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Summary: This paper suggests various rights-based
approaches towards budget analysis that may
be undertaken by Economic, Social and
Cultural (ESC) rights advocates as part of
their
activism.
Budget analysis is a valuable tool for economic, social and cultural (ESC)
rights activists. It can vindicate any claims that might arise concerning or
enforcing the rights in question. Once a policy has a budget, or indeed
lacks one, it demonstrates proof of intention. Budget analysis can
therefore play a particularly important role in determining whether
commitment is real or token.
This article looks at budget analysis in the following ways: as a tool to
enforce, protect and vindicate a right; as a means of monitoring; and as a
feature of ESC rights litigation. Its place in ESC rights activism is identified
and there are also step-by-step guides on how to perform various
analyses.
Owner: Maria Socorro I. Dioknopdf: www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/hrbap/RBABudgetAnalysis.pdf