“…Approaches to rights measurement are numerous, and consensus remains elusive (Fariss & Dancy, 2017;Green, 2001;Harrison, 2010;Landman, 2004;Welling, 2008). Procedures vary depending on how the problem is defined; whether the scope of research is at national, subnational, or district level; the time frame; the type and scale of public authorities held accountable (central government, or metropolitan, regular, and district municipalities); and whether the research is conducted by public authorities or civil society organizations (CSOs) (Chan & Lockey, 2017;Cingranelli & Filippov, 2020;Clark & Zhao, 2020;Cordell et al, 2020;Harrison & Sekalala, 2015;Lappalainen et al, 2015;Randolph et al, 2010).…”