Handbook on Human Rights Impact Assessment

Edited by Nora Götzmann, Senior Adviser, Human Rights and Business, The Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark

‘Setting the tone for what is to date one of the most comprehensive publications on Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA), Götzmann provides not only the focus of the Handbook on Human Rights Impact Assessment but also the primary lens through which the book should be read and appraised. Like every good book, the Handbook has left us with more questions than answers.’

• Contents:1. Introduction to the Handbook on Human Rights Impact Assessment: Principles, methods and approaches Nora GötzmannMETHODS AND APPROACHES2. Company-commissioned HRIA: Concepts, practice, limitations and opportunities Kendyl Salcito3. Community-based HRIA: Presenting an alternative view to the company narrative Caroline Brodeur, Irit Tamir and Sarah Zoen4. Collaborative and participatory approaches to HRIA: The way forward? Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Sam Szoke-Burke and Tulika Bansal5. Sector-wide impact assessment: A ‘big picture’ approach to addressing human rights impacts Margaret Wachenfeld, Elin Wrzoncki and Luis F. de Angulo6. HRIA in the context of trade agreements Simon WalkerRIGHTS-HOLDERS IN FOCUS7. Children’s rights in HRIA: Marginalized or mainstreamed? Tara M. Collins8. Indigenous peoples’ rights: Is HRIA an enabler for free, prior and informed consent? Cathal Doyle9. The rights of women and girls in HRIA: The importance of gendered impact assessment Bonita MeyersfeldINDUSTRY CASE STUDIES10. Knowing and showing: The role of HRIA in the food and beverage sector Yann Wyss and Tulika Bansal11. 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 Cavazos12. Exploring the role of HRIA in the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector Rikke Frank Jørgensen, Cathrine Bloch Veiberg and Niels ten Oever13. HRIA of trade agreements involving agriculture: Enabling innovative trade options that protect human rights Elisabeth Buergi Bonanomi and Irene Musselli14. Travel and tourism: A comparative analysis of different HRIA approaches Sibylle Baumgartner and Tulika Bansal15. Assessing human rights impacts in global value chains: Can HRIA go beyond social audits in the apparel industry? Christian Scheper16 Infrastructure development in Africa: Making use of HRIA in public–private partnerships Josua LootsCURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES17. Challenges and strategies for meaningful rights-holder participation in company-commissioned HRIA Susan Joyce18. Understanding conflict for HRIA Roper Cleland19. The need for a multidisciplinary HRIA team: Learning and collaboration across fields of impact assessment Rebecca DeWinter-Schmitt and Kendyl Salcito20. Measuring business impacts on human rights: Practice and trends in the use of indicators for HRIA Cathrine Bloch Veiberg, Gabriela Factor and Jacqueline R. Tedaldi21. Towards a definition of effectiveness in HRIA Deniz Utlu22. The concept of accountability in HRIANora Götzmann23. HRIA and the right to an effective remedy Carlos Lopez24. Human rights, international financial institutions and environmental and social due diligence: The value added of HRIA Siobhán McInerney-Lankford25. The use of impact assessments by governments and businesses: Questioning purpose and utility James Harrison26. Realizing human rights and the 2030 Agenda through comprehensive impact assessments: Lessons learned from addressing indigenous peoples’ rights in the energy sector Birgitte FeiringCONCLUSION27. Conclusion: State-of-the-art of HRIA and ways forwardNora GötzmannIndex