In our conversation, one point that came out was the distinction between the terms rights based and rights infomed practice/research.
Lundy and McEvoy (2012) make a distinction between the terms rights-informed and rights-based approach in their research. The term rights-based is often used in a broad sense to describe an approach or “work influenced by the international human rights standards” (p.77). This is however more accurately described as rights-informed.
The term rights-based should be reserved to research and practice that not only respects the moral standards or values and aspirations in human rights instruments, but that clearly also makes the link between rights and the obligations these rights place on duty-bearers, according to Lundy and McEvoy (ibid.).
I have come to realise that my practice was in the past rights informed more so than rights based.