The CIRI Human Rights Data Project

From the beSpacific blog (9/13/2006):

"The Cingranelli-Richards (CIRI) Human Rights Dataset
contains standards-based quantitative information on
government respect for 13 internationally recognized
human rights for 195 countries, annually from 1981-2004.
It is designed for use by scholars and students who seek to
test theories about the causes and consequences of human
rights violations, as well as policy makers and analysts
who seek to estimate the human rights effects of a wide
variety of institutional changes and public policies including
democratization, economic aid, military aid, structural
adjustment, and humanitarian intervention."

You must register (free) to access the data.