Bård A Andreassen
Biographic Data
| ID | 6461251 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bård A Andreassen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bård A |
| FAMILY NAME | Andreassen |
| SIGNATURE | ANDREASSEN B A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0070-9004 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Examination of the roles and capacities of duty bearers responsible for protecting the human rights to adequate food, nutritional health and wellbeing in Ugandan children’s homes
BACKGROUND: The majority of Ugandan children face vulnerability and malnutrition. As a State Party to international human rights treaties, Uganda has legal obligations of guaranteeing the fundamental rights and the best interest of the nation's children. Despite being protected under international and national law, Uganda is not providing adequate child protection, including safeguarding children's food security. Numerous privately owned and unre…
Research Methods in Human Rights
International Election Observation
On 8 August 2017, Kenya held its General Elections to elect members of the National Assembly, a new President and County Assemblies. According to the Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Com
Food variety consumption and household food insecurity coping strategies after the 2010 landslide disaster – the case of Uganda
Objective To evaluate the nutritional situation of the victims of the 2010 landslide disaster in Uganda, food varieties consumed and coping strategies were assessed. Design Cross-sectional. Food variety scores (FVS) were obtained as the total of food items eaten over the last week while an index was based on severity weighting of household food insecurity coping strategies. We included 545 affected and 533 control households. Setting Victims in t…
Perceptions on the right to adequate food after a major landslide disaster
BACKGROUND: Despite the instruments on the right to adequate food adopted by the United Nations, there exists limited information on how this right is perceived. Following a major 2010 landslide disaster in the Bududa district of Eastern Uganda and the resettlement of some affected households into the Kiryandongo district in Western Uganda, we surveyed both districts to explore perceptions about the right to adequate food among households with di…
Food as a human right during disasters in Uganda
Natural and human induced disasters are a threat to food security, economic progress and livelihoods in Uganda. However, we have limited knowledge regarding the putative role of the human rights dimension to the impact and management of such tragedies. In this article we assessed the present policies, legislation and institutional capabilities to ascertain whether they could assure the right to adequate food during disaster situations in Uganda. …
Human Rights, Power and Civic Action
1. Human Rights, Power and Civic Action: Theoretical Considerations Gordon Crawford and Bard A. Andreassen 2. Rights Claiming and Rights Making in Zimbabwe: A Study of Three Human Rights NGOs Anne Hellum, Bill Derman, Geoff Feltoe, Ellen Sithole, Julie Stewart and Amy Tsanga 3. Kenya: Civic action from confrontation to collaboration? Bard A. Andreassen and Tiberius Barasa 4. Ghana: Struggles for rights in a democratizing context Gordon Crawford a…
Governing the Asian giants
Roles of Human Rights in Democratization
What's the Goal? What's the Purpose? Observations on Human Rights Impact Assessment1
Human rights indicators and human rights impact assessment have become subjects that attract a wide interest within the human rights community and among donor agencies and development NGOs. This interest has evolved parallel to a growing interest in implementation of human rights projects and in the application of human rights-based approaches to national and international development. The article discusses practices of human rights impact assess…
Joseph E. Stiglitz
What's the Goal? What's the Purpose? Observations on Human Rights Impact Assessment1
Human rights indicators and human rights impact assessment have become subjects that attract a wide interest within the human rights community and among donor agencies and development NGOs. This interest has evolved parallel to a growing interest in implementation of human rights projects and in the application of human rights-based approaches to national and international development. The article discusses practices of human rights impact assess…
Food as a human right during disasters in Uganda
Natural and human induced disasters are a threat to food security, economic progress and livelihoods in Uganda. However, we have limited knowledge regarding the putative role of the human rights dimension to the impact and management of such tragedies. In this article we assessed the present policies, legislation and institutional capabilities to ascertain whether they could assure the right to adequate food during disaster situations in Uganda. …
Joseph E. Stiglitz
What's the Goal? What's the Purpose? Observations on Human Rights Impact Assessment1
Human rights indicators and human rights impact assessment have become subjects that attract a wide interest within the human rights community and among donor agencies and development NGOs. This interest has evolved parallel to a growing interest in implementation of human rights projects and in the application of human rights-based approaches to national and international development. The article discusses practices of human rights impact assess…
Roles of Human Rights in Democratization
Governing the Asian giants
Human Rights, Power and Civic Action
1. Human Rights, Power and Civic Action: Theoretical Considerations Gordon Crawford and Bard A. Andreassen 2. Rights Claiming and Rights Making in Zimbabwe: A Study of Three Human Rights NGOs Anne Hellum, Bill Derman, Geoff Feltoe, Ellen Sithole, Julie Stewart and Amy Tsanga 3. Kenya: Civic action from confrontation to collaboration? Bard A. Andreassen and Tiberius Barasa 4. Ghana: Struggles for rights in a democratizing context Gordon Crawford a…
Food as a human right during disasters in Uganda
Natural and human induced disasters are a threat to food security, economic progress and livelihoods in Uganda. However, we have limited knowledge regarding the putative role of the human rights dimension to the impact and management of such tragedies. In this article we assessed the present policies, legislation and institutional capabilities to ascertain whether they could assure the right to adequate food during disaster situations in Uganda. …
Perceptions on the right to adequate food after a major landslide disaster
BACKGROUND: Despite the instruments on the right to adequate food adopted by the United Nations, there exists limited information on how this right is perceived. Following a major 2010 landslide disaster in the Bududa district of Eastern Uganda and the resettlement of some affected households into the Kiryandongo district in Western Uganda, we surveyed both districts to explore perceptions about the right to adequate food among households with di…
Food variety consumption and household food insecurity coping strategies after the 2010 landslide disaster – the case of Uganda
Objective To evaluate the nutritional situation of the victims of the 2010 landslide disaster in Uganda, food varieties consumed and coping strategies were assessed. Design Cross-sectional. Food variety scores (FVS) were obtained as the total of food items eaten over the last week while an index was based on severity weighting of household food insecurity coping strategies. We included 545 affected and 533 control households. Setting Victims in t…
Research Methods in Human Rights
International Election Observation
On 8 August 2017, Kenya held its General Elections to elect members of the National Assembly, a new President and County Assemblies. According to the Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Com
Examination of the roles and capacities of duty bearers responsible for protecting the human rights to adequate food, nutritional health and wellbeing in Ugandan children’s homes
BACKGROUND: The majority of Ugandan children face vulnerability and malnutrition. As a State Party to international human rights treaties, Uganda has legal obligations of guaranteeing the fundamental rights and the best interest of the nation's children. Despite being protected under international and national law, Uganda is not providing adequate child protection, including safeguarding children's food security. Numerous privately owned and unre…
Political science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Human rights (7 works) · Human Rights and Development (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law and economics (4 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works)