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A holistic human rights-based approach in the Arctic governance?
Introducing Human Rights to the Arctic Council
Adam Stepien
The Arctic: Between Competition and Cooperation
Wroclaw, 23 November 2012
Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
ARKTIS Doctoral Programme
What is HRBA?
Holistic perspective on human rights
Why to use it in the Arctic?
How to use it?
Institutional approach
Why not?
Conclusion
HR-based approach?More than HR mainstreaming
Utilising human rights language
Practical tool of governance
Policy design - goal, implementation, evaluation
Framework of analysis
Process and outcome
Accountability
Vulnerable groups
Power and re-politicization - de-technicalization
Non/presence of HRBA in the Arctic Council
Arctic Council’s documents avoid „rights” vocabulary
AHDR and Arctic Social Indicators
Tromso Declaration 2009:Recognizing the rights of indigenous peoples and the interests
of all Arctic residents
Holistic HR outside the scientific discourse
Why to use HRBA in the international Arctic governance?
Every form of governance has a HR impact
HR offer a powerful language
Strengthening HR advocacy in the Arctic
Rights of Arctic non-indigenous residents of rising importanceDevolution throughout the region
Many issues within the scope of SDWG are easily HR-transferable
Climate change discourse
HRs as part of Human Security
How?Goal of Arctic governance: promoting human rights
Greater knowledge and awareness of HR in the Arctic
Practically?
Arctic HR Ombudsman?
Working Group on Human Rights?
Expanding SDWG mandate?
Using HR language?
Reports on the HR situation?
Human rights impact assessments?
AC as a forum for grieviances
Prioritisation of projects?
Allocation of funding?
Greater involvement of NGOs in the work of the Arctic Council?
Evaluating effectiveness of Council’s work?
Why not?Fluffy, fuzzy HRBA idea
Criticism towards HR
Sometimes HR are better protected without mentioning HR
Re-politicisation, de-technicalisation of governance
HRBA if taken seriously would need to be holisticDanger for indigenous peoples’ interests?
Ovelapping agendas (CoE, IACHR, OSCE, NC, national systems)
Resistance of Arctic actors
Is it effective? (anywhere!?!?)Realm of development; Baltic cooperation
Disappointing conclusion...
Probably too early for the HRBA in the Arctic Councilnot necesserily in the Arctic in general
HRBA may be detrimental for Arctic cooperation
Holistic, „the rights of all Arctic inhabitants” approach dangerous from the indigenous point of view
But HR language slowly making its way even to the Arctic Council
Maybe in the future, with rising importance of the institution?
HRBA as a research tool for analysis?
Thank you
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