Monitoring and Evaluation
An Introduction into the Use of Human Rights Indicators for Development Programmes
Emilie Filmer-Wilson, UNDG, June 2005.
This paper is a preliminary exploration into the use of human rights indicators in the context of development aid. It responds to the growing interest in and demand from the development community for human rights assessment tools that can be used for country analysis and programme evaluation and monitoring. This paper is thus written with the development practitioner in mind. It provides a general introduction to the notion of ‘human rights indicators'. Using the UN Common Understanding on the Human Rights-Based Approach to Development as a framework from which to design and use human rights indicators, this paper identifies the main ways in which human rights indicators differ from traditional development indicators. It also provides basic guidance as to how to apply these tools.
Human Rights-Based Development: Mapping with Dochas
Karen Kenny, International Human Rights Network(IHRN), 2004. Dochas, The Irish Association of Non-Governmental Development Organisations, united with IHRN in an independent mapping process to establish their current level of engagement with human rights based approaches (HRBA) and to determine ways of further promoting progress. IHRN provides tailored support for the application of Human Rights Based Solutions to a range of actors, including in the development sphere. This report covers the mapping techniques, methods, findings and recommendations for the future with respect to the study undertaken of Dochas' members.
Measurement, Management and Accountability
Intrac. Ontrac No. 22, September 2002.
Human Rights as an Emerging Development Paradigm, and some implications for Programme Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Mahesh Patel. UNICEF, May 2001 (draft).
Rights-Based Monitoring and Evaluation
Joachim Theis, Save the Children, April 2003.
This discussion paper is mainly intended for staff of international organizations or other groups which have interests in the global embrace of the Rights- based Approach. However, in order to accurately gauge the contributions of this contemporary approach, a new set of monitoring and evaluation methods are needed. This paper outlines a proposal for that new process and uses diagrams to help facilitate concepts.