Rights based approach Rights based approach to development has been adopted by many nongovernmental organizations and the United Nations as the new approach to international development.

Applying a rights based approach to programming

Another delegation appreciated the rights based approach being taken.

The human rights based approach to cooperation and gender equality

(a) The use of a human rights based approach, based on the United Nations agencies' Stamford Consensus

Efforts had been made to incorporate a rights based approach in development cooperation.

A rights based approach was evident in the majority of the draft documents.

Other delegations favoured a results or evidence based methodology to determine programme priorities, instead of a human rights based approach.

Rights based approach combines many different concepts of international development, such as capacity building, human rights, participation, and sustainability.

We have given the Kyoto approach, based on emission rights, more than a fair chance.

An approach based on dialogue and consultation was desirable for securing an improvement in human rights.

The challenge was how to convince States of the added value of a rights based approach.

Panel discussion on A rights based approach to disability and development and Disability, sports and development

Community based approach

A Human rights Based Approach to Development Cooperation Towards a Common Understanding, adopted by UNGD, May 2003.

During the debate, it was agreed that, in the context of States' policies, a rights based approach that would take into account the inherent rights of children would be more adequate than a problem oriented approach based only on needs and or emergencies.

Some delegations endorsed the life cycle approach and some asked for a more systematic use of the human rights based approach to programming in all focus areas.

It was the first international instrument to attempt to articulate both a developmental and rights based approach to disability.

In 2004, a rights based approach was promoted to enhance the protection and care of refugee children, including adolescents.

UNICEF has pursued its mandate, through a combination of a human rights based approach to its programmes of cooperation with Governments and results based planning and management.

OHCHR should take all necessary steps to finalize the draft guidelines on a human rights based approach to poverty reduction strategies.

The Declaration also highlighted the need for a human rights based approach to sexual and reproductive health services, including sex education.

In providing access to the poor, scaling up efforts may require shifting gears from a needs based approach to a rights based approach, which would generate political will and a resource allocation culture that puts the interest of the poor first.

Others underscored the need for a human rights based approach to trafficking in persons as a key element of such a strategy.

The actual meaning of development was questioned, and calls were made for redefining the concept with a more human rights based approach.

It was noted that free, prior and informed consent was viewed as a principle based on the human rights approach to development.

Young people recognize that in the past 10 years the international community has deepened its awareness of the rights based approach to development.

To this end, UNICEF continues to mainstream a gender perspective in its work as part of the human rights based approach to programming.

Some psychotherapies are based on a humanistic approach.

An approach based on active participation was adopted.

Current activities explore capacity development for a human rights based approach in poverty reduction, democratic decentralization, the environment, access to justice and parliamentary development.

OIOS developed an approach to self assessment, based on the concepts of results based budgeting.

The Government and the international community should implement a human rights based approach to addressing social and economic issues, including attaining the Millennium Development Goals.

His paper showed that that the right to development and a rights based approach had not taken hold in most country reports on the Goals.

The importance of a rights based approach to combating child labour in indigenous communities, taking into account indigenous rights enshrined in international law, in particular relevant articles of ILO Convention No. 169.

A rights based approach to FDI could promote global partnerships, recognizing responsibilities for both investors and recipient countries to ensure that profit considerations do not result in crowding out human rights protection.

In promoting Goal 8, however, the emphasis needed to shift from market based approaches, which have served to exacerbate poverty, to a human rights based approach that places people at the centre of development.

(b) Furthering the understanding and development of methodologies to enhance the incorporation of human rights aspects in United Nations programmes and activities for development, including by promoting a rights based approach to development

Several speakers endorsed the importance of the plan's providing a framework for the application of human rights based approach to programming when implemented at country level.

HURIST is active in some 30 countries in all regions of the world, focusing on piloting a human rights based approach to the activities of UNDP.

The goal of the rights based approach to development is to empower the rights holders, or the group that does not exercise full rights, and strengthen the capacity of the duty bearers, or the institution or government obligated to fill these rights.

Such implementation is an ongoing process based on a cooperative approach.

The two alternatives to the current structure, an industry of origin approach and a demand based approach, were considered.

A key theme that emerged in all the interactive sessions was the emphasis on a human rights based approach to development, peace and security and the need to elevate human rights within the United Nations.

UNICEF is developing a non coercive and non judgmental approach to FGM C and child marriage, based on human rights principles including the empowerment of girls and women.