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Human Rights Impact Assessment In Practice
2007 Conference Report [PDF]
2006 Conference Report [PDF]
- HeRWAI training Nairobi, Kenya October 2009
What is HRIA?
Human rights impact assessment (HRIA) measures the impact of policies, programmes, projects and interventions on human rights.
It can be used for actions that are specifically designed to have an impact on human rights, in which case it will be used to determine maximum positive impact. It can also be used for activities and interventions that are not intended to impact on human rights but could do so indirectly.
HRIA assists in systematically determining whether policies, programmes and activities take human rights sufficiently into account.
For more information see our HRIA Guide.
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The Human Rights Impact Resource Centre provides centralised access to a broad range of information and expertise on human rights impact assessment (HRIA). Users with varying interests and expertise can find relevant documents, discuss new developments and contribute to the growing HRIA knowledge base.
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Upcoming Events
On February 1 and 2 Aim for human rights will introduce methods for human rights impact assessment...
An introduction to the international field of human rights education (HRE).
An introduction to the nature, functions and roles of national human rights institutions (NHRIs)
An introduction to rights-based programming for staff of development agencies and NGOs.
One day training to help formulate human rights policy
Navigating and managing for impact
“Minority rights, indigenous peoples and international law”, is an introduction course on the...
The aim is to give a better understanding of human rights standards and systems.
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20.01 Effect measurement report HeRWAI 2009
Discusses the introduction process for HeRWAI, the actual effects of the process and the achieved effects on women’s health rights. Users and trainers of HeRWAI have provided their insights on how the tool can be used most effectively.
15.01: Human Rights and Private Sector Development: A Discussion Paper
Explores what integrating human rights in donor agencies’ private sector development (PSD) activities might entail, and raises questions about human rights dimensions of the broader policy framework within which PSD interventions take place.
04.01: The Human Right to Food in Haiti
Report based on a fact-finding mission to Haiti. The goals of the mission were to better understand the challenges of applying a human rights framework for hunger eradication in least-developed countries, and to encourage national stakeholders to take on those challenges.
04.01: Guide to Conducting a Right to Food Assessment
These Guidelines represent the first attempt by governments to interpret an economic, social and cultural right. They provide practical guidance and advice to states for the establishment of priorities and the implementation of measures to respect, protect, promote and fulfil the right to adequate food at national level.
04.01: Any of our business? Human rights and the UK private sector
This report considers a range of issues, including the duties of UK firms under the Human Rights Act, and the impact that overseas operations of UK firms may have on human rights. It starts from the position that the UK should play a leadership role to ensure that all firms respect human rights wherever they operate.
