Human Rights Indicators in Development : An Introduction

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. They offer an empirical or evidence-based dimension to...

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Main Authors: McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan, Sano, Hans-Otto
Format: Publication
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
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topic ADEQUATE FOOD
ADVOCACY
ANTIDISCRIMINATION
APPLICABLE LAW
CERTIFICATION
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
CHILD PROSTITUTION
CIVIL LIBERTIES
CIVIL SOCIETY
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
COUNSEL
CULT
CULTURAL RIGHTS
DEGRADING TREATMENT
DEMOCRACY
DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES
DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DOCUMENTS
DOMESTIC LAW
ECONOMIC RIGHTS
ELECTIONS
EPIDEMICS
EQUAL TREATMENT
EQUALITY
EU
FAIR TRIAL
FAMILIES
FREEDOM
FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION
FREEDOM OF OPINION
FREEDOMS
GOOD GOVERNANCE
HEALTH CARE
HOUSING RIGHT
HUMAN RIGHT
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING
HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS
HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES
HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
INEQUALITIES
INEQUALITY
INEQUITIES
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL COVENANT
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
INTERNATIONAL TREATY
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
JUSTICE
LAWS
LEGAL AID
LEGAL ASPECTS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL OBLIGATION
LEGAL STATUS
LEGISLATION
LIBERTY
LIFE EXPECTANCY
MENTAL HEALTH
NONDISCRIMINATION
PARLIAMENT
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL RIGHTS
PROTOCOLS
PUBLIC DEBATES
PUBLIC HEALTH
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
RACISM
RIGHT
RIGHTS APPROACH
RIGHTS APPROACHES
SANCTIONS
SOCIAL RIGHTS
SOCIAL SECURITY
THREATS
TORTURE
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLENCE
WORLD CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
spellingShingle ADEQUATE FOOD
ADVOCACY
ANTIDISCRIMINATION
APPLICABLE LAW
CERTIFICATION
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
CHILD PROSTITUTION
CIVIL LIBERTIES
CIVIL SOCIETY
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
COUNSEL
CULT
CULTURAL RIGHTS
DEGRADING TREATMENT
DEMOCRACY
DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES
DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DOCUMENTS
DOMESTIC LAW
ECONOMIC RIGHTS
ELECTIONS
EPIDEMICS
EQUAL TREATMENT
EQUALITY
EU
FAIR TRIAL
FAMILIES
FREEDOM
FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION
FREEDOM OF OPINION
FREEDOMS
GOOD GOVERNANCE
HEALTH CARE
HOUSING RIGHT
HUMAN RIGHT
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING
HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS
HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES
HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
INEQUALITIES
INEQUALITY
INEQUITIES
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL COVENANT
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
INTERNATIONAL TREATY
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
JUSTICE
LAWS
LEGAL AID
LEGAL ASPECTS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL OBLIGATION
LEGAL STATUS
LEGISLATION
LIBERTY
LIFE EXPECTANCY
MENTAL HEALTH
NONDISCRIMINATION
PARLIAMENT
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL RIGHTS
PROTOCOLS
PUBLIC DEBATES
PUBLIC HEALTH
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
RACISM
RIGHT
RIGHTS APPROACH
RIGHTS APPROACHES
SANCTIONS
SOCIAL RIGHTS
SOCIAL SECURITY
THREATS
TORTURE
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLENCE
WORLD CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan
Sano, Hans-Otto
Human Rights Indicators in Development : An Introduction
relation World Bank Study
description 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. They offer an empirical or evidence-based dimension to the normative content of human rights legal obligations and provide a means of connecting those obligations with empirical data and evidence and, in this way, relate to human rights accountability and the enforcement of human rights obligations. Human rights indicators are important for both assessment and diagnostic purposes: the assessment function of human rights indicators relates to their use in monitoring accountability, effectiveness, and impact; the diagnostic purpose relates to measuring the current state of human rights implementation and enjoyment in a given context, whether regional, country-specific, or local. This paper offers a preliminary review of the foregoing in the development context and a general perspective on the significance of human rights indicators for development processes and outcomes. It is not intended to be prescriptive and does not provide specific operational recommendations on the use of human rights indicators in development projects. Nor does it advocate a particular approach or mode of integrating human rights in development or argue for a rights-based approach to development. This paper is designed to provide development practitioners with a preliminary view on the possible relevance, design, and use of human rights indicators in development policy and practice. It also introduces a basic conceptual framework about the relationship between rights and development, including in the World Bank context. It then moves to methodological approaches on human rights measurement, exploring in general terms different types of human rights indicators and their potential implications for development at three levels of convergence or integration. The paper therefore offers a theoretical introduction to a complex area of growing relevance in a number of areas of development that may be of interest to practitioners and scholars in a variety of institutional settings.
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author McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan
Sano, Hans-Otto
author_facet McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan
Sano, Hans-Otto
author_sort McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan
title Human Rights Indicators in Development : An Introduction
title_short Human Rights Indicators in Development : An Introduction
title_full Human Rights Indicators in Development : An Introduction
title_fullStr Human Rights Indicators in Development : An Introduction
title_full_unstemmed Human Rights Indicators in Development : An Introduction
title_sort human rights indicators in development : an introduction
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
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spelling okr-10986-25292021-04-23T14:02:02Z Human Rights Indicators in Development : An Introduction McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan Sano, Hans-Otto ADEQUATE FOOD ADVOCACY ANTIDISCRIMINATION APPLICABLE LAW CERTIFICATION CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHILD PROSTITUTION CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL SOCIETY CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD COUNSEL CULT CULTURAL RIGHTS DEGRADING TREATMENT DEMOCRACY DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DISPUTE RESOLUTION DOCUMENTS DOMESTIC LAW ECONOMIC RIGHTS ELECTIONS EPIDEMICS EQUAL TREATMENT EQUALITY EU FAIR TRIAL FAMILIES FREEDOM FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION FREEDOM OF OPINION FREEDOMS GOOD GOVERNANCE HEALTH CARE HOUSING RIGHT HUMAN RIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INEQUITIES INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL COVENANT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TREATIES INTERNATIONAL TREATY JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUSTICE LAWS LEGAL AID LEGAL ASPECTS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL OBLIGATION LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATION LIBERTY LIFE EXPECTANCY MENTAL HEALTH NONDISCRIMINATION PARLIAMENT POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL RIGHTS PROTOCOLS PUBLIC DEBATES PUBLIC HEALTH RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RACISM RIGHT RIGHTS APPROACH RIGHTS APPROACHES SANCTIONS SOCIAL RIGHTS SOCIAL SECURITY THREATS TORTURE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLENCE WORLD CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS 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. They offer an empirical or evidence-based dimension to the normative content of human rights legal obligations and provide a means of connecting those obligations with empirical data and evidence and, in this way, relate to human rights accountability and the enforcement of human rights obligations. Human rights indicators are important for both assessment and diagnostic purposes: the assessment function of human rights indicators relates to their use in monitoring accountability, effectiveness, and impact; the diagnostic purpose relates to measuring the current state of human rights implementation and enjoyment in a given context, whether regional, country-specific, or local. This paper offers a preliminary review of the foregoing in the development context and a general perspective on the significance of human rights indicators for development processes and outcomes. It is not intended to be prescriptive and does not provide specific operational recommendations on the use of human rights indicators in development projects. Nor does it advocate a particular approach or mode of integrating human rights in development or argue for a rights-based approach to development. This paper is designed to provide development practitioners with a preliminary view on the possible relevance, design, and use of human rights indicators in development policy and practice. It also introduces a basic conceptual framework about the relationship between rights and development, including in the World Bank context. It then moves to methodological approaches on human rights measurement, exploring in general terms different types of human rights indicators and their potential implications for development at three levels of convergence or integration. The paper therefore offers a theoretical introduction to a complex area of growing relevance in a number of areas of development that may be of interest to practitioners and scholars in a variety of institutional settings. 2012-03-19T09:35:48Z 2012-03-19T09:35:48Z 2010 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20101116232436 978-0-8213-8604-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2529 English World Bank Study CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication