Compare Books

You have no items to compare.

Recently Viewed

Disconnecting Sovereignty: How Data Fragmentation Reshapes the Law

Home >
Law >
Human Rights >
Handbook on Human Rights Impact Assessments

Handbook on Human Rights Impact Assessments

Author: Nora Goetzmann
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781788119993
Published In: November 2019
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

List Price: $371.80

$360.65 Save $11.15 (3%)

Download Order Form

Add to Wishlist
| Add to Compare

Description
Contents

Details

Human rights impact assessment (HRIA) has increasingly gained traction among state, business and civil society actors since the endorsement of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by the Human Rights Council in 2011. This timely and insightful Handbook addresses HRIA in the context of business and human rights.

Employing state-of-the-art analysis of current practice, the contributors offer a dynamic overview of contemporary approaches to HRIA, looking ahead to its future trajectories. Chapters present key methodological concepts and new theoretical developments, comparing different approaches from project to sector and governance level. Collectively, these critical appraisals shed light on the role that HRIA can play in addressing the adverse human rights impacts of business activities and fostering sustainable development.

Featuring extensive analysis of HRIA practice in a range of industrial contexts and global regions, this Handbook provides crucial insight for practitioners working with impact assessment, human rights, and sustainable development, as well as businesses, investors, government actors and multilateral institutions promoting responsible business conduct. Academics and others investigating human rights and impact assessments in business contexts will also benefit from this book’s comprehensive analysis of theoretical developments in HRIA research.

1. Introduction to the Handbook on Human Rights Impact Assessment: Principles, methods and approaches - Nora Götzmann

METHODS AND APPROACHES

2. Company-commissioned HRIA: Concepts, practice, limitations and opportunities - Kendyl Salcito

3. Community-based HRIA: Presenting an alternative view to the company narrative - Caroline Brodeur, Irit Tamir and Sarah Zoen

4. Collaborative and participatory approaches to HRIA: The way forward? - Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Sam Szoke-Burke and Tulika Bansal

5. Sector-wide impact assessment: A ‘big picture’ approach to addressing human rights impacts - Margaret Wachenfeld, Elin Wrzoncki and Luis F. de Angulo

6. HRIA in the context of trade agreements - Simon Walker

RIGHTS-HOLDERS IN FOCUS

7. Children’s rights in HRIA: Marginalized or mainstreamed? - Tara M. Collins

8. Indigenous peoples’ rights: Is HRIA an enabler for free, prior and informed consent? - Cathal Doyle

9. The rights of women and girls in HRIA: The importance of gendered impact assessment - Bonita Meyersfeld

INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES

10. Knowing and showing: The role of HRIA in the food and beverage sector - Yann Wyss and Tulika Bansal

11. Mining in Mexico: Lessons from an ex ante community-based HRIA on the right to water, the right to health and the right to a healthy environment - Alejandro González Cavazos

12. Exploring the role of HRIA in the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector - Rikke Frank Jørgensen, Cathrine Bloch Veiberg and Niels ten Oever

13. HRIA of trade agreements involving agriculture: Enabling innovative trade options that protect human rights - Elisabeth Buergi Bonanomi and Irene Musselli

14. Travel and tourism: A comparative analysis of different HRIA approaches - Sibylle Baumgartner and Tulika Bansal

15. Assessing human rights impacts in global value chains: Can HRIA go beyond social audits in the apparel industry? - Christian Scheper

16.

Infrastructure development in Africa: Making use of HRIA in public–private partnerships - Josua Loots

CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES

17. Challenges and strategies for meaningful rights-holder participation in company-commissioned HRIA - Susan Joyce

18. Understanding conflict for HRIA - Roper Cleland

19. The need for a multidisciplinary HRIA team: Learning and collaboration across fields of impact assessment - Rebecca DeWinter-Schmitt and Kendyl Salcito

20. Measuring business impacts on human rights: Practice and trends in the use of indicators for HRIA - Cathrine Bloch Veiberg, Gabriela Factor and Jacqueline R. Tedaldi

21. Towards a definition of effectiveness in HRIA - Deniz Utlu

22. The concept of accountability in HRIA - Nora Götzmann

23. HRIA and the right to an effective remedy - Carlos Lopez

24. Human rights, international financial institutions and environmental and social due diligence: The value added of HRIA - Siobhán McInerney-Lankford

25. The use of impact assessments by governments and businesses: Questioning purpose and utility - James Harrison

26. Realizing human rights and the 2030 Agenda through comprehensive impact assessments: Lessons learned from addressing indigenous peoples’ rights in the energy sector - Birgitte Feiring

CONCLUSION

27. Conclusion: State-of-the-art of HRIA and ways forward - Nora Götzmann

Index