Human Rights Indicators: A Guide for Measurement and Implementation

The aim of this Guide is to gather in one place materials that deal with the conceptual, methodological and empirical aspects of the approach, which emphasizes the identification of indicators specific to a given context, with the aim of promoting and monitoring the implementation of human rights. The elements of the framework contained in this guide can strengthen the capacities of the monitoring system human rights, which can facilitate the use of appropriate instruments necessary for policy creation, and their implementation and monitoring. The basic structure of the Guide is designed to support the systematic and comprehensive transformation of universal human rights standards into indicators that are relevant to a specific context. This approach enables the use of objective information that is available or can be easily collected, all with the aim of monitoring the implementation of human rights at the domestic level.