Files relate to CESR work in Iraq. This series begins with the 1991-1992 work of the Harvard research team and their study of childhood malnutrition in Iraq. This study was replicated in 1995 and 1996 by CESR, which was founded by three members of the Harvard research team. In 1997 the research shifted to include adults and food security. The series includes original survey materials (primarily in Arabic), drafts and published versions of the team's reports, correspondence, and pertinent research articles.
Subseries I.1: 1991-1992 research mission, 1.25 linear feet
Material from the 1991-1992 Harvard research mission to Iraq. Largely consists of the original surveys on childhood health (in Arabic). Also features material related to the surveys (such as a translation of the Arabic), data analysis, copies of the published 1991 report, Sarah Zaidi's notebook, and a graduate thesis for the University of Baghdad entitled "Assessment of Nutritional Status of Children Under Five Year Old in Baghdad City."
Box 1 Folder 1
Children's Health forms, etc, 1991
Box 1 Folder 2-13
Children's Health Surveys, 1991, 12 folders
Box 1 Folder 14
Children's Health Data Analysis, 1991
Box 1 Folder 15
Children's Health Data Analysis, 1992
Box 1 Folder 16
Report, 1991
Box 1 Folder 17
Child mortality report and executive summary, 1991
Box 1 Folder 18
Sarah Zaidi Journals, 1991
Box 1 Folder 19
Special article, 1992
Box 1 Folder 20
Thesis on child nutrition in Baghdad, 1993
Subseries I.2: 1995 Research mission, 0.625 linear feet
Material from the 1995 CESR research mission to Iraq. Contains mission trip materials and, primarily, children's health surveys in Arabic.
Box 2 Folder 1
Child health survey methods, 1995
Box 2 Folder 2
1995 mission trip materials, 1995
Box 2 Folder 3-7
Children's health surveys, 1995, 5 folders
Box 2 Folder 8
Children's health data analysis, 1995
Subseries I.3: 1996 research mission, 1.25 linear feet
Material from the 1996 CESR research mission to Iraq. Includes survey and mission materials, maps of survey clusters, many children's health surveys, data analysis, an education study, another prospective CESR study, internal CESR material, personal notebooks, contact information, and a Food and Agriculture Association evaluation of Iraq. There is also a copy of the Ba'athist paper Ath-Thawra [The Revolution] (since disbanded during the 2003 invasion). This subseries also includes correspondence, specifically between CESR representatives and the UN and correspondence related to verbal autopsies.
Box 3 Folder 1
Suvey information and background, 1996
Box 3 Folder 2
Cluster maps, 1995-1996
Box 3 Folder 3
Mission information, 1996
Box 3 Folder 4-13
Children's health surveys, 1996, 10 folders
Box 3 Folder 14
Data guidelines and tables, 1996
Box 3 Folder 15
Demographic and data analysis, 1996
Box 3 Folder 16
Data analysis, 1996
Box 3 Folder 17
Education study, 1996
Box 3 Folder 18
CESR prospective study, 1996
Box 3 Folder 19
Internal CESR material, 1996
Box 3 Folder 20
CESR personal notebooks, 1996
Box 3 Folder 21
Contact information, 1996
Box 3 Folder 22
Unicef/uniscale correspondence, 1996
Box 3 Folder 23
Verbal autopsy correspondence, 1996
Box 3 Folder 24
UN Correspondence, 1996
Box 3 Folder 25
FAO Evaluation of Iraq, 1995
Box 3 Folder 26
Ath-Thawra Physical Copy, 1996
Subseries I.4: 1997 research mission, 1.25 linear feet
Material from the 1997 CESR research mission to Iraq. Primarily includes original adult and children's health surveys and data analysis. Also features food consumption surveys and food security questionnaires. Contains hospital information as well.
Box 4 Folder 1
1997 surveys and instructions, 1997
Box 4 Folder 2-7
Adults and children health surveys, 1997, 6 folders
Box 4 Folder 8
Data analysis, 1997
Box 4 Folder 9
Food consumption/ security survey material, 1997
Box 4 Folder 10
Food consumptions surveys, 1997
Box 4 Folder 11-12
Food security questionnaire, 1997, 2 folders
Box 4 Folder 13
Hospital information, 1997
Subseries I.5: CESR Iraq publication material, 1 linear feet
Published paper by CESR and its affiliate members. This is organized by year and includes the 1991 Harvard mission reports and publications. Publications range from 1991-2003 and include fact sheets, reports, and articles.
Iraq 1991
Box 5 Folder 1-2
First report, 1991, 2 folders
Box 5 Folder 3
Harvard study report and article, 1991
Box 5 Folder 4
1991 Iraq Mission Publications, 1991
Box 5 Folder 5
CESR analysis of '91 report, 1997
Iraq 1996-1997
Box 5 Folder 6
"Unsanctioned Violence" publication, 1996
Box 5 Folder 7
Lancet dispute, 1996
Box 5 Folder 8
CESR Report: Sanctions Against Iraq, 1997
Iraq 2001-2002
Box 5 Folder 9
Iraq Sanctions Project, 2001
Box 5 Folder 10
Iraq Fact Sheets, 2002
Box 5 Folder 11
CESR Report: Iraq Sanctions Humanitarian Implications, 2002
Box 5 Folder 12
Legal notes for Iraq campaign, 2002
Iraq 2003
Box 5 Folder 13
Iraq Mission materials, 2003
Box 5 Folder 14
Civilian targets and casualty questionnaire, 2003
Box 5 Folder 15
CESR Report The Humanitarian and Legal Implications of the War in Iraq, 2003
Box 5 Folder 16
CESR: The Human Cost of War in Iraq, 2003
Box 5 Folder 17
Roger Normand article drafts, 2003
Box 5 Folder 18
Internal CESR Memos on 2003 Campaign, 2003
Box 5 Folder 19
Lancet article: "Humanitarian Cost of War", 2003
Subseries I.6: External work on Iraq, 5 folders
External research material on Iraq. These include UNICEF and UNDP reports on Iraq, external organizations such as USAID's plans for Iraq, and additional research from media outlets.
Box 5 Folder 20
External organization iraq information, 2000-2003
Box 5 Folder 21
Multi-organization humanitarian plans for Iraq, 2001-2003
Box 5 Folder 22
Unicef/UNDP Iraq materials, 1999-2003
Box 5 Folder 23-24
External research Iraq, 2002-2003, 2 folders
Features work related to multiple countries and missions. Files are connected to CESR projects and publications on Ecuador, Palestine, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Honduras, Nigeria, and the Texas-Mexico border.
Subseries II.1: Ecuador, 10 folders
Features material related to CESR's early Ecuador project, including mission materials, the subsequent four CESR reports on oil pollution and human rights violations in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Also includes articles and drafts published by Sarah Zaidi and Chris Jochnick on oil and Texaco in Ecuador. Finally, includes a case study on Ecuador.
Box 6 Folder 1
Ecuador mission materials, 1993
Box 6 Folder 2
CESR Report on a Rapid Assessment of Oil Pollution, 1993
Box 6 Folder 3
CESR Report: Rights Violations in the Ecuadorian Amazon, 1993
Box 6 Folder 4
Draft: Health, environment and human rights in the Ecuadorian Oriente and oil development, 1994
Box 6 Folder 5
Zaidi: Human Health Effects of Oil Development in the Ecuadorian Amazon, 1994
Box 6 Folder 6
Article in Hoy, 1994
Box 6 Folder 7
CESR: Oil in the Rainforest, 1996
Box 6 Folder 8
Chris Jochnick Texaco Articles, 1998-1999
Box 6 Folder 9
CESR Report: From Needs to Rights, 1999
Box 6 Folder 10
Ecuador Case Study, 1999
Subseries II.2: Palestine, 6 folders
CESR publications related to Israeli jurisdiction in Palestine, the Oslo accords, Israeli occupation, the right to water, and Palestine fact sheets.
Box 6 Folder 11
CESR concering Israeli Jurisdiction in Palestinian Territories to ESCR, 1998
Box 6 Folder 12
CESR Material on Oslo Accords, 2000
Box 6 Folder 13
CESR Report: Under Siege: Israeli Human Rights Violations in Palestine, 2001
Box 6 Folder 14
CESR Palestine Fact Sheets, 2002
Box 6 Folder 15
CESR Report: Thirsting for Justice, 2003
Box 6 Folder 16
Palestine Right to Water plans, 2003
Subseries II.3: Afghanistan, 7 folders
Material related to CESR mission to Afghanistan. Includes the mission proposal, materials, and interviews. Also includes external work and research on Afghanistan.
Box 6 Folder 17
CESR mission proposal Afghanistan, 2001
Box 6 Folder 18
CESR Afghanistan fact sheet, 2001
Box 6 Folder 19
Afghanistan Mission Interviews, 2002
Box 6 Folder 20
External organizations on Afghanistan, 2001
Box 6 Folder 21-22
External analysis on Afghanistan, 2001, 2 folders
Subseries II.4: Cambodia, 1 folders
Primarily consists of a copy of the August 27-September 3, 1990 edition of The Nation featuring Roger Normand article "At the Khmer Rouge School: The Teachings of Chairman Pot."
Box 6 Folder 23
Cambodia, 1990
Subseries II.5: Haiti, 7 folders
Documents related to a 1996 research trip to Haiti. Consists of case studies and background material, trip notes and interviews, a final report with notes, and an IPS report on restoring democracy in Haiti.
Box 6 Folder 24
Haiti case study, 1995
Box 6 Folder 25
Sarah Zaidi Haiti trip notes, 1996
Box 6 Folder 26
Haiti trip interview notes, 1996
Box 6 Folder 27
Haiti paper and notes, 1996
Box 6 Folder 28
Background information on Haiti, 1996
Box 6 Folder 29
IPS Report: Restoring Democracy to Haiti, 1994
Box 6 Folder 30
Correspondence w/ Brown University on Haiti Case study, 1996
Subseries II.6: Honduras, 6 folders
Material related to gold mining in Honduras. Features a variety of background information– on both mining and Honduras, as well as legal precedent– and a series of CESR reports. There is also a UN report on Honduras in this subseries.
Box 6 Folder 31
CESR Report: The Price of Gold, 2001
Box 6 Folder 32
CESR Report: A Human Rights Critique (on mining), 2003
Box 6 Folder 33
Mining background information, 1995-2003
Box 6 Folder 34
Background for Honduras report, 2001
Box 6 Folder 35
Legal background for Honduras report, 2001
Box 6 Folder 36
UN Honduras report, 1999
Subseries II.7: Nigeria, 2 folders
Subseries includes external analysis collected by CESR on Nigeria.
Box 6 Folder 37-38
External analysis on Nigeria, 1995, 2 folders
Subseries II.8: Texas-Mexico Border, 2 folders
Holds an outline of the Texas-Mexico border project and a draft of CESR report on economic and social rights along the border.
Box 6 Folder 39
Texas-Mexico Border Project, 1996
Box 6 Folder 40
Draft of Promoting Economic and Social Rights on the US-Mexican Border, 1996
The series begins with a variety of documents related to CESR's general work. These include published descriptions of CESR from the organization and the publication Portavoz [Spokesman], meeting agendas and minutes, drafts of articles, and internal materials such as media lists and press releases. There is also a folder containing information and correspondence surrounding the Iraq Sanctions Project. Subseries in this series include materials from workshops, UN documents, correspondence, sponsored programs such as the Right to Water and the Women's Economic Equality Project, and documents related to their US based work.
Box 7 Folder 1
About CESR, 2003
Box 7 Folder 2
Portavoz Article, 1995
Box 7 Folder 3
Ad Hoc Committee on Children's Health in Iraq, 1996
Box 7 Folder 4
African Commission Event, 1997
Box 7 Folder 5
Honduras Mining Meeting, 2001
Box 7 Folder 6
Iraq Sanctions Project, 2001
Box 7 Folder 7
Working draft: Children at Risk, 2000
Box 7 Folder 8
Fawzi + Zaidi Lancet Article, 1995
Box 7 Folder 9
Internal how to resources, 2003
Box 7 Folder 10
Media lists and press release, 2000
Subseries III.1: Workshops and training, 4 folders
Consists of material from CESR workshops and human rights training programs, an important component of the organization's early human rights work. There are two human rights workshops, one from 1995 and one from 2001. There is an additional workshop on mining in Honduras. Some of the material is in Spanish.
Box 7 Folder 11
CESR Workshop, 1995
Box 7 Folder 12
CESR Workshop/ training materials, 2001
Box 7 Folder 13
Humans Rights Training and open discussion, 2001
Box 7 Folder 14
Honduras Mining Workshop, 2001
Subseries III.2: UN Materials, 4 folders
UN documents, beginning with UN human right's work from 1969. The subseries then moves to material from the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights from 1997. These materials include short articles and speeches.
Box 7 Folder 15
UN Documents, 1969
Box 7 Folder 16
UN ESCR, 1997
Box 7 Folder 17
ESCR Speeches and Shorts, 1997
Subseries III.3: Correspondence, 10 folders
Correspondence between members of CESR and other individuals/organizations. Much correspondence relates to a dispute with the Lancet surrounding inaccurate data found in a 1995 article. There is a sizable amount of correspondence from Anna Cody, the coordinator for programming at Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales while it was located in Brooklyn, New York.
Box 7 Folder 18
Correspondence over excess death calculation, 1995
Box 7 Folder 19
Correspondence w/ the Lancet, 1995-1996
Box 7 Folder 20
Correspondence b/w Jean Lennock and Richard Garfield w/ article, 1996
Box 7 Folder 21
Correspondence about oil, 1996
Box 7 Folder 22
Correspondence b/w Chris, Phoebe, and Michael about Tex-Mex Project, 1997
Box 7 Folder 23
Alex Taylor Correspondence, 2001
Box 7 Folder 24
Correspondence b/w Ayliz Baskin and Mahdis Keshavarz, 2002
Box 7 Folder 25
Anna Cody correspondence in Spanish, 2002
Box 7 Folder 26
Jacob Park Correspondence, 2003
Box 7 Folder 27
Miscellaneous correspondence
Subseries III.4: Sponsored programs, 0.625 linear feet
Material related to four sponsored programs: Right to Water, the Women's Economic Equality Project (WEEP), the US Poor People's Campaign, and Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales (CDES). Material on Right to Water features fact sheets, the program's agenda, the Right to Water declaration and convention, contact information, and information on the program and gender. There is also substantial material from CDES including newsletters, publications, workshops and an alternative proposal for debt relief in Ecuador. CDES branched off from CESR and is now independent.
Box 8 Folder 1
Right to Water, 2002
Box 8 Folder 2
Right to Water Fact Sheets, 2002
Box 8 Folder 3
Right to Water Agenda on Water, 2002
Box 8 Folder 4
Right to Water Gender, 2001
Box 8 Folder 5
Right to Water General Comments, 2002
Box 8 Folder 6
Right to Water Ghana Mission, 2002
Box 8 Folder 7
Right to Water Declaration and Convention, 2002
Box 8 Folder 8
Right to Water Contacts and Groups, 2002
Box 8 Folder 9-11
Women's Economic Equality Project (WEEP), 2001
Box 8 Folder 12
US Poor People Campaign, 2002
Box 8 Folder 13
CDES Petition to IACHR, 2000
Box 8 Folder 14
CDES: An Alternative Proposal for Debt Relief in Ecuador, 2000
Box 8 Folder 15
CDES Newsletters, 2000
Box 8 Folder 16
CDES Publications, 2000
Box 8 Folder 17
CDES Workshops, 2000
Subseries III.5: General human rights articles, 6 folders
Articles and materials related to shifting perspectives in human rights and the need to reform the field. Also includes documents on the right to education and legal dicta.
Box 8 Folder 18
Human rights reforms articles, 1996
Box 8 Folder 19
Human rights law dicta/articles, 1994
Box 8 Folder 20
Right to education, 2002
Box 8 Folder 21
ESCR documents, 2003
Box 8 Folder 22
New Schemas for Human Rights Articles, 1997
Box 8 Folder 23
Miscellaneous human rights articles
Subseries III.6: US Human Rights Work, 9 folders
CESR work in the United States. Includes fact sheets, work on US housing rights, the right to health in the US, and documents related to the situation of taxi drivers in New York City. Also includes a case from the New Jersey Supreme Court and the Petition by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights from 2003.
Box 8 Folder 24
US Housing Rights, 1996
Box 8 Folder 25
Human rights in the USA, 2002
Box 8 Folder 26
US Health Fact Sheets, 2002
Box 8 Folder 27
The Right to Health in the USA, 2004
Box 8 Folder 28
The Human Rights USA National Strategic Planning Meeting, 1997
Box 8 Folder 29
New Jersey Supreme Court Brief, 2002
Box 8 Folder 30
taxi driver materials, 2001
Box 8 Folder 31
Petition by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 2003