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good governance and human rights: what’s the difference?
Good governance• Defined by policy and
practice• Focus on institutions• Subject to national
policy and experience• Progressive
Human rights• Defined by
international law• Focus on people• Universal • Indivisible
Good governance and human rights: how are they related?
• Without good governance, human rights are only “paper rights”
• Without human rights, governance cannot be good• Commonalities: rule of law; participation;
transparency; inclusiveness; responsive; accountable
• Outcome oriented• Service to people – the servant leader
Poverty and economic growth
• Income poverty is only one aspect about poverty
• People are poor because they are deprived of basic needs
• Are basic needs human rights?• economic and social rights
• what’s the policy benefit?
Poverty is not only about -$$$
• Deprivation – the lack of basic needs
• Discrimination – inequality and marginalization
• Insecurity – physical, job, food, land tenure, housing
• Voicelessness – excluded from power
deprivation:economic & social
rights
insecurity:rights to physical
integrity and
social security
Discrimination:right to equal
protection
denial of voice:participatory rights
development
Impediments to poverty eradication
• Participation of the poor is not respected in planning and delivery
• Law and systems do not work for the poor• Civil and political rights are disregarded• Development actors (state, NGO or
corporate) are not transparent/accountable• There is too much investment in
institutions, not enough on empowerment
When I feed the poor, they call me a saint. But when I ask why the poor have no food, they call
me a communist.Dom Helder Camara, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife,
Brazil
Supply vs. demand of human rights
• Investing in institutions– state, government & political party
• Empowering citizens– Civil society; NGOs and business
• Case study: Lokpal vs. FOI movement in India
Why rights matter:
• Universality: equal in rights and dignity
• Human focus: not economic outcomes but impact on people’s lives
• Inclusive: “who is being left behind?”
• Economic and social rights: structural equality in a market economy
• Empowerment & accountability