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A coalition for human rights in development finance

Human Rights in
Development Finance
Gretchen Gordon
November 17, 2014

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Policy Asks
Policy Commitment to Respect Human Rights
Full and Effective Participation and Decisionmaking
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 decisionmaking 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

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Project cycle
Country Strategy
Project Identification
Project Preparation

Safeguards Reach

Project Approval
Implementation
Monitoring and Evaluation

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Conclusions or Food for Discussion

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Conclusions or Food for Discussion

Safeguards are important

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Conclusions or Food for Discussion

Safeguards are important

But not enough

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Conclusions or Food for Discussion

Safeguards are important

But not enough
Need to make it political

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Conclusions of Food for Discussion

Safeguards are important

But not enough
Need to make it political
At the national level

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Conclusions or Food for Discussion

Safeguards are important

But not enough
Need to make it political
At the national level
At the grassroots level

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Conclusions

Safeguards are important

But not enough
Advocacy has to be political
At the national level
At the grassroots level
With donor/borrower collaboration

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Conclusions or Food for Discussion

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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