Handbook on human rights impact assessment. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Nora Götzmann (Senior Adviser, Human Rights and Business, The Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark).
• Editors: Götzmann, Nora
• Other Names: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 341.4/8; Human rights; Business ethics; Social responsibility of business; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788970006; 1788970004
• Related ISBNs: 1788119991; 9781788119993
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 04, 2019).
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