Human rights landscape analysis tool : guidance on identifying key issues and entry points for human rights programming

The objective is to understand how fundamental rights and freedoms that are related to USAID"s development goals are being respected, protected, and fulfilled or how they are being violated. This tool is neither comprehensive, nor provides detailed guidance on the complex nuances of a human rights protection system. The intent of this guidance is to support an analytical process that spurs better engagement on and design of human rights and rights-based development activities. The document is arranged in a series of analytic "steps" that will help DRG officers identify issues and entry points most relevant to a country context. The table to the right provides a summary of those steps. (Excerpt)