Human Rights Indicators in Development : An Introduction

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dc.creatorMcInerney-Lankford, Siobhan
dc.creatorSano, Hans-Otto
dc.date2012-03-19T09:35:48Z
dc.date2012-03-19T09:35:48Z
dc.date2010
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:12:01Z
dc.descriptionHuman 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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dc.identifier978-0-8213-8604-0
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/2529
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-8604-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/416045
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank
dc.relationWorld Bank Study
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectADEQUATE FOOD
dc.subjectADVOCACY
dc.subjectANTIDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectAPPLICABLE LAW
dc.subjectCERTIFICATION
dc.subjectCHILD PORNOGRAPHY
dc.subjectCHILD PROSTITUTION
dc.subjectCIVIL LIBERTIES
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subjectCONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
dc.subjectCOUNSEL
dc.subjectCULT
dc.subjectCULTURAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectDEGRADING TREATMENT
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES
dc.subjectDISPUTE RESOLUTION
dc.subjectDOCUMENTS
dc.subjectDOMESTIC LAW
dc.subjectECONOMIC RIGHTS
dc.subjectELECTIONS
dc.subjectEPIDEMICS
dc.subjectEQUAL TREATMENT
dc.subjectEQUALITY
dc.subjectEU
dc.subjectFAIR TRIAL
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFREEDOM
dc.subjectFREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectFREEDOM OF OPINION
dc.subjectFREEDOMS
dc.subjectGOOD GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHOUSING RIGHT
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHT
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS NORMS
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS TREATY
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
dc.subjectINEQUALITIES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINEQUITIES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COVENANT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL LAW
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TREATIES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TREATY
dc.subjectJUDICIAL SYSTEM
dc.subjectJUSTICE
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLEGAL AID
dc.subjectLEGAL ASPECTS
dc.subjectLEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectLEGAL OBLIGATION
dc.subjectLEGAL STATUS
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectLIBERTY
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectMENTAL HEALTH
dc.subjectNONDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectPARLIAMENT
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subjectPOLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectPROTOCOLS
dc.subjectPUBLIC DEBATES
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectRACIAL DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectRACISM
dc.subjectRIGHT
dc.subjectRIGHTS APPROACH
dc.subjectRIGHTS APPROACHES
dc.subjectSANCTIONS
dc.subjectSOCIAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subjectTHREATS
dc.subjectTORTURE
dc.subjectUNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectVIOLENCE
dc.subjectWORLD CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.titleHuman Rights Indicators in Development : An Introduction

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