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This publication is an in-depth case study of the International Law Project (ILP) in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Its principal purpose is to enable the lessons learned from the ILP to become more broadly known to ensure more effective work for the promotion of rights and justice. The ILP is a UNDP project implemented by the Department of Treaties and Law in the Lao PDR’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs through a project team located within the Ministry. The ILP seeks to strengthen the Lao PDR’s engagement with and participation in the international legal system, particularly the international human rights system, through assisting treaty ratification and implementation. This includes compliance with reporting obligations and education and training in international law, particularly international human rights and humanitarian law. ">Linking National Legal Systems With the International Human Rights Framework: Lessons From The International Law Project in Lao PDR
Topic: International Human Rights Mechanisms Region: Asia & Pacific Resource Type: Case Study Author: UNDP Country: LAO, LAO PDR. Year: 2011 Language: English Sources: UN -
This report uncovers barriers to equality in legal systems that restrict human rights along gender lines. It argues that the Asia-Pacific region has some extreme forms of discrimination and violence despite being one of the world’s most ‘inclusive’ and economically dynamic regions. The report proposes possible ways to redress legal discrimination for accelerating human development. It explores three strategic avenues for simultaneous action. One, fixing institutions – laws, legal practices and modes of access; two, changing attitudes of those who create, uphold, and use laws; and three, establishing ongoing assessments to reveal inequalities and monitor progress. ">Enforcing Rights And Correcting Wrongs: Overcoming Gender Barriers In Legal Systems
Topic: Justice & Rule of Law, Women & Gender Region: Asia & Pacific Tool: HRBA in Programming Cycle Resource Type: Publications Author: UNDP Year: 2011 Language: English Sources: UN -
This publication is a result of a comprehensive study of over 23 access to justice assessments conducted between 2000 and 2010 in 14 countries in the Asian region. The study provides case studies and analyses of the approaches, strategies, methodologies and tools used in various assessments. Its ultimate purpose is to assist practitioners in conducting and improving their access to application of a human rights-based approach to access to justice assessments. It lays out why and how access to justice assessments can serve a means of understanding and identifying people’s justice needs, their barriers of accessing justice, as well as their capacity gaps and structural problems, encompassing legal, as well as social, economic, political and cultural challenges. ">Access To Justice Assessments In The Asia Pacific: A Review Of Experiences And Tools From The Region
Topic: Justice & Rule of Law Region: Asia & Pacific Tool: HRBA in Programming Cycle Resource Type: Case Study Author: Ramani Jayasundere, UNDP Year: 2011 Language: English Sources: UN -
Realising any human right (civil, political, economic, social or cultural) requires resources to adequately fund the necessary personnel, infrastructure and other prerequisites. Government budgets therefore have crucial implications for the realisation of human rights. It is in this context that ‘Costing Human Rights’ offers its contribution to the existing tools of human rights advocacy. The primary aim of this paper is to give an overview of all the central concepts and definitions relevant for costing human rights policy, with a particular focus on calculating the cost of a human rights policy or intervention. ">A Guide to Costing Human Rights
Topic: Education, Food & Nutrition, Health, Housing & Land & Property, Water & Sanitation Region: Africa, Arab States, Asia & Pacific, Europe & CIS, Latin America & Caribbean Tool: Budgeting Human Rights, HRBA in Programming Cycle Resource Type: Publications Author: Equalinrights, Victor Steenbergen Year: 2011 Language: English Sources: NGO -
New tools and methods have been developed to assist organisations in holding governments accountable for budgetary human rights obligations. This paper introduces frontloading human rights as a method that helps organisations claim human rights by identifying how much money a government should allocate to advance necessary laws and policies to realize human rights. This paper aims to define frontloading human rights through an overview of existing methods and steps needed to draft human rights budget proposals, and to provide an understanding of key concepts relevant to frontloading rights such as: Human rights and international human rights obligations; the human rights-based approach; and the government budget-process and its relation to human rights realisation. ">Frontloading Human Rights: A Conceptual Framework for Building Budgets and Realising Rights
Topic: Education, Food & Nutrition, Health, Water & Sanitation Region: Africa, Arab States, Asia & Pacific, Europe & CIS, Latin America & Caribbean Tool: Budgeting Human Rights, HRBA in Programming Cycle Author: Equalinrights, Victor Steenbergen Year: 2011 Language: English Sources: NGO
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