Title: For legal counsel
Course: Introduction to gender-based analysis plus GBA+ > Section: Module 4

Some considerations:

The government is responsible for promoting respect for rights and freedoms, the law and the Constitution. One of its aims is to ensure that the country is a just and law-abiding society with an accessible, efficient and fair system of justice.

Various groups of people and their rights may be affected differently by emergencies and responses to emergencies.

There may be specific legal obligations to particular groups, such as Indigenous peoples.

Strategies:

Consider risk in terms of how different people might be affected – and ensure that planned efforts mitigate those risks and do not negatively affect one group more than another.

Consider the human rights implications, from the perspective of the undertaken commitments through specific instruments, of various policy and legislative proposals. Identify potentially discriminatory aspects and seek alternative measures to mitigate the legal risks.