Human rights based approach

A human rights-based approach (HRBA) to development fundamentally shifts the core mission of development from charity to the obligation to respect, protect, and fulfil rights. It does this by integrating human rights norms and principles into every area of development cooperation, including the process itself, and in every thematic area of work.

This helps to promote the sustainability of development work, empowering people themselves - especially the most marginalized - to participate in policy formulation and hold accountable those who have a duty to act.

The Institute facilitates courses in HRBA emphasizing the need for incorporating human rights in all aspects of the development work. And we design and execute customized processes to support individual development organisations in adopting and implementing a human rights-based approach to their work.