Center for Economic and Social Rights Records, 1989-2003, bulk 1991-2003

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Series I: Iraq

5.5 linear feet

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