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Beyond Technology Transfer: Protecting Human Rights in a Climate-Constrained World 07 November 2011

This ICHRP report addresses issues central to technology policy at a critical time. Following the June 2008 ICHRP report, Climate Change and Human Rights: A Rough Guide, the latest report addresses the concerns of both environmental activists and human rights advocates, so shared principles might be found and a common position forged. Continue

Explore our projects 03 October 2011

Irregular Migration, Human Smuggling and Human Rights

This project examines the provisions that protect undocumented and smuggled migrants under international human rights law, and suggests how they might be integrated in migration policies, alongside economic and law enforcement considerations. More…

Report – EN Summary – EN, ES, FR
Working Papers • Human Smuggling and Migration • Rights of Smuggled Migrants & International Human Rights Law – Country papers • A UK Perspective • A Malaysian Perspective • A Mexico Perspective • An Italian Perspective

Assessing the Effectiveness of National Human Rights Institutions

How should national human rights institutions assess themselves? This report reviews the characteristics of effective national institutions and the international standards for their work, set out in the Paris Principles. It proposes benchmarks, based on these Principles, and suggests how quantitative and qualitative indicators can help institutions to improve their performance and measure the impact of their activities. More…

Report – EN, ES, FR, AR, RU, UK

Enhancing Access to Human Rights

Why are many individuals, particularly those who are vulnerable because of exclusion, poverty and discrimination, unable to obtain benefits and rights to which they are entitled in law? This report examines the impediments that obstruct large numbers of people from accessing the full range of human rights. It analyses the performance and responsibilities of governments and other institutions, and identifies new forms of action that official and human rights organisations might need to undertake if access is to be improved. More…

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Working Papers • Migrants’ Rights • Obstacles & Issues • Gender Equality • The Implementation Gap • Indigenous Peoples • Informal Obstacles • Informal Responses • Latin America • Rural Communities • Urban Poor Continue

Navigating the Dataverse: Privacy, Technology, Human Rights 29 June 2011

This ICHRP Discussion Paper examines the human rights implications of the immense diffusion of data-gathering technologies across the world in recent years. It starts from the premise that the relevant issues, while much discussed, are not yet well understood and are evolving rapidly, both of which contribute to widespread anxiety. The Discussion Paper explores the roots of this anxiety and attempts to determine its sources and effects. It queries the degree to which data-gathering technologies pose problems that represent (or are analogous to) human rights threats and asks whether and how human rights law may help to assess or address those problems. Continue

Conflict, Media and Human Rights in South Asia - Report from a Roundtable 27 May 2011

Securing peace and ending armed conflict and indiscriminate acts of violence against civilians present significant challenges to peace and the protection of human rights in South Asia and around the world.

Central to an effective response to this challenge is to understand how public discourse, especially within the media, can be steered towards enabling a more transparent, well-informed policy response with positive human rights outcomes. Continue

ICHRP meeting on Penalising People Living in Poverty 21 March 2011

The workshop gathered over 20 experts including human rights advocates, advocacy groups for the urban poor, representatives of grass roots organisations, and UN experts and academics working on issues related to penalisation of poverty or related themes in different regions of the world. Continue