Human Rights framework meets URBACT - a Masterclass on the Human Rights-Based Approach in local reception and integration policies
In September, WELDI partners attended a Masterclass by Human Rights expert Estel.la Pereja on the Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) in the area of migrant reception and integration. Developed by the United Nations, the HRBA is a key methodology for the WELDI network’s objective to protect human rights through local action. The HRBA sees public authorities as duty bearers that have to ensure that human rights are protected for their whole population. While this duty also applies to states or regional authorities, there has been a specific attention to the role of local actors under the label of “localising human rights”, a concept that stresses their importance in translating rights into concrete policies, and thereby re-invigorating human rights through local practice.
WELDI now publishes a guidance note on applying the HRBA in local integration policies (see end of this article).