The Human Rights Impact Resource Centre (HRIRC) is an online database which brings together a wide range of information and documentation on the subject Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA). Measuring human rights has become an issue of growing interest to policy makers, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and academics. There is a growing amount of information and documentation available on the subject, which is often dispersed and difficult to find. The HRIRC aims to fill this gap by providing a platform to bring together, share and disseminate all sorts of information on HRIA.

What can you find on this site?
On the HRIRC you can:

• find existing tools and instruments for HRIA,
• gather information on the practical application through case studies.
• place many of the tools within a specific process for HRIA in the HRIA steps section.
• access a wide range of relevant publications. Most of these can be viewed directly from their online source. All publications are accompanied with a concise description to facilitate the task of the reader.
• find definitions of terminology and answers to frequently asked questions.
• get an overview of organisations that are active in the field of HRIA
• find links to interesting websites.
• have an opportunity to check news relevant to HRIA
• subscribe to the HRIA Network mailing list.

Who is the site meant to help?
The simple answer is: anyone who needs to know anything about HRIA. HRIA is not solely the domain of a few experts anymore. In developing this site all actors were consulted and gave their view on the usefulness of a resource centre on HRIA, the content, and how it should be presented. By providing a wide range of information on HRIA, placing it under the umbrella of HRIA and organising it within a general approach, this site caters for the needs of all actors - from experts to people new to the area or with only a casual interest in HRIA.

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