Human Rights and Poverty Reduction Strategies: A Guide to International Human Rights Law and its Domestic Application in Poverty Reduction Strategies

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Canada Without Poverty

A Guide to International Human Rights Law and its Domestic Application in Poverty Reduction StrategiesWho should read this guide?

Every day in communities across Canada, important work is being done to improve the lives of people living in poverty. The purpose of this Guide is to introduce the people doing this work — from policymakers to frontline workers — to the human rights approach to poverty reduction.

If you are a provincial, territorial, municipal or First Nations official, and you are in the position to advance policies that address poverty and ensure all of your constituents enjoy a good quality of life, this Guide is for you. It helps you understand your human rights obligations and explains how to incorporate a human rights approach into provincial, territorial and municipal poverty reduction plans.

If you are a frontline worker, you see the impact of poverty on a daily basis. You may be a social worker, health care worker, shelter worker or anyone else who works with lowincome clients. This Guide is also for you. It helps you understand human rights issues and explains how they are relevant to your everyday work.

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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
    Who should read this Guide?
    What you will learn from this Guide?
    • The Human Rights Approach
      What are human rights and where do they come from?
      How are human rights relevant to my work?
      What rights are important for people living in poverty?
      What is the human rights approach to poverty reduction?
      Why is the human rights approach the right approach?
       
    • Putting the Human Rights Approach into Action
      Identifying people living in poverty
      Incorporating international human rights standards
      Consulting people who live in poverty
      Promoting substantive equality and non-discrimination
      Setting goals and establishing timelines
      Monitoring progress
      Ensuring accountability
       
    • Checklist
    Year: 
    2015
    Format: 
    Document
    Categories: 
    Poverty Reduction
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