Human Rights Indicators in
            Development : An Introduction

McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan; Sano, Hans-Otto

dc.creator	McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan
dc.creator	Sano, Hans-Otto
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:35:48Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:35:48Z
dc.date	2010
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:37:55Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:37:55Z
dc.identifier	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
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8604-0
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2529
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242953
dc.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.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.relation	World Bank Study
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ADEQUATE FOOD
dc.subject	ADVOCACY
dc.subject	ANTIDISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	APPLICABLE LAW
dc.subject	CERTIFICATION
dc.subject	CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
dc.subject	CHILD PROSTITUTION
dc.subject	CIVIL LIBERTIES
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subject	CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
dc.subject	COUNSEL
dc.subject	CULT
dc.subject	CULTURAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	DEGRADING TREATMENT
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES
dc.subject	DISPUTE RESOLUTION
dc.subject	DOCUMENTS
dc.subject	DOMESTIC LAW
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RIGHTS
dc.subject	ELECTIONS
dc.subject	EPIDEMICS
dc.subject	EQUAL TREATMENT
dc.subject	EQUALITY
dc.subject	EU
dc.subject	FAIR TRIAL
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	FREEDOM
dc.subject	FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	FREEDOM OF OPINION
dc.subject	FREEDOMS
dc.subject	GOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HOUSING RIGHT
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHT
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
dc.subject	INEQUALITIES
dc.subject	INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INEQUITIES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COVENANT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL LAW
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TREATY
dc.subject	JUDICIAL SYSTEM
dc.subject	JUSTICE
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	LEGAL AID
dc.subject	LEGAL ASPECTS
dc.subject	LEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	LEGAL OBLIGATION
dc.subject	LEGAL STATUS
dc.subject	LEGISLATION
dc.subject	LIBERTY
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	MENTAL HEALTH
dc.subject	NONDISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	PARLIAMENT
dc.subject	POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	POLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subject	POLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	PROTOCOLS
dc.subject	PUBLIC DEBATES
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	RACISM
dc.subject	RIGHT
dc.subject	RIGHTS APPROACH
dc.subject	RIGHTS APPROACHES
dc.subject	SANCTIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL RIGHTS
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	THREATS
dc.subject	TORTURE
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	VIOLENCE
dc.subject	WORLD CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.title	Human Rights Indicators in Development : An Introduction
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication