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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Thank You!

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