Human Rights Impact Assessment in the Context of Biofuels: Addressing the Human Right to Food and the Human Right to Water

Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 39-61, 2010

12 Pages Posted: 11 Oct 2011 Last revised: 20 Apr 2015

Date Written: October 10, 2011

Abstract

The original mandate of the UN Special Representative on business and human rights said that he should 'develop materials and methodologies for undertaking human rights impact assessments.' Since then, tools for human rights impact assessment (HRIA) have developed by different actors. This article reviews two tools, which both are up for revision in 2010; one by the International Finance Corporation, International Business Leaders Forum and Global Compact; and one by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels. The article finds that substantive human rights and human rights principles are well understood in the former, while the latter seems to have an inadequate understanding of crucial human rights principles, such as non-discrimination.

Keywords: Human Rights Impact Assessment, right to food, right to water, biofuels, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

JEL Classification: K33, Q18, Q25, Q28

Suggested Citation

Haugen, Hans Morten, Human Rights Impact Assessment in the Context of Biofuels: Addressing the Human Right to Food and the Human Right to Water (October 10, 2011). Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 39-61, 2010 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1941620

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