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What is the implementation of Human right?

Human rights indicators are based on international standards. The content of each human right is analysed and translated into claims and corresponding obligations. One series of indicators builds on a state’s obligation to respect, protect and fulfil human rights Its indicators measure how well the state has succeeded in implementing these three basic elements of human rights obligations. Another scheme focuses on four features - availability, accessibility, acceptability and adaptability - that any right should incorporate to be fully realized All rights should be available, meaning that the legal system must comply with international standards and provide effective remedies for human rights violations. Indicators on accessibility measure the protection against discrimination as well as geographical, physical and economical accessibility. Acceptability indicators relate to the quality and cultural appropriateness of implementation efforts, and adaptability refers to how well the system is able to meet different needs and to adjust to a change of circumstances. A third scheme has been developed to take stock of a government’s commitment to human rights, its efforts to implement the rights and the results.7 Indicators within this scheme look at which international treaties the government has ratified, if reservations are made, what status human rights have in the national legal system, how complaints of human rights violations are handled and whether policies for human rights promotion exist. Statistics and other information indicating the prevalence of human rights violations are added to the analysis.

Indeed, information collected and analysed through such methods can be politically sensitive, since it reveals both positive and negative aspects of policies and decisions. Indicators are, however, not primarily aimed at blaming and shaming but rather designed to provide the data needed for an objective and...