Pérouse de Montclos Marc-Antoine. (2013). Conflicts and the political issues of excess mortality : a case-study from Nigeria. Jindal Journal of International Affairs, 3 (1), p. 85-101. ISSN 2249-8095.
Titre du document
Conflicts and the political issues of excess mortality : a case-study from Nigeria
Année de publication
2013
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Pérouse de Montclos Marc-Antoine
Source
Jindal Journal of International Affairs, 2013,
3 (1), p. 85-101 ISSN 2249-8095
This article deals with the political issues of excess mortality due 'to conflicts. Based on a case-study from Nigeria, it addresses two main points. The first has to do with the methodological possibilities to measure the intensity and the human impact of armed conflicts. In the context of developing countries where official statistics are not reliable and/or not available because they are not published, it argues that violent deaths are the prime indicators that can be used. The second point addresses the methodological difficulties to define precisely political violence. It underlines the problems of resorting to categories like civilians and combatants, public and private actors, criminal politicians and politicized criminals, etc. In this regard, it appears that crime statistics can also be politicized. Thus it is very necessary to establish a proper methodology before undertaking any assessment of risk and the human impact of armed conflicts.
