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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 Forum 3-5 October 2011 Within the Knowledge Gateway at the University of Essex - Copyright © 2010 The Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution. All Rights Reserved.

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Page 1: Human Rights & Governance Assessments: Standards, Principles and Indicators Professor Todd Landman Director, Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution

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.

Page 2: Human Rights & Governance Assessments: Standards, Principles and Indicators Professor Todd Landman Director, Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution

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

Page 3: Human Rights & Governance Assessments: Standards, Principles and Indicators Professor Todd Landman Director, Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution

Within the Knowledge Gateway at the University of Essex - Copyright © 2010 The Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution. All Rights Reserved.

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

Page 4: Human Rights & Governance Assessments: Standards, Principles and Indicators Professor Todd Landman Director, Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution

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

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Mongolia: Assessment Structure

Within the Knowledge Gateway at the University of Essex - Copyright © 2010 The Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution. All Rights Reserved.

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