SV: [Privsec] Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA)

[Rikke Frank Joergensen]

HRIA is the big buzz word w regard to HR and private parties, and has been for some time. My institute has a huge project on it (led by an american researcher and probably one of the most advanced in this field). they have also been to Canada to tell about the experiences to  R&D. privacy is included in our setup, and information is avaible on our website www.humanrights.dk (under HR and Business).

To be frank, i have mixed feelings about the metholodology and approach, but i am of course following it and also conscious that it might be usefull in a more general stocktacking framework,

Rikke


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Fra: privsec-bounces at wsis-cs.org på vegne af Ralf Bendrath
Sendt: ma 25-07-2005 23:57
Til: WSIS Privacy&Security WG
Emne: [Privsec] Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA)
 
 From another list (from the Incommunicado conference), thanks to Robert 
Guerra:

"Rights & Democracy has launched the Human Rights Impact Assessment 
(HRIA), an initiative that seeks to develop a practical methodology for 
assessing a business venture's impact on human rights in developing 
countries before the ground is broken and operations begin. The project's 
working methodology is based on the UN Human Rights Norms for Business."

Does anyone know if this includes a privacy dimension?

I could not find anything about the HRIA on their webisite 
(http://www.dd-rd.ca/frame2.iphtml?langue=0).

Would be nice to cooperate here and relate this to the WSIS stocktaking 
and indexing efforts.

Ralf
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