Human Rights Indicators in Development An Introduction

by McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan; Sano, Hans-Otto

• ISBN13: 9780821386040
• ISBN10: 0821386042
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-26
• Publisher: World Bank Publications

Summary

Human rights indicators are central to the application of human rights standards in context and relate essentially to measuring human rights realization, both qualitatively and quantitatively, connecting human rights obligations with empirical data and evidence.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Abstract	p. vi
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Human Rights and Development: "Toward Mutual Reinforcement"	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
World Bank Approach to Convergence	p. 5
Role of Human Rights in Development	p. 6
Rights-Based Approaches to Development	p. 8
Tensions	p. 9
Human Rights Indicators	p. 14
Introduction	p. 14
Designing Indicators	p. 14
Streamlining Human Rights Indicators	p. 15
Data Sources	p. 16
Types of Human Rights Indicators	p. 18
Indicators Measuring Compliance with Legal Obligations	p. 18
Human Rights Indicators in Development Practice	p. 21
Integrating Human Rights into Development: Indicator Implications	p. 27
Introduction Human Rights and Development: Levels and Degrees of Convergence	p. 27
A Framework Outlining the Modes of Integration	p. 27
Human Rights Indicators at Three Levels of Convergence of Human Rights and Development	p. 28
Dimensions: Substantive Overlap	p. 30
Integration of Human Rights Principles	p. 31
Equity and Equality	p. 33
Accountability	p. 34
Participation	p. 36
Obligations	p. 36
Conclusions	p. 45
Literature Review	p. 47
The Core International Instruments and the Treaty Bodies	p. 55
A Structure of Human Rights Indicators	p. 56
Human Rights Indicators Sources	p. 57
Definition of Right to Water	p. 60
Definition of the Right to Education	p. 62
Definition of the Right to Social Security	p. 64
Implementation of the Right to Development: Attributes Criteria, Subcriteria, and Indicators	p. 66
List of Tables
Example of Potential Tension between Human Rights and Development Actors	p. 10
A Framework for the Elaboration of Human Rights Indicators	p. 20
Identifying Human Rights Indicators at Different Levels of Development Practice	p. 23
Three Modes of Human Rights Integration	p. 29
Nonexplicit Human Rights Integration: The Human Rights Dimensions of Development	p. 31
Mainstreaming Human Rights Principles	p. 32
Assessing Human Rights Obligations	p. 38
List of Figures
Intrinsic and Instrumental Roles of Human Rights in Development	p. 7
Fulfilling Human Rights Obligations of Developing States and of States Acting as Donors: Human Rights Activities (A) and Indicators (I)	p. 39
List of Boxes
Indicator Definitions	p. 15
The Data Sources of Human Rights Research	p. 17
OECD Description of the Approaches of Donor Agencies	p. 29
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