Children's Rights at a Crossroads conference
A global conference on Research and Child Rights for policy makers, researchers and practitioners to share experience and ideas on realising the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
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Building a fair future: why equity matters
Equity is a universal concern. The UK media has articulated a widely felt rage about bankers' bonuses and MPs expenses as recession increases hardship and unemployment. Child poverty, social exclusion and growing income inequality and other examples of inequity may also grab the headlines. -
Uncharted Territory: Land, Conflict and Humanitarian Action
Land issues, particularly its access, ownership and use, are often central to understanding the dynamics of conflict and post-conflict settings, yet an understanding of these issues is minimal amongst the humanitarian community. This book examines the challenges in addressing these issues and the need to look beyond relief to include advocacy, protection and attention to livelihoods and early recovery. -
Uncharted Territory: Land, Conflict and Humanitarian Action
Land issues, particularly its access, ownership and use, are often central to understanding the dynamics of conflict and post-conflict settings, yet an understanding of these issues is minimal amongst the humanitarian community. This policy brief examines the challenges in addressing these issues and the need to look beyond relief to include advocacy, protection and attention to livelihoods and early recovery.
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Raising the game: mainstreaming children’s rights
Twenty years on from the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, children are still 'invisible' in key development debates.
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Equity: downplayed, but crucial for development
Equity that ensures that each person has a fair chance is one of the building blocks of development.Despite its clear importance equity is often low on the political agenda for many governments in the developing world. This Opinion argues for a greater focus on this key issue, which underpins efforts to reduce poverty, highlighting five priority areas that can promote this development necessity.
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Child rights and aid: mutually exclusive?
How visible are child rights in aid policies and programmes? This Background Note, prepared with UNICEF, proposes a framework to assess that visibility.
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Towards good humanitarian government: The role of the affected state in disaster response
This report highlights the need for international humanitarian actors to encourage and support states to fulfil their responsibilities to assist and protect their own citizens in times of disaster
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Assessing Compliance: the Challenges for Economic and Social Rights
Journal of Human Rights Practice Volume 1 (Number 3)Edward Anderson; Marta ForestiThis paper explores how social sciences methods, including the application of economic models, can help to assess government compliance with obligations on economic, social and cultural rights.
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Thematic evaluation of the European Commission support to respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms
This project evaluates and assesses the European Commission support to human rights and respect of fundamental freedoms by taking into account all rights (political, social and economic), regions and instruments over the period 2000-2010.