Human Rights & Governance Assessments: Standards, Principles and Indicators Professor Todd Landman Director, Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution University of Essex www.idcr.org.uk Presentation prepared for
Oslo Governance Forum 3-5 October 2011
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Standards, principles, indicators & data Standards (IHRL)
Categories and Dimensions of Human Rights
Principles (UN Common Understanding) •Universality & inalienability •Indivisibility •Inter-dependence & inter-relatedness •Equality & non-discrimination •Participation & inclusion •Accountability & the rule of law
Indicators (OHCHR)
Structure Process Outcome
Data Events-based Standards-based Survey-based Socio-economic & administrative statistics
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Categories & dimensions of human rights
GOOD HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES = BETTER HUMAN RIGHTS OUTCOMES
UNDP (2006) Indicators to Human Rights Based Approaches to Development In UNDP Programming: A Users’ Guide, Oslo: UNDP Oslo Governance Centre p. 5.
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Mongolia: Democratic Governance Indicators (DGIs) • Quantitative elements • Administrative statistics • Elite Surveys • Mass surveys • Expert judgments • Qualitative elements • Dialogues • Focus groups • Narratives
SoD Method I.Citizenship law & rights II.Responsible & accountable government III.Civil society & popular participation IV.Democracy beyond the state
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Mongolia: Assessment Structure
4 main civil & political rights indicators 6 main economic and social rights indicators Proceeding: Follow-up to ICNRD-5 International Conference, 1-2 June 2006, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Within the Knowledge Gateway at the University of Essex - Copyright Š 2010 The Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution. All Rights Reserved.