Human Rights Based Approaches to Development Concepts, Evidence, and Policy

This paper assesses the benefits, risks, and limitations of human rights based approaches to development, which can be catalogued on the basis of the institutional mechanisms they rely on: global compliance based on international and regional treaties; the policies and programming of donors and executive agencies; rights talk; and legal mobilization. The paper briefly reviews the politics of the first three kinds of human rights based approaches before examining constitutionally based legal mobilization for social and economic rights in greater detail. Litigation for social and economic rights is increasing in frequency and scope in several countries, and exhibits appealing attributes, such as inclusiveness and deliberative quality. Still, there are potential problems with this form of human rights based mobilization, including middle class capture, the potential counter-majoritarianism of courts, and difficulties in compliance. The conclusion summarizes what is known, and what remains to be studied, regarding human rights based approaches to development.

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Main Authors:	Gauri, Varun, Gloppen, Siri
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2012-01-01
Subjects:	ADVOCACY, BULLETIN, CHILD LABOR, CITIZENS, CITIZENSHIP, CIVIL RIGHTS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, COMPLIANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES, CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, COURT CASES, CULTURAL RIGHTS, DEGRADING TREATMENT, DEMOCRACIES, DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRATIC FORMS, DEMOCRATIC REGIMES, DEMOCRATIZATION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, DOMESTIC COURTS, DOMESTIC POLITICS, DRUGS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC RIGHTS, ECONOMIC STATUS, EFFECTS ON DEVELOPMENT, EQUALITY, FAMILIES, FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, FREEDOMS, GENDER EQUALITY, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH POLICIES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, HIV, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS, HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES, HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY, IMMUNIZATION, INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, INEQUALITIES, INEQUALITY, INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS, INFORMED CONSENT, INFORMED TREATMENT DECISIONS, INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS, INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION, INTERNATIONAL COVENANT, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS, INTERNATIONAL LAW, INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, JUDGES, LEGAL ASSISTANCE, LEGAL SUPPORT, LEGISLATION, MIGRANT, MIGRANT WORKERS, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL LEVELS, NATIONAL POLITICS, NATURAL RIGHTS, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, NUMBER OF PERSONS, PARTICIPATORY PROCESS, PATIENTS, POLICY CHANGE, POLICY DIALOGUE, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POLITICAL ACTION, POLITICAL CHANGE, POLITICAL DECISION, POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICAL POWER, POLITICAL PROCESS, POLITICAL RIGHTS, POLITICAL THEORISTS, POLITICAL THEORY, POLLUTION, PREVENTIVE CARE, PRISONERS, PROGRESS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PROTECTIONS, PUBLIC INTEREST, PUBLIC SERVICES, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, RESPECT, RIGHT, RIGHT TO EDUCATION, RIGHTS ADVOCATES, RIGHTS APPROACH, RIGHTS OF PERSONS, RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, RULE OF LAW, SANITATION, SELF-ESTEEM, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVISION, SLAVE, SLAVE TRADE, SOCIAL CHANGE, SOCIAL CLASSES, SOCIAL JUSTICE, SOCIAL MOBILIZATION, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, SOCIAL POLICIES, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL RIGHT, SOCIAL RIGHTS, SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, SOVEREIGNTY, TORTURE, VIOLENCE, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION,
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