Defending Dignity A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions on Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
1. Look through a report that your NHRI has published on an ESCR issue. To
what degree does it consider issues related to outcomes, policy efforts and
resources? Does it make the link between these three areas? If so, how?
REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
This chapter is based on The OPERA Framework: Assessing compliance with
the obligation to fulfil economic, social and cultural rights, published by CESR in
2012.
The following references are also recommended for further reading:
CESR (2012), Assessing fiscal policies from a human rights perspective:
Methodological case study on the use of available resources to realize economic,
social and cultural rights in Guatemala
OHCHR (2011), “Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”, Chapter 20
in Manual on Human Rights Monitoring
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