Human Rights in Development Finance
Gretchen Gordon
November 17, 2014
Bank on Human Rights A coalition for human rights in development finance
Policy Asks
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Policy Commitment to Respect Human Rights Full and Effective Participation and Decision-
making Human Rights Due Diligence Safeguards in-line with Human Rights
Standards Accountability Mechanisms
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policy commitment to not support any activities that will cause, contribute to or exacerbate human rights violations or contravene borrowers obligations under international law
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Full and effective participation and decision-making by indigenous peoples and affected communities and marginalized groups, including participatory processes and full access to information
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Human Rights due diligence, including identification of all potential negative impacts on human rights, evaluation and categorization based on these and other social and environmental risks. Social impact assessment utilizing the human rights framework as a benchmark and including all relevant human rights-related issues and indicators.
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Safeguard policies that refer to and are guided by key relevant international human rights instruments.
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Independent Accountability Mechanisms able to prevent and redress harms, including human rights violations.
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Political Constraints to Getting these Policies
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Limitations of Safeguard Policies
Project cycle
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Country Strategy
Project Identification
Project Preparation
Project Approval
Implementation
Monitoring and Evaluation
Safeguards Reach
Conclusions or Food for Discussion
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Conclusions or Food for Discussion
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Safeguards are important
Conclusions or Food for Discussion
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Safeguards are important But not enough
Conclusions or Food for Discussion
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Safeguards are important But not enough Need to make it political
Conclusions of Food for Discussion
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Safeguards are important But not enough Need to make it political At the national level
Conclusions or Food for Discussion
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Safeguards are important But not enough Need to make it political At the national level At the grassroots level
Conclusions
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Safeguards are important But not enough Advocacy has to be political At the national level At the grassroots level With donor/borrower collaboration
Conclusions or Food for Discussion
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Safeguards are important But not enough Need to make it political At the national level At the grassroots level With donor/borrower collaboration Focused on the big picture: what kind of development and for whom?
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