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Journal of Human Rights Practice 2009 1(3):333-338; doi:10.1093/jhuman/hup024
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© The Author (2009). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

Introduction to the Special Issue: Where is the Evidence?

Robert Archer

Executive Director
International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP)
Member of the Board of the Journal of Human Rights Practice

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What works? Many people, including many human rights professionals, believe that the balance of their efforts should be tipping from standard-setting to implementation and that, for this reason, practitioners need more than ever to understand the impact of what they advocate and do: to identify cause and effect clearly, so that policies and principles can be transformed into programmes that produce change.

Some significant efforts have been made in recent years to measure effect (impact) and develop tools to monitor effects indirectly (indicators), in the context of human rights work. Some theory has emerged, some complex frameworks and models have been proposed, and a variety of innovative ideas and practices have been tried out more locally. Yet, the enterprise as a whole . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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