Human Rights Impact Assessment : review of practice & guidance for future assessments

This report is intended as a first port of call for any public or private body which wishes to conduct a human rights impact assessment (HRIA) or to integrate human rights into an equality, health or environmental impact assessment. It maps examples of this relatively new area of work in the UK and internationally and, based upon these, identifies an eight step methodology for carrying out HRIAs. The report will assist organisations to develop HRIA methodologies and practices appropriate to their particular area of work. It includes two extended case studies (one in social care, the other in education). The report also includes a compendium of resources relating to HRIA and a brief review of each. The report is easy to navigate with interactive links that permit the reader to move easily between sections