Recent publications
Aim for human rights publishes yearly. Here you find an overview of our most recent books and discussion papers. You can download them for free. Printed versions can be ordered by e-mail (against payment of costs).
| 2008 | Existence Denied - Photo publication on disappearances The International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED), that is coordinated by Aim for human rights, developed this impressive photo book on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the International Day against Disappearances on 30 August 2008. The book has been sent to all heads of... More |  |
| 2008 | Best Practice Guide to the Human Rights Compliance Assessment The Best Practice Guide to the Human Rights Compliance Assessment offers multinational companies answers to questions on human rights and business. The guide is based on practical experiences of companies with Human Rights Compliance Assessment tools, instruments that help analyse and improve... More |  |
| 2006 | Taking women's rights seriously? The Dutch network on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination of Women (CEDAW) and NJCM have presented a shadow report to the Supervisory Committee of CEDAW. The shadow report is a reaction to the official government report. It describes Dutch legislation and policy that... More |  |
| 2006 | Health rights of women assessment instrument (HeRWAI) HeRWAI is an instrument developed by Aim for human rights. The Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI) is a practical tool for organisations that want to bring a human rights approach into practice. Through a HeRWAI analysis, organisations can link what actually happens with what... More |  |
| 2006 | International Standards on Domestic Violence and Their Implementation in the Western Balkans This report summarizes the findings of a study on domestic violence in countries of the Western Balkan. It describes how international human rights on domestic violence are being implemented by state authorities and NGO's in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro en Serbia.... More |  |
| 2005 | The scope of impunity in Indonesia How many human rights violations have remained unpunished in Indonesia since 1965? The answer "too many" does not help human rights activists in their battle against impunity. In this study Aim for human rights' managing director Martha Meijer tried to analyse mechanisms of impunity in Indonesia... More |  |
| 2004 | Reinvigorating human rights in the Barcelona process This paper introduces the method Human Rights Impact Assessment and describes the search for a more systematic approach to human rights. The human rights situation in Marocco serves as an example. More | |
| 2002 | Matching practice with principles Describes the development of the method of Human Rights Impact Assessment for EU policies with external effects. More |  |
| 1998 | Dealing with Human Rights. Asian and Western Views on the Value of Human Rights 'Dealing with Human Rights' features stimulating essays by four Asian and four European authors reflecting different cultural perspectives on enforcing human rights in international relations. Their contributions make a fascinating intercultural statement. Edited by Aim for human rights managing... More |  |
