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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974843903321

Autore

McInerney-Lankford Siobhán <1974->

Titolo

Human rights indicators in development : an introduction / / Siobhan McInerney-Lankford and Hans-Otto Sano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank, 2010

ISBN

9786612906299

9781282906297

1282906291

9780821385760

0821385763

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 79 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm

Collana

World Bank Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

SanoH.-O (Hans-Otto)

Disciplina

323

Soggetti

Human rights

Economic development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

PCS County Services, Nordic Trust Fund.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Abstract; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Human Rights and Development: "Toward Mutual Reinforcement"; Chapter 3. Human Rights Indicators; Chapter 4. Integrating Human Rights into Development: Indicator Implications; Chapter 5. Conclusions; Chapter 6. Literature Review; Appendix A. The Core International Instruments and the Treaty Bodies; Appendix B. A Structure of Human Rights Indicators; Appendix C. Human Rights Indicators Sources; Appendix D. Definition of Right to Water

Appendix E. Definition of the Right to EducationAppendix F. Definition of the Right to Social Security; Appendix G. Implementation of the Right to Development: Attributes Criteria, Subcriteria, and Indicators

Sommario/riassunto

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 a provide 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 both for assessment and diagnostic purposes: the assessment function