Agency, Donor and Civil Society Perspectives on the Human Rights-Based Approach
What is the “Rights-Based Approach” All About? Perspectives from international Development Agencies
Celestine Nyamu-Musembi and Andrea Cornwall. Working paper, Institute of Development Studies, 2004.
A Rights-Based Approach to Development: From Theory to Practice—A DFID Perspective
Rosalind Eyben, Roger Wilson, and Sarah Beeching. Overseas Development Institute, February 1999.
A Rights-Based Approach to Development: What the Policy Documents of the UN, Development Cooperation and NGO Agencies Say
Compiled by Susan Appleyard, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Asia-Pacific. September 2002.
Strengthening Human Rights-Related United Nations Action at Country Level—National Human Rights Promotion and Protection Systems: Plan of Action
United Nations, September 2003.
Human Rights and Human Development: Learning from Those Who Act
Nadia Hijab. Human Development Report 2000, background paper. United Nations Development Programme, 2000.
United Nations Development Programme and Human Rights: Questions and Answers
United Nations Development Programme.
Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing a Rights-Based Approach to Development: An Oxfam America Perspective
Oxfam America, July 2001.
Integrating Human Rights into Development – A synthesis of donor approaches and experiences
Produced for the OECD-DAC Governance Network.
Re-Interpreting the Rights-Based Approach – A Grass-Roots Perspective on Rights and Development Diana Mitlin, IDPM, University of Manchester, Sheela Patel, SPARC, India February 2005.
Kenyan Civil Society Perspectives on Rights, Rights-Based approaches to development, and participation
Celestine Nyamu-Musembi and Samuel Mysoki, Institute of Development Studies, December 2004.
Applying a Human Rights-Based Approach to Programming: Experiences of UNICEF
Dorothy Rozga, UNICEF, presentation paper prepared for the workshop on Human Rights, Assets and Livelihood Security, and Sustainable Development, June 2001.
In April 1998, UNICEF adopted a human rights-based approach to programming for children and women. Initial guidance was issued to the field through Executive Directive 1998-004, “Guidelines for Human Rights-Based Programming Approach”. Under this approach, all UNICEF Country Programmes of Cooperation are focused on the realization of the rights of children and women. Furthermore, human rights principles guide all phases of the UNICEF programme process and are applied in all programme sectors. This paper outlines some of the experience, challenges, and lessons learned thus far.
When Needs Are Rights: An Overview of UN Efforts to Integrate Human Rights in Humanitarian Action
Karen Kenny. Occasional Papers Series, No. 38. The Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies, Brown University, 2000.
Ripple in Still Water: Reflections by Activists on Local- and National-Level Work on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Human Rights Internship Program, Institute of International Education, 1997.
What role do NGOs play in alleviating chronic poverty-Northern NGDOs, Inclusion and Extreme Poverty
Emma Harris-Curtis, INTRAC paper for the IDPM Chronic Poverty Conference, Manchester University, April 2003.