Rights Based Development Workshop Utrecht, July 09, 2009 EqualinRights www.equalinrights.com

1. Human rights-based
context analysis

2. KEY PRINCIPLES
A REMINDER!!!
• PARTICIPATION
• ACCOUNTABILITY
• NON-DISCRIMINATION
• EMPOWERMENT
• LINK TO RIGHTS
ALSO AFFECTS OUR ANALYSIS!!!

3. HOW DOES A RIGHTS BASED
PERSPECTIVE AFFECT OUR
ANALYSIS
• WHAT WE ANALYSE
• HOW WE ANALYSE

4. WHAT WE ANALYSE
• PROBLEMS AND INTERESTS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE GROUPS THROUGH
DISAGGREGATED DATA AND ANALYSIS OF THEIR DIFFERENT ROLES
(GENDER AND OTHER IDENTITIES) (NON-DISCRIMINATION)
• THEIR CONDITION BUT ALSO THEIR POSITION IN
HOUSEHOLD/COMMUNITY/SOCIETY (PARTICIPATION)
• POWER RELATIONS AND IMPACT ON ACCESS AND CONTROL OF
RESOURCES
• THEIR IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS BUT ALSO THE ROOT CAUSES
(EMPOWERMENT)
• INSTITUTIONS/DUTY-BEARERS (FORMAL AND INFORMAL) (RULES/LAWS,
POLICIES, ACTIVITIES, RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION, PEOPLE, OBLIGATIONS,
POWER) RESOURCES, ATTITUDES (ACCOUNTABILITY)
• HOW PROBLEMS ARE LINKED TO RIGHTS AND TO RESPECT FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS (LINK TO RIGHTS)

5. HOW WE ANALYSE
• PARTICIPATION OF RIGHTS-HOLDERS IN THE ANALYSIS AND
PRIORITISATION OF ACTIONS
FOCUS ON:
• THEIR MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION AND INFLUENCE - NOT
CEREMONIAL
• ENSURE PARTICIPATION AND INFLUENCE OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE MEN AND WOMEN´S INTEREST
• ENSURE BARRIERS TO THEIR PARTICIPATION ARE REMOVED
(SEPARATE GROUPS, CHILD CARE, TRANSPORT ETC.)

6. A RIGHTS-BASED ANALYSIS IN A
NUTSHELL
• What is the problem?
• What particular rights are affected, denied or
violated?
• Who is the most affected by the problem/rights
deprivation?
• Why is this happening?
• What laws and policies are in place and where
are the gaps?
• Who have the obligations and who can change
this situation and why are they not acting?