Bibliography: Governing the city by human rights objectives

This is the digital bibliography of “Governing the city by human rights objectives: Embedding human rights in management tools and instruments”.

Recommended citation of the publication:

UNESCO Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels, Governing the City by Human Rights Objectives: Embedding Human Rights in Public Management Instruments, in: Gerd Oberleitner and Klaus Starl (series eds.), Human Rights Go Local Publication Series, Volume 4, HRGL Publishing, Graz, 2023.

Bibliography

Books, articles, reports, etc.

Austria, Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Public Service and Sports, Grünbuch: Partizipation im digitalen Zeitalter, Vienna, 2020, (https://www.oeffentlicherdienst.gv.at/verwaltungsinnovation/oeffentlichkeitsbeteiligung/201103_Partizipation_Gruenbuch_A4_BF_1.pdf?7t15d4).

Austria, Federal Ministry for Women and Public Service, Handbuch Wirkungsorientierte Steuerung: Unser Handeln erzeugt Wirkung, Vienna, 2011, (https://www.oeffentlicherdienst.gv.at/wirkungsorientierte_verwaltung/berichte_service/Handbuch_Wirkungsorientierte_Steuerung_Mai_2013.pdf?8hkvut).

Barcelona City Council, Gender impact assessment of economic policy: municipal budget and tax system, May 2020, (https://bcnroc.ajuntament.barcelona.cat/jspui/handle/11703/118879).

Brandtner Christof, Kinschner Markus, Polzer Tobias, „Unternehmen Österreich?“ Wirkungsorientierung am Grat zwischen Technokratie und Demokratie, in: momentum QUARTERLY – Zeitschrift für Sozialen Fortschritt, Volume 2, Number 4, 2013, pp. 208-230.

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Developing indicators to raise awareness of human rights at local and regional level, Strasbourg, 2011.

Dearing Elisabeth, Wirkungsindikatoren: Chancen und Grenzen auf dem Weg zu Public Governance, in: Bauer Helfried, Biwald Peter, Dearing, Elisabeth (eds.), Public Governance: Öffentliche Aufgaben gemeinsam erfüllen und effektiv steuern, Wien/Graz 2005, pp. 101-122.

Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Avanzar hacia una compra publica basada en derechos humanos, 2021, (https://defensoria.org.ar/noticias/informe-como-avanzar-hacia-las-compras-publicas-basadas-en-derechos-humanos/).

Deklerck Jasmien, From Commitment to Responsibility for Human Rights in Cities and Regions, in: Oberleitner Gerd and Starl Klaus (series eds.), Human Rights Go Local Publication Series, Volume 3, HRGL Publishing, Graz, 2022.

Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, Mexico City’s Innovation: Budgeting with a human rights approach, ELLA Practice Brief, without date, (http://ella.practicalaction.org/wp-content/uploads/files/110831_GOV_BudPubPol_%20BRIEF1_0.pdf).

Hood Christopher, A public management for all seasons?, in: Public Administration, Volume 69, Issue 1, March 1991, pp. 3-19, (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00779.x).

Human Rights Advisory Council of the City of Graz, Menschenrechtsbericht 2021, Graz, 2022, (https://www.graz.at/cms/beitrag/10152653/7771447/Menschenrechtsberichte_der_Stadt_Graz.html).

International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels and UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Human Security, From Intentions to Commitments: Towards the Effective and Sustainable Implementation of Human Rights, Outcome Document and Explanatory Remarks of Human Rights Go Local: What Works – Academy and Conference on Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels 2022 on From Intentions to Commitments: Towards the Effective and Sustainable Implementation of Human Rights, 1-8 February 2022, Graz, 2022, (https://www.humanrightsgolocal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ACCO22-Outcome-Document-and-Explanatory-Remarks.pdf).

International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels and UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Human Security, Building Bridges between Local Governments and the Scientific Community to Promote Human Rights, Outcome Document and Explanatory Remarks 2021 of Human Rights Go Local: What Works – Academy and Conference on Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels 2021 on Field-proven Research Methods on Human Rights, 1-9 February 2021, Graz, 2021, (https://www.humanrightsgolocal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Academy2021_OutcomeDoc_ExplanatoryRemarks.pdf).

Kaplan Robert S. and Norton David P., The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action, Harvard Business Review Press, 2001.

Kleinberger-Pierer Magdalena et al., Woran wollen wir gemessen werden? Von den Herausforderungen einer wirkungsorientierten Haushaltsführung und ihrer Gleichstellungsziele, in: Wroblewski Angela (ed.), Implementierung von Gleichstellungszielen in wirkungsorientierten Steuerungsprozessen: aktuelle Beispiele und Umsetzungserfahrungen, in: IHS Working Paper 7, 2019, Vienna.

Klijn Erik Hans, New Public Management and Governance: A Comparison, in: The Oxford Handbook of Governance, January 2012.

Lappalainen Paul, Meier Isabella, Nicoletti Ingrid and Starl Klaus, Toolkit for Equality: the local level. Mapping and Clustering of Policy Approaches, Survey Report, ECCAR – European Coalition of cities against Racism and Open Society Foundation: At home in Europe, Graz 2015, (https://www.etc-graz.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/TOOLKIT_Survey-Report.pdf).

Meier Isabella, Research on Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels: Methods, Practices, Approaches, in: Oberleitner Gerd and Starl Klaus (series eds.), Human Rights Go Local Publication Series, Volume 2, HRGL Publishing, Graz, 2021.

Mosler-Törnström Gudrun (2015), Foreword, in: Philipp Simone and Starl Klaus (eds.), Focusing on Human Rights at Local and Regional Level, Graz, pp. 5-7, (https://www.etc-graz.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/FORUM-Publication-web-ohneLeerseiten.pdf)

Office of the Styrian Provincial Government, Provincial Office Directorate Department of Administrative Reform, Innovation and Strategic Project Management (ed.), Wirkungsbericht 2021, Graz, 2022, (https://www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/12552353_149664763/0a252810/Wirkungsbericht%202021_Druckversion.pdf).

Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme, Documentation of the City-Wide Slum Upgrading & Prevention Strategy, Kenya, October 2020, (https://www.mypsup.org/library_files/downloads/City_Wide%20Slum%20Upgrading%20&%20Prevention%20Strategy%20-%20a%20documentation%20in%20Kenya,%20ENGLISH%20version.pdf).

Perschy Livia, Human Rights City Reports as a Collaborative Means to Identify and Mitigate the Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic at the Local Level, in: The World Human Rights Cities Forum, Paper Series II, 2022.

Philipp Simone and Starl Klaus, Lebensrealitäten von „Schwarzen“ in urbanen Zentren Österreichs Bestandsaufnahme und Implikationen für nationale, regionale und lokale Menschenrechtspolitiken, Graz, 2013.

Scottish Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Budgeting Masterclass, Presentation, 7 February 2018, (https://www.scottishhumanrights.com/media/1776/human-rights-budgeting-project-masterclass-presentation.pdf).

Starl Klaus and Pinno Jennifer, Study on Challenges in the Development of Local Equality Indicators: A Human-Rights-Centred Model, UNESCO, Paris, 2010, https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000188481.

Starl Klaus, Möstl Markus and Stocker Alexandra, ECAR Monitoring Manual: Monitoring Racism and Discrimination at the Local Level, Berlin, 2013.

The Danish Institute for Human Rights, Driving change through public procurement: A toolkit on human rights for procurement policy makers and practitioners, March 2020, (https://www.humanrights.dk/sites/humanrights.dk/files/media/document/dihr_toolkit_public_procurement_2020_webaccessible.pdf).

UN-Habitat, 2022 Catalogue of services, Nairobi, 2022, (https://unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/2022/06/un-habitat_2022_catalogue_of_services_digital-compressed.pdf).

UN-Habitat, Building Participatory Accountability Systems for City Policies: Handbook, Nairobi, 2020, (https://unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/2021/06/210618_the_building_participatory_accountability_systems_for_city_policies.pdf).

UN-Habitat, Exploring the Role of Participatory Budgeting in Accelerating the SDGs: A Multidimensional Approach in Escobedo (Mexico), Nairobi, August 2020, (https://unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/2020/08/exploring_the_role_of_participatory_budgeting_and_sdgs_eng.pdf).

UN-Habitat, Innovation and digital technology to re-imagine Participatory Budgeting as a tool for building social resilience, Nairobi, August 2021, (https://unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/2021/08/innovation_and_digital_technology_to_re-imagine_participatory_budgeting.august.2021_mp57813rh_1.pdf).

United Nations Economic and Social Council, Committee of Experts on Public Administration, Definition of basic concepts and terminologies in governance and public administration, E/C.16/2006/4, 5 January 2006, https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/566603?ln=en.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, European Coalition of Cities against Racism, The ECCAR Toolkit for Equality: the local level, Introduction, (https://www.eccar.info/sites/default/files/document/0_Toolkit-en_Intro.pdf).

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Realizing Human Rights through government budgets, New York and Geneva, 2017, (https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/RealizingHRThroughGovernmentBudgets.pdf).

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, United Nations, New York and Geneva, 2011, (https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/publications/guidingprinciplesbusinesshr_en.pdf).

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Human Rights Indicators: A Guide to Measurement and Implementation, United Nations, New York and Geneva, 2012, HR/PUB/12/5, (https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-and-mechanisms/human-rights-indicators).

Victoria A. Robinson et al, Accountability in Public Health Units Using a Modified Nominal Group Technique to Develop a Balanced Scorecard for Performance Measurement, in: Canadian Journal of Public Health, Volume 94, Issue 5, pp. 391-396.

Wroblewski Angela (ed.), Implementierung von Gleichstellungszielen in wirkungsorientierten Steuerungsprozessen: aktuelle Beispiele und Umsetzungserfahrungen, IHS Working Paper 7, 2019, Vienna.

Legal sources

Austria, Federal Act on the Management of the Federal Budget (Federal Budget Act 2013), Federal Law Gazette I No. 139/2009, (https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20006632).

Austria, Federal Constitutional Law, Federal Law Gazette No. 1/1930, (https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10000138).

City of London, City of London Corporation Modern Slavery Statement, 2020, (https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/supporting-businesses/tenders-and-procurement/modern-slavery-statement).

Styrian Provincial Government, Ordinance of the Styrian Provincial Government on the information on outcome orientation, impact controlling and reporting obligations, 10 August 2020, Provincial Law Gazette No. 72/2020, (https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=LrStmk&Gesetzesnummer=20001176&FassungVom=2016-12-31).

United Kingdom, United Kingdom’s Modern Slavery Act of 2015, (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/30/contents/enacted).

United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), General Comment No. 4: The Right to Adequate Housing (Art. 11 (1) of the Covenant), UN Doc. E/1992/23, 13 December 1991.

United Nations General Assembly, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 21 December 1965, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, p. 195. 

Websites and databases

A brief history, and the two International Covenants, (https://www.ohchr.org/en/what-are-human-rights/international-bill-human-rights).

Austrian Federal Chancellery, Performance Management at the federal level of government in Austria, Vienna, 2011, (https://oeffentlicherdienst.gv.at/wirkungsorientierte_verwaltung/berichte_service/Folder_Wo_Steuerung_EN.pdf?8hkvut).

Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Public Service and Sport, Outcome-oriented public management, (https://oeffentlicherdienst.gv.at/wirkungsorientierte_verwaltung/index.html).

Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, New Public Management, (https://www.bmf.gv.at/services/glossar/n/new-public-management.html).

Freebalance, How to Manage (and Measure) Government Performance, (https://freebalance.com/en/blog/pfm/why-use-the-balanced-scorecard-in-government/).

Inclusive Cities, Communities in Solidarity Toolbox, (https://en.ciudadesincluyentes.org/integration-toolbox).

Local Government Association, Procurement and spending, (https://www.local.gov.uk/procurement-and-spending).

Open Contracting Partnership, How governments spend: Opening up the value of global public procurement, 2020, (https://www.open-contracting.org/resources/how-governments-spend-opening-up-the-value-of-global-public-procurement/).

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Public Procurement, (https://www.oecd.org/governance/public-procurement/).

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Sustainable Public Procurement in Sweden, (https://www.osce.org/magazine/293411).

Participation and the Practice of Rights, (https://www.devex.com/organizations/participation-and-the-practice-of-rights-ppr-103049).

Province of Styria Children’s Office, A Children’s rights monitor for Styria: Pilot phase, in progress, Graz, 2020, (https://kinderbuero.at/neuigkeit/ein-kinderrechtemonitor-fuer-die-steiermark-pilotphase-in-arbeit/).

Scottish Human Rights Commission, Building a human rights culture in Scotland’s future (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd-evRVMloE).

Scottish Human Rights Commission, Housing Rights in Practice, (https://www.scottishhumanrights.com/media/1898/housing-rights-in-practice-web.pptx).

Scottish Human Rights Commission, Housing Rights in Practice: Lessons learned from Leith, May 2020, (https://www.scottishhumanrights.com/media/2029/housin-project-report-vfinal-may-2020.pdf).

Scottish Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Budget Work, (https://www.scottishhumanrights.com/projects-and-programmes/human-rights-budget-work/).

Scottish Human Rights Commission, Human rights in practice: 2016, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIytkBmYDss).

Scottish Human Rights Commission, Human rights in practice: 2019, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dU44dIGsaA).

Scottish Human Rights Commission, Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights (http://www.snaprights.info/).

The Danish Institute for Human Rights, Public procurement and human rights, (https://www.humanrights.dk/projects/public-procurement-human-rights).

UN-Habitat, HerCity (https://hercity.unhabitat.org).

United Nations Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Cities, local and regional governments and human rights, (https://www.ohchr.org/en/about-us/what-we-do/partnership/local-governments).

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, International Bill of Human Rights: A brief history, and the two International Covenants (https://www.ohchr.org/en/what-are-human-rights/international-bill-human-rights).

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, OHCHR and good governance, (https://www.ohchr.org/en/good-governance).