Below is a sample of recent research and analysis on human rights impact assessments. 

General

Commentary: How can human rights impact assessments contribute to responsible business conduct?, Nora Götzmann, OpenGlobalRights, April 2020

 

Handbook on role of human rights impact assessments in addressing adverse impacts of business activities, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Dec 2019

 

"Discussion paper proposes collaborative approach to human rights impact assessments", Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Sciences Po Law School Clinic, Mar 2017

 

“Human Rights Impact Assessment of Business Activities: Key Criteria for Establishing a Meaningful Practice”, Nora Götzmann, Business and Human Rights Journal, 2016

 

“Social and human rights impact assessments: what can they learn from each other?”, Nora Götzmann, Frank Vanclay, Frank Seier, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 2015

 

“Human rights and impact assessment: Conceptual and practical considerations in the private sector context”, Nora Götzmann, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Oct 2014

 

“Establishing a meaningful human rights due diligence process for corporations: learning from experience of human rights impact assessment”, James Harrison, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 2013

 

“Human rights and impact assessment: clarifying the connections in practice”, Deanna Kemp, Frank Vanclay, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 2013

 

"Assessing human rights impacts in corporate development projects", Kendyl Salcito, Jürg Utzinger, Mitchell G. Weiss, Anna K. Münch, and Gary R. Krieger, Burton H. Singer, Mark Wielgam  Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2013

 

“Human rights impact assessment in practice: Oxfam's application or a community-based approach” Gabrielle Watson, Irit Tamir, Brianna Kemp, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 2013

Indicators

"Business and Human Rights Indicators to Measure the Corporate Responsibility to Respect: Challenges and Opportunities", Damiano de Felice, Human Rights Quarterly, 2015

 

“Workshop Report: “Making The Right Impact?”, OHCHR, FES, 2014

Health & human rights

“Impact Assessments, Poverty and Human Rights: A Case Study Using The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health”, Paul Hunt, Gillian MacNaughton, Health and Human Rights Working Paper Series, 2016

 

"Human Rights Impact Assessment: A Method for Healthy Policymaking", Gillian Macnaughton, Health and Human Rights Journal, 2015