TY - JOUR
T1 - Strengths and Weaknesses in a Human Rights-Based Approach to International Development
T2 - An analysis of a rights-based approach to development assistance based on practical experiences
AU - Broberg, Morten
AU - Sano, Hans-Otto
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The human rights based approach to development cooperation has found recent support from both development cooperation actors and NGOs active in developing countries. We set out to define this approach, how it is applied, and to identify its central agents and principal components. Through examples we show how the approach works in practice, and we identify and discuss three human rights principles that play particularly important roles in its implementation: (i) participation and inclusion, (ii) non-discrimination and equality, and (iii) accountability. We show that in terms of implementation, the approach is related to the processes of empowerment, forms of advocacy, and the use of legal instruments in defence of groups of people who are poor, discriminated against or marginalised. We conclude that a human rights based approach provides new avenues for providing help to vulnerable groups, but at the same time a poverty-oriented approach must continue to play an important role.
AB - The human rights based approach to development cooperation has found recent support from both development cooperation actors and NGOs active in developing countries. We set out to define this approach, how it is applied, and to identify its central agents and principal components. Through examples we show how the approach works in practice, and we identify and discuss three human rights principles that play particularly important roles in its implementation: (i) participation and inclusion, (ii) non-discrimination and equality, and (iii) accountability. We show that in terms of implementation, the approach is related to the processes of empowerment, forms of advocacy, and the use of legal instruments in defence of groups of people who are poor, discriminated against or marginalised. We conclude that a human rights based approach provides new avenues for providing help to vulnerable groups, but at the same time a poverty-oriented approach must continue to play an important role.
U2 - 10.1080/13642987.2017.1408591
DO - 10.1080/13642987.2017.1408591
M3 - Journal article
VL - 22
SP - 664
EP - 680
JO - International Journal of Human Rights
JF - International Journal of Human Rights
SN - 1364-2987
IS - 5
ER -