Programme of the Conference
November 9, 2020
Plenary 1 (10:30 – 12:30 CET)
Chair: Paolo De Stefani, University of Padova (Italy)
Salutations and short introduction
Keynote speeches:
Human rights research methods and the ‘quantitative shift’ in perspective
Attilio Pisanò, University of the Salento, Lecce (Italy)
Human rights and indicators then and now: a broad-based view
Maria Green, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund (Sweden)
Panel session (three parallel panels. Round 1: 14:30-16:00; Round 2: 16:30- 18:00)
Panel A
Human rights violations – collecting data, accessing facts
Round 1
Chair: Pietro de Perini, University of Padova (Italy)
Effects of “Covid-19” on the Microbusinesses in the Egyptian tourism sector and its correlated effects on human rights
Alberto Lanzavecchia, Dana Hisham M. Abdrabo, University of Padova (Italy)
Filling Data Gaps through Responsible Social Media Monitoring as a Way of Addressing Gender-based Violence in Bulgaria
Leda Kuneva, London School of Economics and Political Science (UK), Gergana Tzvetkova, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa (Italy)
Legal obligations as indicators of women’s rights. The case study of Tanzania
Anna Cichecka, University of Wroclaw (Poland)
Domestic violence against women during Covid-19: a comparative analysis between Brazil and Italy
Nathalie Gurgel Vieira, Monique Munarini, University of Padova (Italy)
Round 2
Chair: Pietro de Perini, University of Padova (Italy)
Multidimensionality of religious freedom: Evidence from the survey on social perception of religious freedom in Italy and Russia
Olga Breskaya, University of Padova (Italy)
Dehumanization and enforced disappearance of pro-democracy activists 1998: the dark side of human rights protection in Indonesia
Manotar Tampubolon, University of Technology MARA (Malaysia)
Measuring the human rights of the black people in the USA: a quantitative analysis
Dana Hisham Mohamed Abdrabo, Dina Hisham Mohamed Abdrabu, University of Padova (Italy)
Panel B
Computing and human rights: opportunities and challenges of using personal data
Round 1
Chair: Damien Short, Human Rights Consortium, University of London (UK)
Data ethics and human rights: Can technology serve to promote human dignity?
Maria Bueno Barbosa, Priscilla Menezes Santos, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais and Ibmec/BH (Brazil)
The New Database System for Refuge Decisions in Brazil
Renata Tavares Caliman, University IESB (Brazil)
Artificial Intelligence and Personal Data: International and National Framework
Aliyev Amir Ibrahim, Rzayeva Gulnaz Aydin and Ibrahimova Aytakin Nazim, Baku State University (Azerbaijan)
Round 2
Chair: Sara Pennicino, University of Padova (Italy)
Digital technology: protection and/or economic value for personal data knowledge and management and compliance with moral norms
Cristiana Carletti, Roma Tre University (Italy)
Problems of collecting and processing human rights data from the point of view of personal data protection and dynamics of changes in the information environment
Gubenko Artem, Russian Customs Academy (Russia)
Social Media and the Reports Against Human Rights Violations: #Blacklivesmatter and the Fight Against Racism
Larissa de Paula de Albuquerque Correa, Maria Bueno Barbosa, Rafael Nascimento de Castro Alves, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais and Ibmec/BH (Brazil)
Panel C
Methods in human rights research – human rights in research methods
Round 1
Chair: Magdalena Ratajczak, Bartłomiej Łódzki, University of Wroclav (Poland)
Mapping Integration Indicators: Quantitative or qualitative approaches?
Roberta Medda-Windischer, Institute for Minority Rights, Bolzano (Italy); Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Åland Islands Peace Institute (Finland)
Estimating the Protective Effect of the Constitutional Right to Health during Natural and Man-made Disasters, 1970–2007
Hiroaki Matsuura, Shoin University (Japan)
Big Data in Accessibility Studies
Ewa Zając, University of Wroclaw (Poland)
Round 2
Chair: Paolo De Stefani, University of Padova (Italy)
Moving Forward on Human Rights Indicators and Public Policies: the Benefits of Statistical Multilevel Modelling
Rossella De Falco, University of Padova (Italy)
Building Global Algorithmic Accountability Regimes: A Future-focused Human Rights Agenda Beyond Measurements
Raenette Gottardo, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa)
Digital Communication at Regional Human Rights Systems: tweeting to promote international human rights protection
Isabela Gerbelli Garbin Ramanzini, Warley Matos, The Federal University of Uberlândia (Brazil)
November 10, 2020
Plenary 2 (10:30 – 12:30 CET)
Chair: Paolo De Stefani, University of Padova (Italy)
Keynote speeches:
Evidence-based human rights advice in the EU
Jonas Grimheden, EU Fundamental Rights Agency, Vienna (Austria)
Data-driven activism: opportunities and challenges
Edzia Carvalho, University of Dundee (UK)
Final debate and Conclusions