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The HRIRC includes a wide range of resources relating to human rights impact assessment. Their inclusion does not mean that they are recommended as such, nor does it imply that they are endorsed over others that are not presented. The HRIRC does not claim to be complete but it is being updated continuously with additional material.
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The Human Rights Impact Resource Centre provides centralised access to a broad range of information and expertise on human rights impact assessment (HRIA). Users with varying interests and expertise can find relevant documents, discuss new developments and contribute to the growing HRIA knowledge base.
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Although human rights impact assessment is a relatively new concept, there is a growing recognition of the need to measure the impact of human rights in development, trade and other activities. It has become an issue of growing interest to policy makers, international NGOs, grassroots organisations and academics, and consequently there is an increasing amount of information available on the subject. This information comes from a wide range of sources and without prior knowledge of the subject or the key actors working in the area, it can be difficult to find.
The Human Rights Impact Resource Centre (HRIRC) addresses this by providing centralised access to a broad range of information relating to human rights impact assessment (HRIA). It accumulates information from diverse sources in one place, makes this available to an audience of varying interests and expertise. Using the HRIRC, users can share information on new developments, highlight activities (such as training courses) that are taking place, and contribute to the growing HRIA knowledge base.
Features
The HRIRC can be used
- to gain a general understanding of human rights impact assessment
- to find information on terminology
- to find existing tools in a variety of thematic areas
- to promote work being done by an organisation on any aspect of human rights impact assessment
- to record or find HRIA activities (such as case studies, training events, etc.) in a specific country or region
- to work with others in the workgroups on the development of a new tool or an analysis of the human rights impact of a specific policy or programme
- to get an overview of active organisations in the field of HRIA
- to access a wide range of HRIA-related publications
- to receive regular news updates relating to human rights impact assessment
Intended users
The HRIRC is intended for anyone who needs to know anything about human rights impact assessment. It caters for the needs of all actors (policy makers, academics and NGO's) in the field by providing a wide range of information on the subject, from basic introductory material to analysis reports using specific toolsets. The material is presented through a variety of easy-to-navigate menus which are designed to facilitate first-time visitors as well as regular users.
Participation
The HRIRC as a knowledge centre, is an interactive centre. Registered users can submit material directly to the resource databases at any time. They can also receive regular information on the latest updates, and they can join workgroups that are active in specific thematic areas.
Even if you are not a registered user, you are still encouraged to send your comments, feedback, suggestions for material that should be added by emailing info(at)humanrightsimpact(dot)org.
Development
The HRIRC is an initiative of Aim for human rights which is a leading NGO in the development of toolsets to assess the effectiveness and impact of policies, programmes, projects and interventions on human rights. Ongoing development and addition of content is overseen by Aim for human rights.
