Human right and its linkage with good governance.

1. Good Governance and Human
Rights
Presented by: Smriti Adhikari

2. ● Human rights are rights inherent to all human
● Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture,
freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many
more.
Introduction to Human Rights

3. ● According to world bank good governance entails
- Sound public sector management(efficiency, effectiveness and economy)
- Accountability
- exchange and free flow of information (transparency)
- and legal framework for development (justice, respect for human
rights and liberties
Introduction to good governance

4.  According to DFID: Good governance is defined as
focusing on:
- Legitimacy (government should have the consent of the governed)
- Accountability (ensuring transparency, being answerable for
actions and media freedom)
- Competence (effective policy making, implementation and service
delivery)
- - and respect for laws and human rights

5. Principles of Good Governance

6. ● The fact or condition of being accountable; responsibility.
● Key requirement of good governance
● Applicable to government, civil society and private sector
1. Accountability

7. ● Free flow of information
● Accessibility of information to those affected by decision
taken in governance process
2. Transparency

8. ● the quality of reacting quickly and positively.
3. Responsiveness

9. ● Optimum use of resources
● Result orientation
4. Effectiveness and Efficiency

10. ● Fair legal framework
● Impartial enforcement machinery
● Independent judiciary
5. Rule of Law

11. 6. Participation
• Opportunities for citizens to participate in decision making, implementation
and monitoring of government activities

12. 7. Equity and Inclusiveness
• All groups, particularly the most vulnerable
have opportunities to improve or maintain their
well being
• Equal opportunities for participation in
decision making

13. Mediation of different interests in society to reach a broad consensus on
- What is in the best interest of the whole community
- How this can be achieved
8. Consensus orientation

14. Linkage with Human rights
Without good governance, human rights cannot be respected and
protected in a sustainable manner.

15. ● Human rights principles provide a set of values to guide the work of
governments and other political and social actors.
● Human rights principles inform the content of good governance efforts:
1. they may inform the development of legislative frameworks,
2. policies,
3. programmes,
4. budgetary allocations and other measures.

16. Democratic institutions Service delivery
• Encourage civil society and
local communities to formulate
and express their positions on
issues of importance to them.
Human rights when they improve
the state’s capacity to fulfil its
responsibility to provide public
goods which are essential for the
protection of a number of human
rights

17. Rule of law
Include advocacy for legal reform,
public awareness-raising on the
national and international legal
framework, and capacity-building or
reform of institutions.

18. ● United Nations Human Rights. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/GoodGovernance/Pages/GoodGovernanceInd
ex.aspx
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