The human rights approach to development takes the International Bill of
Rights as the framework for the design and delivery of development
aid using commitments to the realisation of human rights as the basis of
efforts to end poverty nationally and internationally. International
human rights agreements state the rights of the poor and the obligations
and duties of governments to respect, protect and fulfill these
rights. Translating these obligations and duties into national and
international development programs and budgets is the challenge being taken
on by an increasing number of government and non-government development
agencies. This book aims to contribute constructively to these efforts.

The new volume also includes the May 2001 Statement on Poverty by the UN
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Executive Summary of
"Working Together" the reports of the Stockholm workshop on the human
rights approach to development - and some tools for conducting human rights
analysis of development challenges and some useful web addresses and
contacts. With the human rights approach increasingly talked about, this
book provides much-sought answers on what it really means.

“Their ideas are challenging. This group is asking the right questions”
Mary Robinson, High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1998

The Rights Way to Development - Policy and Practice can be ordered for $30
plus postage from [email protected] or check www.hrca.org.au