Rights-based appraoches

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Rights-based approaches

Protecting human rights in conflict and post-conflict environments

Human rights protection is a fundamental component of development work. For without adequate safeguards - and a basic level of security - there is little hope that constructive, engaged work can take place. This is no more so than in conflict and post-conflict situations where real vigilance is required to safeguard the local populace caught in either violent or tense situations. This paper seeks to enhance the professionalism of Human Rights Field Officers (HRFO) by offering a set of guidelines for ‘best practice’ for those working in conflict and post-conflict situations.

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Protecting human rights: how can national human rights institutions and civil society work more effectively together?: ( J. Kishan;S. Awori;Z. Abugov / Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative , 2011); The realisation of human rights relies on several factors. Most important, however, is the consistent determination of governments to respect human rights and adhere to democratic governance. The r...
Family and community-based mediation for dispute resolution in Kabul: ( R. Gang / Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit , 2011); Traditional dispute resolution in Afghanistan is focused on ensuring local stability through the provision of a careful balance between locally rooted understandings of justice and peace. This pape...
Are human rights central to conflict transformation?: ( M. Parlevliet (ed) / Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management , 2009); This paper looks at the question of whether and to what extent the protection and promotion of human rights is necessary for efforts to address conflict and build peace. It argues that considering ...
the indivisibility and universality of human rights: ( P. P. Popovic (ed);O. V. Vieira (ed) / Sur - International Journal on Human Rights , 2008); This issue of the Sur Journal on International Human Rights presents a number of papers which critically revisit two issues initially raised 60 years ago by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: ...
Integrating human rights in private sector development initiatives: ( H. Gibb / North-South Institute , 2008); There is a growing consensus that development cooperation activities should promote human rights, and that human rights can promote development. A growing number of donor agencies have adopted huma...
Strengthening EU accountability for human rights based approaches: ( Amnesty International , 2008); As the world's largest development donor in monetary terms, EU efforts to alleviate global poverty entail significant financial commitment as well as engagement from a complex array of institutiona...
Rights based approaches and climate change: ( Oxfam , 2008); This briefing proposes that human rights principles provide a guideline for dealing with climate change. The document emphasises that the human rights community must beco...
Protecting human rights in conflict and post-conflict environments: ( Consolidating the Profession: The Human Rights Field Officer , 2008); Human rights protection is a fundamental component of development work. For without adequate safeguards - and a basic level of security - there is little hope that constructive, engaged work c...
A critical overview of participation: ( F. Bliss;S. Neumann / Institute for Development and Peace/Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden, University of Duisburg , 2008); Participation has become one of the most important buzzwords in the international development discourse since at least the middle of the 1990s. However the positive connotation of participation sha...
Conducting participatory assessments with refugees: ( United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees , 2006); Refugees, internally displaced persons and returnees must be at the centre of decision-making concerning their protection and well-being. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the protection p...