scholarly journals Developing immigrant integration policy in the Irish public sector: An international human rights and public sector duty approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clíodhna Murphy ◽  
Leanne Caulfield ◽  
Mary Gilmartin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
International Human ◽  
Immigrant Integration Policy ◽  
Public Bodies

AbstractThis paper outlines a new approach to the development of immigrant integration policy in Ireland that is informed by an international human rights and public sector duty perspective. Based on a comprehensive review, the paper outlines the current state of immigrant integration policies in the Irish public sector, highlighting the limited awareness of this issue among public bodies. It also provides practical guidance for public bodies wishing to develop more effective immigrant integration policies, drawing from international human rights treaties and from examples of policy development in Ireland. Given the reality that Ireland is now a well-established immigrant-receiving country, the paper concludes that Ireland urgently needs a coherent and comprehensive approach to the development of immigrant integration policy. A human-rights-based approach offers such a method and would allow Ireland, through its public sector, to become a leader in immigrant integration policy development. This approach requires the elaboration of specific integration policies in order to ensure that migrant populations can practically access fundamental human rights such as housing, education, healthcare and employment.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Gerard McCann ◽  
Féilim Ó hAdhmaill
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
World War Two ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
The World ◽  
Universal Human Rights ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
International Human

The Introduction, outlines the concepts and ideas contained in the book, showing how the development of universal human rights and international oversight since World War Two has led to profound global changes in thinking about social policy and global development. It argues that geo-political tensions, conflicts, continuing global inequalities, and the struggles of people around the world whose rights have been denied, have all influenced understandings of rights and state responsibilities. In essence, the formulation, interpretation, realisation and enforcement of international human rights are sites of continuing struggle. It shows how the book is organised around a range of different themes relating to international human rights, their application and influence on social policy development, with 20 chapters in three different sections, ‘International Human Rights: Context’, ‘Key Issues for Universal Human Rights-Based Approaches’, ‘Human Rights Approaches to Social Policy Development’.

Monitoring the impact of doing nothing: New trends in immigrant integration policy

Ethnicities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Westerveen ◽  
Ilke Adam
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Immigrant Integration Policy ◽  
Ethnic Monitoring

‘Mainstreaming’ has recently been considered as a possible new strategy for advancing immigrant integration in Europe. However, policy documents and current academic literature have hardly conceptualized what we label as ‘ethnic equality mainstreaming’. In this article, we lean on the widely available research on gender mainstreaming, to provide such a conceptualization of ethnic equality mainstreaming. Once conceptualized, we verify whether there is indeed a trend towards mainstreaming in Western Europe's old immigration countries. Our results show that there is no straightforward trend towards ethnic equality mainstreaming in these countries. However, the indicators that served to detect the existence of ethnic equality mainstreaming allowed us to uncover a new double and paradoxical trend in immigrant integration policies. This ‘new style’ immigrant integration policy can be depicted as follows: increasing ‘colourblindization’, in combination with ‘ethnic monitoring’. In other words, states increasingly monitor the impact of ‘doing nothing’.

The International Convention on the Prevention of Odious Agreements: A Human Rights-Based Mechanism to Avoid Odious Debts

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 557-578
Author(s):  
FRIEDRICH BENJAMIN SCHNEIDER
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Lively Discussion ◽  
International Convention ◽  
Scope Of Application ◽  
International Human ◽  
Systemic Corruption

AbstractThere is a lively discussion as to whether debts incurred by despotic regimes and used to the detriment of the population are legally valid. This article gives a brief introduction to the concept of so-called odious debts and argues that a legal solution is not only desirable, but feasible. Subsequently, international human rights are identified as the missing link between the behaviour of the debtor state and the assessment of individual debts. Consequently, a human rights-based mechanism for the prevention of odious agreements is developed, based on an international convention annexed to this article. The convention provides that a state is classified as odious debts-prone if it is responsible for serious and systematic violations of human rights or international humanitarian law, or if its public sector is governed by severe and systemic corruption. Agreements concluded with an odious debts-prone state are void, unless the agreement complies with principles of responsible contracting as developed in this article. Finally, the scope of application of the convention and possible state parties are specified.

Human rights-based approaches to social policy development

2020 ◽  
pp. 169-180
Author(s):  
Margaret Buckley ◽  
Fiona Dukelow
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
International Human

Chapter 13 provides an introduction to Section Three of the book which links international human rights mechanisms to social policy development. It argues that the formulation of specific rights often involves struggle and campaigning and is thus a contested site. It further argues that the presentation of a right does not ensure that it can be realised and often attention must be given to wider social and economic policy developments as well as the promotion and facilitation of community empowerment, development, advocacy and campaigning to ensure rights are realisable and extended in line with changing contexts and circumstances. Finally, it discusses contemporary attempts by NGOs and other campaigning organisations, using right-based approaches, to promote the recognition and realisation of universal socio-economic rights globally.

scholarly journals From immigration to integration - can we learn from countries with elaborated immigrant integration policies?

2018 ◽  
pp. 639-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vesna Lukic
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Complex Relation ◽  
Integration Management ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
Migrant Integration ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation ◽  
Immigrant Integration Policy

The paper discusses the concept of a multidimensional and multidirectional process of immigrant integration, as well as the complex relation of immigration and integration policies. Although the growing importance of transnational perspective in migration studies suggests the reframing and redefining of the immigrant integration concept, immigration and integration are primarily in the competence of the receiving countries. In this respect, measurement and evaluation of integration makes the basis for integration management. Monitoring of the changes in the field of immigrants? rights and opportunities for integration in the receiving country?s society enables the formulation and adjustment of appropriate general and specific policies. Assessment and comparison of the level of development and characteristics of national integration policies, based on the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX), is an introduction into discussion on how different European countries are facing the issue of integration of immigrants from the perspective of eight policy areas. The analysis has been undertaken with the aim of pointing to the position of Serbia among the European countries, observed according to the degree of development of the immigrant integration policies, as well as the corresponding changes in the 2012-2014 period. Based on the analysis presented, it can be concluded that there is a need to encourage further elaboration and implementation of appropriate immigrant integration policy and measures, whereby Serbia should use the experience of countries that have high achievements in this field. This is particularly significant in those areas where there are low values of MIPEX indicators for Serbia (health, education) as well as their negative trend (political participation, access to nationality). In these areas state-supported targeted measures are needed. However, they can not be fully applicable given the small immigrant population and insufficient financial resources in Serbia.

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