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- A Rights-Based Approach to Development: What the policy documents of the UN, development cooperation and NGO agencies say (pdf 644.06 KB) pop
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This document summarizes how a selection of development cooperation agencies, UN agencies and NGOs active in Asia define the rights-based approach to development, why they have adopted their policy and how they have incorporated it into their programmes. If an organization has not adopted a rights-based approach, we have summarized how it describes the relationship between human rights and development.
http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/hrbap/RBA_policy_docs_UN_NGO.pdf
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- What is the "rights-based approach" all about? [PDF] pop
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IDS Working Paper 234, Celestine Nyamu-Musembi and Andrea Cornwall, November 2004. This paper seeks to unravel some of the tangled threads of contemporary rights talk. Where is today's rights-based discourse coming from? Why rights and why now? What are the differences between versions and emphases articulated by different international development actors? What are their shortcomings, and what do these imply for the practice and politics of development? Reflecting on these questions, we explore some of the implications of the range of different ways of relating human rights to development.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/bookshop/wp/wp234.pdf
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- Advancing Safe Motherhood through Human Rights
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WHO, (2001). This report considers how human rights laws can be applied to relieve the estimated 1,400 deaths world-wide that occur every day, an annual mortality rate of 515,000, that women suffer because they are pregnant. Human rights principles have long been established in national constitutional and other laws and in regional and international human rights treaties to which nations voluntarily commit themselves. The intention of the report is to facilitate initiatives by governmental agencies, nongovernmental groups and, for instance, international organizations to foster compliance with human rights in order to protect, respect and fulfil women's rights to safe motherhood (Source: Eldis).
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/RHR_01_5_advancing_safe_motherhood/index.html
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- Amnesty International Report 2005: A Dangerous New Agenda
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Amnesty International New Zealand. Governments are betraying their promise of a world order based on human rights said Amnesty International today as it launched its annual report documenting human rights issues of concern to AI during 2004 and AI's activities during the year. Governments had failed to show principled leadership and must be held to account, said Ced Simpson, Executive Director of Amnesty International New Zealand. "A new agenda is in the making with the language of freedom and justice being used to pursue policies creating fear and insecurity, including cynical attempts to redefine and sanitize torture," said Mr Simpson. This new agenda, combined with the indifference and paralysis of the international community, failed countless thousands of people in humanitarian crises and forgotten conflicts throughout 2004.
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGPOL100062005
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- An Introduction to Human Rights and Development
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This site is designed for all individuals and groups interested in teaching or learning about human rights and development. This latest theme provides; an overview of human rights and development, different areas of interest within the field, a listing of organizations with further research resources on human rights and development, interactive simulation exercises, and much more. Created by Human Rights Internet, a human rights education and information network.
http://www.hri.ca/education/development/
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- Are Human Rights Integral to a Dynamic and Sustainable Development Paradigm?
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Presented to 2004 Canadian Commission for UNESCO (CCU) Annual General Assembly, by Iris Almeida - Director of Policy, Programmes & Planning, Rights & Democracy Halifax, May 2004. "In this presentation I will make three points. I will begin with a brief clarification of the concept of development and go on to address some of the current challenges of development. I will then explain why a human rights approach is integral to a sustainable development paradigm; and lastly I will spell out how as Canadian civil society representatives and governments we can cooperatively and effectively adopt a coherent and holistic human rights approach in our development efforts - nationally and internationally."
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- Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Human Rights Manual Chapter 7
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Chapter 7 of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Human Rights Manual deals with governance, human rights and development. The chapter considers the international context for development and human rights and discusses a rights-based approach to development compared to Australia's apparoach to poverty reduction and sustainable development. The chapter also cites specific examples of Australia's human rights activities in the development context. (DFAT, 2004)
http://www.dfat.gov.au/hr/hr_manual_2004/chp7.html
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- CID: A Rights Based Approach to Development
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"For some years there had been a dialogue going on in development agencies about a "rights-based approach" to development. But it is unclear what exactly this means". This kitset, published by New Zealand's Council for International Development (CID) offers some of the human rights approaches used by NGOs and attempts to define what a "rights-based approach" means.
http://www.cid.org.nz/training/RBA.pdf
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- Department for International Development - Realising Human Rights for Poor People
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This is a strategy document for achieving the international development targets of economic well-being, social and human development, and environmental sustainability and regeneration. It discusses what is meant by a rights-based approach to development and the challenge of integrating human rights into development. The document looks at the international human rights framework,recent experience in international efforts to promote human rights, and how progress can be monitored.
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/pubs/files/tsphuman.pdf
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- Effects of structural adjustment policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights
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United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Fifty-ninth session, Agenda item 10. Resolution approving the Commission's decision to renew the mandate of the independent expert on the effects of structural adjustment policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights.
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- Frequently asked questions on a human rights-based approach to development cooperation
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Part I of this publication looks at some commonly helped misconceptions about the nature of human rights obligations under international treaties. Part II discusses the relationship between human rights, development and poverty reduction at a conceptual level, and looks at how human rights principles can help resolve policy trade-offs and influence national budget processes. Sections III and IV focus more specifically on the meaning and practical application of what has come to be known as a 'human rights based approach' to development, tailored to UN programming tools and needs, respecting the conceptual integrity and functional importance of internationally recognised human rights. A focus on internal institutional incentives and accountability systems must also be kept to the fore, if methodological advances in 'rights-based programming' are to have credibility and sustained impact. The report includes a list of additional resources, both web-based and otherwise, as a guide to further inquiries. (UNOHCR, April 2006)
http://www.ohchr.org/english/about/publications/docs/FAQ_en.pdf
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- General Assembly Establishes New Human Rights Council
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United Nations Member States today overwhelmingly approved the establishment of a new Human Rights Council, aiming to strengthen the world body's machinery to promote and protect fundamental rights, and deal with major human rights offenders. Adopting a resolution by a recorded vote of 170 in favour to 4 against (Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States), with 3 abstentions (Belarus, Iran, Venezuela), the General Assembly decided to set up the new Council to replace the Geneva-based Commission on Human Rights, which has come under fire for excessive politicization.
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/ga10449.doc.htm
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- Human Development Report 2000
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Human Development Report 2000 looks at human rights as an intrinsic part of development and at development as a means to realizing human rights. It shows how human rights bring principles of accountability and social justice to the process of human development.
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2000/en/
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- Human Rights Council of Australia
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This site has useful links to the Human Rights Council of Australia's resources on rights based approaches to development, including "The Rights Way to Development" manual and papers from the 1995 symposium on Human Rights and Development.
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- Human Rights Fieldwork - Principles, Strategies and Skills (BIR05)
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Human Rights Fieldwork - Principles, Strategies and Skills (BIR05) Friday 28th October - Tuesday 8th November 2005 Venue: National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland (15 miles from Dublin city centre) + field exercise at an Irish Defence Forces training facility. The Training Programme will explore the principles underpinning effective human rights fieldwork, enhance the skills of participants needed to carry this out safely before/during/after armed conflict, ensure that human rights fieldwork is relevant, effective, sustainable, participatory and accountable, raise participants' self-awareness of skills required to undertake international human rights fieldwork. The training programme is intended for development and humanitarian aid workers, civilian/military peace-keepers, NGO and IGO field staff. Overview of Training Programme: • Evolution of international human rights law and implementation mechanisms relevant to human rights fieldwork • The full cycle of human rights monitoring from information gathering to stimulating sustainable progress in conflict/post-conflict environments • Case studies for monitoring the full spectrum of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights • Interviewing and reporting techniques • Applying development programming to human rights fieldwork • Working with field partners, co-operating and building relationships • Personal preparedness including, safety/security, stress/trauma etc • Simulation of core field challenges, such as intercultural sensitivities, teamwork, leadership etc. including a full day Field Exercise in conjunction with the Irish Defence Forces. Deadline for Applications: 5 September 2005 (with priority for completed applications received before 26 August 2005). Further Information: http://www.ihrnetwork.org/current-programme.htm
http://www.ihrnetwork.org/current-programme.htm
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- Human Rights in Development
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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The links between human rights and development are illustrated by the normative and operational guidance that human rights instruments, and the mechanisms established by the United Nations to monitor their implementation, provide on the right to development, rights-based approaches to development, poverty eradication, human rights mainstreaming, good governance and globalization.
http://www.unhchr.ch/development/
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- Human Strategies for Human Rights (HSHR)
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HSHR's Mission: Through human rights education and the transfer of know-how, Human Strategies for Human Rights (HSHR) inspires human capabilities and develops social capacities to fight poverty, the discrimination of women and the societal exclusion of minority population groups in developing countries. Human rights law and protection mechanisms give content to HSHR's work, basic business principles are applied to put it into practice. Working with local non government organizations (NGOs), HSHR creates value in grassroots communities around the world.
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- Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa
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The Institute provides concrete training and capacity building in how to investigate, prepare and present cases of human rights violations before the African Commission. The Institute serves as counsel for individuals and NGOs, litigating their cases against states parties before the African Commission. The Institute publishes vital material on human rights, and researches emerging areas of human rights law.
http://www.africaninstitute.org
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- MSM, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights in South Asia
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It is increasingly being recognised by people of good will, that responses to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic and its local manifestations, cannot be effective unless the human rights of those infected with and affected by the virus are clearly and unequivocally addressed. The virus is not only about personal behaviours, but is also about the social, economic and cultural environment in which behaviours take place and have meaning. This is particularly true with regard to sexual behaviours and practices, and none more so than for those who term "men who have sex with men", or MSM. Denial, ignorance, illegality, myths, fears, violence, abuse, exclusion, invisibility, all these feature in current discourses on MSM issues. Such understandings will have a significant impact on rights-based approaches to HIV/AIDS.(Shivananda Khan, Naz Foundation International)
http://www.alternatevisions.org/publications/MSM%20&%20Human%20Rights.pdf
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- NZAID Education is a Human Right (PDF)
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Education is a Human Right, & yet many of NZAID s partner countries are struggling to provide quality education that is accessible to all children. NZAID is committed to helping these partners meet the internationally-agreed Education for All goals, which emphasise improved access to quality education especially for girls, who are the most likely to miss out (PDF 190k).
http://www.nzaid.govt.nz/library/docs/nzaid-education-is-a-human-right.pdf
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- Our Rights, Our future. Human Rights based Approaches in Ireland: Principles, Policies and Practice
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In 2005 IHRN was commissioned by Amnesty International's Irish section to develop a framework document on Human Rights Based Approaches as an advocacy tool for civil society. Part I of the document outlines the historical evolution and core principles of human rights based approaches. Applying this template, Part II reviews the experience of applying those principles by key state and non-state actors in Ireland. (International Human Rights Network, Spetember 2005)
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- Planting the Rights Seed: A human rights perspective on agriculture, trade and the WTO
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3D Backgrounder No. 1 in the THREAD series, March 2005. This Backgrounder examines the global agriculture system from a human rights perspective. It explores the link between the rural sector, agricultural trade, and the realization of human rights. In so doing it highlights the limitations of the agriculture trade liberalization agenda that currently dominates policy-making, including in the World Trade Organization (WTO). This Backgrounder suggests ways to approach the global agricultural trading system with a view to making it more responsive to human needs.
http://www.3dthree.org/pdf_3D/HRAgTHREADfineng
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- Policy Brief On Intellectual Property, Development And Human Rights [PDF]
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In an increasingly technology-driven world, the standard of protection provided by intellectual property (IP) rules is affecting development policies, human rights and other public-interest goals more than ever. Strict IP rules have had an adverse impact on the ability of many governments to fulfill their human rights obligations, of which obligations to ensure access to affordable medicines, educational goods and adequate food. This report by NGO 3D discusses intellectual property in terms of human rights and its impact on the realization of these rights.
http://www.3dthree.org/pdf_3D/3DPolBrief-WIPO-eng.pdf
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- Principles and Guidelines for a Human Rights approach to poverty reduction strategies
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This publication aims to assist countries, international agencies and development practitioners in translating human rights norms, standards and principles into pro-poor policies and strategies (OHCHR, 2006).
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/PovertyStrategiesen.pdf
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- Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
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Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative (RR) addresses three urgent issues required for greater human development and security: Fostering more equitable international trade and development; Strengthening responses to HIV/AIDS in Africa; and Shaping more humane migration policies. RR's mission is to put human rights standards at the heart of global governance and policy-making and to ensure that the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable are addressed on the global stage.
http://www.realizingrights.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=111
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