Should Economics Play a Greater Role in the Adjudication of Human Rights Claims? The Examples of Injury to Dignity and the Duty to Accommodate

David Lewis and Ian Currie

No 2021-04, CSLS Research Reports from Centre for the Study of Living Standards

Abstract: This paper examines whether economic analysis can help provide firmer foundations for the adjudication of human rights claims in establishing monetary awards for injury to dignity and, in accommodation cases, better capturing benefits for society. In relation to injury to dignity, it explores the prospects for establishing an objective evidentiary baseline through a program of independent economic research. In the area of accommodation, the paper considers if the wider use of Cost-Benefit Analysis could help prevent undervaluation of accommodation and whether governments should help cover the incremental cost of accommodation in some cases.

Keywords: Human Rights; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Adjudication; Dignity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 I31 I38 J15 J18 J24 J6 K37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-08
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