Gauri, VarunGloppen, Siri2012-03-192012-03-192012-01-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3223This paper assesses the benefits, risks, and limitations of human rights based approaches to development, which can be catalogued on the basis of the institutional mechanisms they rely on: global compliance based on international and regional treaties; the policies and programming of donors and executive agencies; rights talk; and legal mobilization. The paper briefly reviews the politics of the first three kinds of human rights based approaches before examining constitutionally based legal mobilization for social and economic rights in greater detail. Litigation for social and economic rights is increasing in frequency and scope in several countries, and exhibits appealing attributes, such as inclusiveness and deliberative quality. Still, there are potential problems with this form of human rights based mobilization, including middle class capture, the potential counter-majoritarianism of courts, and difficulties in compliance. The conclusion summarizes what is known, and what remains to be studied, regarding human rights based approaches to development.CC BY 3.0 IGOADVOCACYBULLETINCHILD LABORCITIZENSCITIZENSHIPCIVIL RIGHTSCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCOMPLIANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIESCONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILDCOURT CASESCULTURAL RIGHTSDEGRADING TREATMENTDEMOCRACIESDEMOCRACYDEMOCRATIC FORMSDEMOCRATIC REGIMESDEMOCRATIZATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONSDEVELOPMENT POLICIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESDISADVANTAGED GROUPSDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENDOMESTIC COURTSDOMESTIC POLITICSDRUGSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC RIGHTSECONOMIC STATUSEFFECTS ON DEVELOPMENTEQUALITYFAMILIESFORMS OF DISCRIMINATIONFREEDOMSGENDER EQUALITYGOVERNMENT POLICIESHEALTH CAREHEALTH POLICIESHEALTH POLICYHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH SYSTEM REFORMHEALTHY ENVIRONMENTHIVHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RIGHTSHUMAN RIGHTS LAWHUMAN RIGHTS NORMSHUMAN RIGHTS TREATIESHUMAN RIGHTS TREATYIMMUNIZATIONINDIVIDUAL RIGHTSINEQUALITIESINEQUALITYINFORMATION CAMPAIGNSINFORMED CONSENTINFORMED TREATMENT DECISIONSINSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMSINTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONINTERNATIONAL COVENANTINTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTSINTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAWINTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTSINTERNATIONAL LAWINTERNATIONAL POLITICSINTERNATIONAL TRADEJUDGESLEGAL ASSISTANCELEGAL SUPPORTLEGISLATIONMIGRANTMIGRANT WORKERSNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL LEVELSNATIONAL POLITICSNATURAL RIGHTSNON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSNUMBER OF PERSONSPARTICIPATORY PROCESSPATIENTSPOLICY CHANGEPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL ACTIONPOLITICAL CHANGEPOLITICAL DECISIONPOLITICAL PARTIESPOLITICAL POWERPOLITICAL PROCESSPOLITICAL RIGHTSPOLITICAL THEORISTSPOLITICAL THEORYPOLLUTIONPREVENTIVE CAREPRISONERSPROGRESSPROPERTY RIGHTSPROTECTIONSPUBLIC INTERESTPUBLIC SERVICESRACIAL DISCRIMINATIONRESPECTRIGHTRIGHT TO EDUCATIONRIGHTS ADVOCATESRIGHTS APPROACHRIGHTS OF PERSONSRIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIESRULE OF LAWSANITATIONSELF-ESTEEMSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVISIONSLAVESLAVE TRADESOCIAL CHANGESOCIAL CLASSESSOCIAL JUSTICESOCIAL MOBILIZATIONSOCIAL MOVEMENTSSOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL POLICYSOCIAL RIGHTSOCIAL RIGHTSSOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONSOVEREIGNTYTORTUREVIOLENCEVULNERABLE GROUPSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5938