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CONTENTSForeword .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... IIIPageI. HUMAN RIGHTS1. What are human rights?............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12. Is there any hierarchy among human rights?................................................................................................................................................................. 23. What kinds of human rights obligations are there? ................................................................................................................................................... 24. Do individuals, as well as States, have obligations?................................................................................................................................................. 35. Is it possible to realize human rights when resources are limited?.................................................................................................................. 46. Are there differences between individual rights and collective rights? .......................................................................................................... 47. Do human rights depend on culture?................................................................................................................................................................................. 5II.HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT8. What is the relationship between human rights and human development?................................................................................................ 79. What is the relationship between human rights, the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals?.................. 810. What is the relationship between human rights and poverty reduction?...................................................................................................... 911. What is the relationship between human rights and good governance?....................................................................................................1012. What is the relationship between human rights and economic growth?....................................................................................................1013. Does the realization of human rights require big government?........................................................................................................................1114. How can human rights help to resolve policy trade-offs?...................................................................................................................................1115. How can human rights influence national budgets?...............................................................................................................................................12III. A HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH – DEFINITION AND GENERAL ISSUES16. What is a human rights-based approach? ...................................................................................................................................................................1517. What value does a human rights-based approach add to development?.................................................................................................1618. What is the relationship between a human rights-based approach and gender mainstreaming? ..............................................1819. Can a human rights-based approach help to resolve conflicts between different stakeholders in development? ...........1920. Does a human rights-based approach require United Nations development agencies to engage in partisan politics?.................2021. Is a human rights-based approach consistent with the requirement for national ownership?......................................................21V
IV.IMPLICATIONS OF A HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMINGPage22. How do human rights standards relate to the development programming process?..........................................................................2323. What does the principle of equality and non-discrimination mean for programming?.......................................................................2324. What does the principle of accountability mean for programming?..............................................................................................................2425. What does the principle of participation mean for programming?.................................................................................................................2626. How do human rights help with situation analysis?................................................................................................................................................2727. How do human rights guide programme formulation? ..........................................................................................................................................2828. Does a human rights-based approach bring anything new to capacity development? .....................................................................2929. What do human rights contribute to the selection of indicators for monitoring development programmes?.......................3030. Is there any contradiction between a human rights-based approach to programming and results-based management?...........31Annex I The seven “core” United Nations human rights treaties .................................................................................................................33Annex II The human rights-based approach to development cooperation:towards a common understanding among the United Nations agencies..............................................................................35Annex III Selected web-based references on a human rights-based approach.....................................................................................39VI
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Page 4 and 5: FOREWORDAt the dawn of the new mill
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Page 14 and 15: IIHUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT8 Wha
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Page 20 and 21: Increasing transparency and social
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Page 33 and 34: Ensure that programming processes a
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