See the issue:
Our role as
individuals - Can we as individuals contribute to the achievement of the
Global Development Agenda?
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Why should we help
others to recognize and stand for their own rights? Why do we want to help
them to nurture their freedom? Well! because we recognized and stood up for
our rights and we acknowledged that freedom brings along with it
responsibilities for the freedom of others.
Through international
cooperation projects, we acknowledge the fact that we need freer and more
responsible communities for sharing world resources in a responsible manner
towards present and future generations. We want a global partnership for
development to be implemented because we acknowledge the fact that by reducing
ignorance and conflict, all of us stand to win; and by more ignorance and
conflict, we all stand to lose.
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Human rights are "basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are
entitled.
The modern conception of human rights developed in the aftermath of the
Second World War, culminating in the signing of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. See the
official declaration ⇒ www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml
Development cooperation in theory is different from encouraging respect for
human rights as, in principle, rights are fundamentals and development is
the superstructure built on. But that only in principle! In practice
promotion and protection of human rights require international cooperation
as much as sustained and fair development require international partnership.
Economic development is the base of protection of human rights as much as
protection of human rights is the base for development. The two are
reciprocally reinforcing factors.
The mainstreaming of human rights within all international cooperation
activities has thus been central to all global partnership policies. This
has been labelled as "the human rights based approach to development
cooperation". It is based on the vision that the most essential needs of
the beneficiary populations are their ability to recognize and defend their
rights.
See also:
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a
declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly
on December 10, 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. The
Declaration has been translated into at least 375 languages
and dialects, making it the most widely translated document
in the world. The Declaration arose directly from the
experience of the Second World War and represents the first
global expression of rights to which all human beings are
entitled. It consists of 30 articles which have been
elaborated in subsequent international treaties, regional
human rights instruments, national constitutions and laws.
The International Bill of Human Rights consists of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its
two Optional Protocols. In 1966 the General Assembly adopted
the two detailed Covenants, which complete the International
Bill of Human Rights.
Over the last decade, important progress has been made in
many agencies and areas of work across the U.N. system, from
integration of human rights into policies and guidelines to
strengthening the capacity of UN country teams. Some of the
noteworthy milestones in human rights mainstreaming efforts
at global level include:
- Adoption of a “UN
Common Understanding of a human rights-based approach to
development cooperation” in 2003;
- Integration of human
rights in agency policy documents and programming
guidelines as well as increased number of
agency-specific and joint programs on human rights.
Notwithstanding the progress made in recent years, human
rights mainstreaming in the UN system remains a work in
progress. Achieving effective mainstreaming of human rights
would ultimately mean that all activities of the United
Nations would work towards protecting the rights-holders and
enhancing the capacity and accountability of duty-bearers.
We resolve to integrate the promotion and protection of
human rights into national policies and to support the
further mainstreaming of human rights throughout the United
Nations system” (2005 World Summit Outcome Document,
A/RES/60/1, para. 126)
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Who is in
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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR) represents the world's commitment to
universal ideals of human dignity. It has the mandate from
the international community to promote and protect all human
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http://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/WhoWeAre.aspx |
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