Dataset on the association between ICC operations and the number of fatalities of organised violence

This dataset is created for a study that investigates the track record of the International Criminal Court's investigations for their association with the increase or decrease of fatalities of organised violence. The study that is based on this data also investigates whether the partnering of ICC operations with the UN or with unilateral great powers affects this track record. The data relies on Uppsala Conflict Data Program data concerning fatalities of organised violence, transforms it into monthly data and merges it with the timelines of ICC, UN and unilateral operations.

This dataset is created for a study of the association between International Criminal Court (ICC) investigations and fatalities of organised violence. It links fatalities statistics from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program to data on UN peacekeeping operations, ICC investigations and unilateral operation by great powers (UNSC P5). Specifically, it contains monthly data on fatalities from 1998–2020 in countries in which the ICC was conducting investigations, and the timeline of the aforementioned interventions in those countries. It also contains per-country graphs of the data for the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya, and Palestine.

Definitions and data are further explained and justified in the associated publication, "The International Criminal Court and Organised Violence" by Mattia Cacciatori and Timo Kivimäki.

Keywords:

International Criminal Court Organised violence battle deaths fatalities UN peacekeeping military intervention

Subjects:

Political science and international studies

Cite this dataset as:
Cacciatori, M., Kivimäki, T., 2025. Dataset on the association between ICC operations and the number of fatalities of organised violence. Bath: University of Bath Research Data Archive. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-01292.

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Data

Monthly data.dta
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Data on fatalities and civilian fatalities, 1998-2020, in countries in which the International Criminal Court was conducting investigations. The file also contains the timeline of UN, ICC and unilateral great power interventions in these countries.

Graph CAR article.gph
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Data of the development of fatalities and the timeline of ICC, UN and unilateral operations in the Central African Republic.

Graph DRC article.gph
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Data of the development of fatalities and the timeline of ICC, UN and unilateral operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Graph Libya ICC article.gph
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Data of the development of fatalities and the timeline of ICC, UN and unilateral operations in Libya.

Graph Palestine article.gph
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Data of the development of fatalities and the timeline of ICC, UN and unilateral operations in Palestine.

Code

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The do file that contains the coding in Stata used for the transformation of the data into monthly data, and merging of fatalities data with the timelines of operations by the ICC, UN and unilateral great powers.

Creators

Mattia Cacciatori
University of Bath

0000-0002-5560-3365

Timo Kivimäki
University of Bath

0000-0002-1735-9170

Contributors

University of Bath
Rights Holder

Coverage

Temporal coverage:

From 1998 to 2020

Geographical coverage:

Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of Congo; Libya; Palestine

Documentation

Data collection method:

The methodology used to assemble the Uppsala Conflict Data Program Georeferenced Event Dataset (GED) can be found in Sundberg and Melander (2013). The timeline of ICC, UN and unilateral operations has been explained and justified in the article associated with this dataset. The included do file shows the steps taken to derive this dataset.

Data processing and preparation activities:

The UCDP data on battle deaths of organised violence was transformed into monthly data in the way shown in the do file.

Technical details and requirements:

The data was created with the Stata/BE 17 program; the do file can be opened with any text editor.

Methodology link:

Sundberg, R., and Melander, E., 2013. Introducing the UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset. Journal of Peace Research, 50(4), 523-532. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343313484347.