What is it about?
This articles defines the human rights based approach to development cooperation, how it is applied, and identifies its central agents and principal components.
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Why is it important?
The article's novelty lies in it being based upon practical experiences. It identifies and discusses three human rights principles that play particularly important roles in the implementation of a human rights based approach: (i) participation and inclusion, (ii) non-discrimination and equality, and (iii) accountability. The article shows 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.
Perspectives
We conclude that a human rights-based approach provides new avenues for providing help to vulnerable groups. Importantly, however, we also conclude that a poverty-oriented approach must continue to play an important role.
Professor Morten Broberg
University of Copenhagen
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This page is a summary of: Strengths and weaknesses in a human rights-based approach to international development – an analysis of a rights-based approach to development assistance based on practical experiences, The International Journal of Human Rights, December 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13642987.2017.1408591.
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