On 12 and 13 August 2010, HURIDOCS and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights convened a workshop to discuss the so-called IBSA procedure for more effective monitoring and implementation of economic, social and cultural rights. IBSA provides a framework for accountability of State actors when reporting on their progress on implementing ESC rights, through a process of better structuring State party reports with the help of Indicators as well as state-proposed Benchmarks as implementation targets. These benchmarks are fine-tuned by the reporting State party and the Committee during a period of Scoping, finally leading to an Assessment of the State party’s performance.
The particular aims of the workshop were to :
- update civil society representatives on the process and to reinforce their participation in the discussions
- identify how indicators can be contextualized at country level, and
- identify how civil society can and should contribute to the IBSA process in order to enrich the constructive dialog and advocate for the rights of the most marginalized and disadvantaged populations groups.
Report with programme and participants list (545 Kb)
Report with programme, participants list and slide show presentations (2,937 Kb)
