Development policy affects human rights in manifold ways. Policy-makers have tried to tackle these issues by employing various impact assessment tools. Traditionally, economic and environmental effects are at the centre of the existing tools, while social effects are only included to a lesser extent. This paper argues that the existing tools are insufficient for reasons that concern their legal status, their methodology and, in particular, their effectiveness. Human Rights Impact Assessments (HRIA) promise to cure some of these shortcomings.
In the paper, published by ÖFSE (Austrian Research Foundation for International Development), the potential fields of application of HRIAs in development policy will be addressed.
Download the working paper here (pdf).
Source: Newsletter of Global Responsibility - Austrian Platform for development and humanitarian aid (17/01/2013)
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