Children’s UN Petitions: Replication Data on International Participation

Focusing on international law and the UN system, Rachel Schoner (Journal of Human Rights) released this replication package in 2026 to analyze children's participation via individual petitions. The data supports research into non-state actor access and includes R code for statistical reproduction.

Use Cases

• Replicating statistical models of petition outcomes using the provided R code
• Analyzing the frequency of petitions across specific UN bodies
• Evaluating the role of HR NGOs in facilitating child access to international legal systems

Strengths

• Peer-reviewed origin from the Journal of Human Rights
• Includes R code for full analytical reproducibility
• Focuses on the specific legal niche of child petitioners in the UN

Limitations

• Specific row counts and column headers are not listed in the primary metadata
• Requires external documentation (online appendix) for variable interpretation

Provenance

Source

Journal of Human Rights (JHR) Dataverse

Geography

Global