human rights based approach

• Human rights-based approach to development

  Based on the concepts of the human rights legal framework
• Duty bearers


  • Government
  • Parliament
  • Local government
  • Police
  • Military
• Duty bearers


  Have the capacity to fulfill their obligations according to the human rights framework
• Rights holders


  The people and their capacity to claim their rights
• Human rights-based approach to development

  Shifts the core mission of development from charity to the obligation to respect, protect and fulfill human rights
• Human rights-based approach to development

  • Uses human rights principles and standards as the basis of the work
  • Incorporates principles such as participation, accountability and non-discrimination in the development process
• Applying human rights principles and standards in development

  1. Analyze what structures prevent marginalized people from being included in the development process

  2. Address those structures
• These principles and standards should be incorporated into the process no matter if you are working with health, development, infrastructure, food security, or something else
• Focus of human rights-based approach to development

  Empowering the people themselves to participate in the processes that affect them and to hold the duty bearers accountable for their obligation to act
• This focus is not only the right thing to do legally and morally, it also ensures that development becomes a driver of change and that the outcomes become more sustainable for both rights holders and duty bearers