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The Human Rights-Based Approach - mer än en teori? : En studie av HRBA och dess applicering på begreppet barnfattigdom

Häkkinen, Anna LU (2011) MRSG20 20111
Human Rights Studies
Abstract
The Human Rights-Based Approach is an approach on development programming designed by the UN. It brings together all human rights principles recognized in our modern history eventuating in a normative framework. This framework is huge, containing complex concepts that each can be read in multiple ways. The result from this is a mess – talking a lot without saying much. Somewhere among all the fancy expressions and wording the UN lost it's main purpose.

It is important to look closer in to the work of the very powerful United Nations. They are important global actors with the world as their work-station. The HRBA is only a fraction of what UN has created since it's start. The UN likes to show off with their HRBA, but for what reason?... (More)
The Human Rights-Based Approach is an approach on development programming designed by the UN. It brings together all human rights principles recognized in our modern history eventuating in a normative framework. This framework is huge, containing complex concepts that each can be read in multiple ways. The result from this is a mess – talking a lot without saying much. Somewhere among all the fancy expressions and wording the UN lost it's main purpose.

It is important to look closer in to the work of the very powerful United Nations. They are important global actors with the world as their work-station. The HRBA is only a fraction of what UN has created since it's start. The UN likes to show off with their HRBA, but for what reason? What is this spectacular invention that is going to put an end on human rights violations? If this is not the objective, then what is and does it actually work?

After having had a closer look it is obvious that the HRBA is simply an abstract theory. In theory, it might be good and efficient but theory almost never seem to match with reality. (Less)
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author
Häkkinen, Anna LU
supervisor
organization
course
MRSG20 20111
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Human Rights-Based Approach, HRBA, FN, UN, barnfattigdom, child poverty: mänskliga rättigheter, human rights, Kofi Annan, UNICEF, UNDP, barnkonventionen, CRC, absolut fattigdom, absolute poverty, relativ fattigdom, relative poverty, definition
language
Swedish
id
1971613
date added to LUP
2011-07-04 12:17:51
date last changed
2014-09-04 08:27:52
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  abstract     = {{The Human Rights-Based Approach is an approach on development programming designed by the UN. It brings together all human rights principles recognized in our modern history eventuating in a normative framework. This framework is huge, containing complex concepts that each can be read in multiple ways. The result from this is a mess – talking a lot without saying much. Somewhere among all the fancy expressions and wording the UN lost it's main purpose. 

It is important to look closer in to the work of the very powerful United Nations. They are important global actors with the world as their work-station. The HRBA is only a fraction of what UN has created since it's start. The UN likes to show off with their HRBA, but for what reason? What is this spectacular invention that is going to put an end on human rights violations? If this is not the objective, then what is and does it actually work?

After having had a closer look it is obvious that the HRBA is simply an abstract theory. In theory, it might be good and efficient but theory almost never seem to match with reality.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
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