found at WikiForHumanRights.

To learn more about human rights content, check out the coverage of:

Opportunities to contribute

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Many of the currently tagged items come from an import of articles in the scope of English Wikipedia's WikiProject.

Missing language WikiProject imports to on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008) from these WikiProject indicated on WikiProject Human Rights (Q13382529):

  • Español
  • فارسی
  • Français
  • Galego
  • Русский
  • 中文

Other opportunities include:

  • Improving quality of data in the content described in scope above, i.e. adding country and citizenship to items.
  • Add lists and enrichment opportunities to different types of content described in the P5008 in scope table

Proposed thesaurus for human rights problems

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human rights problem (Q82344365) has subclasses human rights abuse (Q82346263) and human rights violation (Q11376059). The latter has many subclasses, such as torture, extra-judicial killing (Q2717573) and baseless criminal charges. Use the most specific item as instance of (P31).

Items to be used as "instance of"
Item Subclass of Remarks Used in
human rights problem (Q82344365)  View with Reasonator View with SQID problem (Q621184)  View with Reasonator View with SQID a "catch-all" term for situations that not reach the level of abuses or violations. Agua Zarca dam project (Q24025275)  View with Reasonator View with SQID
human rights abuse (Q82346263)  View with Reasonator View with SQID human rights problem (Q82344365)  View with Reasonator View with SQID includes violative conduct committed by non-State actors such as rebel groups, businesses or informal authorities. attack against Honduran Supreme Court of Justice Magistrate María Luisa Ramos (Q82955730)  View with Reasonator View with SQID
human rights violation (Q11376059)  View with Reasonator View with SQID human rights problem (Q82344365)  View with Reasonator View with SQID can be committed by people who work for the State, through action or omission. trial against Berta Cáceres accused of possession of an illegal fire-arm (Q80113457)  View with Reasonator View with SQID
extra-judicial killing (Q2717573)  View with Reasonator View with SQID human rights violation (Q11376059)  View with Reasonator View with SQID unlawful killing of someone by the state. killing of Tomás García (Q80004465)  View with Reasonator View with SQID
torture (Q132781)  View with Reasonator View with SQID human rights violation (Q11376059)  View with Reasonator View with SQID
baseless criminal charge (Q80111632)  View with Reasonator View with SQID human rights violation (Q11376059)  View with Reasonator View with SQID

The qualifier of (P642) can be used in several ways to add precision to any of the above instance of (P31).

There is rarely agreement amongst the involved parties if a human rights violation - a juridical concept - has been committed or not, even in cases in which the agree about what actually happened. It is good practice search for sources with another point of view, which can be expressed by using the qualifier statement disputed by (P1310).

Until a court has ruled that a situation actually constitutes a human rights violation, or a relevant state authority has aknowledged it a such, human rights violations can normally be considered to be allegedly (Q32188232)  View with Reasonator View with SQID. Use sourcing circumstances (P1480).

Qualifiers to be used with "human rights problem" or any of its subclasses
Qualifier Relates to Remarks Example value
of (P642) international human rights instrument (Q1414472)  View with Reasonator View with SQID Which international human rights instrument is possibly breached by this situation? International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Q392119)  View with Reasonator View with SQID
of (P642) human rights (Q8458)  View with Reasonator View with SQID Which specific human right(s) is affected? right to life (Q25822)  View with Reasonator View with SQID
of (P642) N/A Is it an act of action (commission) and/or omission? action (Q4026292)  View with Reasonator View with SQID and/or omission (Q573744)  View with Reasonator View with SQID
of (P642) human rights obligation (Q83036223)  View with Reasonator View with SQID Which of the three state human rights obligations is not complied with? obligation to respect (Q83037102)  View with Reasonator View with SQID, obligation to protect (Q83037848)  View with Reasonator View with SQID and/or obligation to fulfil (Q83038510)  View with Reasonator View with SQID
statement disputed by (P1310) State, state authority or other agent. Is someone disputing this, both regarding what actually happened or the juridical implications? Honduras (Q783)  View with Reasonator View with SQID
sourcing circumstances (P1480) N/A Normally human rights violations are just "alleged". If your source states a violation as a fact, it is fair to also use a complementing source with another point of view. allegedly (Q32188232)  View with Reasonator View with SQID

A fundamental question in human rights reporting is "who did what to whom?". The above tables focus on the "what". For expressing responsibilities and victims, use participant (Q56512863) with relevant qualifier. Individual perpetrators can be named as such, but for authorities, and other organisations use duty bearer (Q83046384). One reason for this is that perpetrator (Q18028810)  View with Reasonator View with SQID can only be used for people.

Qualifiers to be used with values of "participant" in combination with "instance of" human rights problem of any of its subclasses
Qualifier Relates to Remarks Example value
object of statement has role (P3831) human (Q5)  View with Reasonator View with SQID"to whom?" Which individual(s) had rights affected negatively in this situation? victim (Q1851760)  View with Reasonator View with SQID
object of statement has role (P3831) human (Q5)  View with Reasonator View with SQID"who?" individual(s) carrying out the act perpetrator (Q18028810)  View with Reasonator View with SQID or its subclasses indirect perpetrator (Q79798111)  View with Reasonator View with SQID and direct perpetrator (Q79798062)  View with Reasonator View with SQID
object of statement has role (P3831) organ of state (Q15708736)  View with Reasonator View with SQID Which authority or state is responsible from a perspective of human rights law? duty bearer (Q83046384)  View with Reasonator View with SQID
object of statement has role (P3831) "to whom?" Which person or group have rights in this situation that could be affected negatively? rights holder (Q83049621)  View with Reasonator View with SQID

Queries

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For example queries for the human rights space see: /Example Queries

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