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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 Forum3-5 October 2011
Within the Knowledge Gateway at the University of Essex - Copyright © 2010 The Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution. All Rights Reserved.
Within the Knowledge Gateway at the University of Essex - Copyright © 2010 The Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution. All Rights Reserved.
Standards, principles, indicators & data
Standards(IHRL)
Categoriesand
Dimensionsof
Human Rights
Indicators(OHCHR)StructureProcessOutcome
DataEvents-based
Standards-basedSurvey-based
Socio-economic & administrative statistics
Principles(UN Common Understanding)
•Universality & inalienability •Indivisibility•Inter-dependence & inter-relatedness•Equality & non-discrimination•Participation & inclusion•Accountability & the rule of law
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Categories & dimensions of human rights
UNDP (2006) Indicators to Human Rights Based Approaches to Development In UNDP Programming: A Users’ Guide , Oslo: UNDP Oslo Governance Centre p. 5.
GOOD HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES
= BETTER HUMAN RIGHTS
OUTCOMES
Mongolia: Democratic Governance Indicators (DGIs)
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• Quantitative elements• Administrative statistics• Elite Surveys• Mass surveys• Expert judgments
• Qualitative elements• Dialogues• Focus groups• Narratives
SoD MethodI.Citizenship law & rightsII.Responsible & accountable governmentIII.Civil society & popular participationIV.Democracy beyond the state
Mongolia: Assessment Structure
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Proceeding: Follow-up to ICNRD-5 International Conference, 1-2 June 2006, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
4 main civil & political rights indicators6 main economic and social rights indicators