Undertaking a Human Rights-Based Approach: Lessons for Policy, Planning and Programming

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Undertaking a Human Rights-Based Approach: Lessons for Policy, Planning and Programming

June 17, 2015

This report is one of two publications resulting from the Lessons Learned Project (LLP). It is based on lessons learned from documenting experiences and programmes that incorporated elements of the human right-based approach (HRBA) in several Asia-Pacific countries from 2004.

The report is largely targeted at policy makers and strategic planning personnel in the various UN agencies. It reflects not only the implications of the pilot projects on the implementation of the guidelines set out in the Stamford Common Understanding in the region. It will hopefully also shed light on the LLP process itself, particularly the implications of the UN Inter-Agency efforts in this small project that spanned over four years.

The report aims to serve as a further contribution to the exploration of the practical implementation of the HRBA. It is however, distinguished by its focus on understanding, implementing and moving forward the Stamford Common Understanding on the Human Rights-Based Approach to Development Cooperation to ensure that human rights continue to be central to the work that is undertaken by UN agencies, and that the means to do so are appropriately explored and, most importantly, are shared.