“What should be covered: The human rights impact assessment should include: (a) review of all the policy options . . .; (b) analysis of how policy changes and proposed budget cuts and other adjustment measures are likely to affect the population,. . .; (c) analysis of the extent to which budget, policy, legislative and other changes may contribute to fulfilling the State’s human rights obligations or potentially undermine them; and (d) a (non-exhaustive) list of… [read post]