Search Results - "Universal Declaration of Human Rights"

A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa by Arndt, Channing, Mahrt, Kristi, Hussain, M. Azhar, Tarp, Finn

“…The rights-based approach to development targets progress towards the realization of 30 articles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Progress is frequently measured using the multidimensional poverty index. …”
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How does the human rights perspective help to shape the food and nutrition policy research agenda? by Haddad, Lawrence James, Oshaug, Arne

“…Food as a human right was first laid down 50 years ago in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The last 10 years, in particular, have witnessed an increased recognition of the importance of the human rights approach for designing policies and interventions that promote food and nutrition security, as evidenced by the highly visible role given to human rights at the 1996 World Food Summit. …”
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Rights-based fisheries governance: from fishing rights to human rights by Allison, Edward H., Ratner, Blake D., Åsgård, Björn, Willmann, Rolf, Pomeroy, Robert S., Kurien, John

“…We argue that more secure, less vulnerable fishers make more effective and motivated fishery managers in the context of participatory or rights‐based fisheries governance, and we further suggest that insecurity among fishers living in poverty can be most effectively addressed by social and political development that invokes the existing legal framework supporting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This perspective goes well beyond the widely advocated notion of ‘rights‐based fishing’ and aligns what fishery sector analysts call the ‘rights‐based approach’ with the same terminology used in the context of international development. …”
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Global manifesto on forgotten foods by Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa, Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions, Crops For the Future, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, Global Forum for Agricultural Research and Innovation, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

“…The Manifesto calls for concrete actions that contribute to achieve several of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, and to the ‘Right to Food’ and the ‘Right to Health’ embedded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is also meant to be an invaluable input for the United Nations Food Systems Summit later in 2021.…”
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