I. HUMAN RIGHTS
1. What are human rights? =1
2. Is there any hierarchy among human rights? = 2
3. What kinds of human rights obligations are there? = 2
4. Do individuals, as well as States, have obligations? = 3
5. Is it possible to realize human rights when resources are limited? = 4
6. Are there differences between individual rights and collective rights? = 4
7. Do human rights depend on culture? = 5
II. HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT
8. What is the relationship between human rights and human development? = 7
9. What is the relationship between human rights, the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals? = 8
10. What is the relationship between human rights and poverty reduction? = 9
11. What is the relationship between human rights and good governance? = 10
12. What is the relationship between human rights and economic growth? = 10
13. Does the realization of human rights require big government? = 11
14. How can human rights help to resolve policy trade-offs? = 11
15. How can human rights influence national budgets? = 12
III. A HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH . DEFINITION AND GENERAL ISSUES
16. What is a human rights-based approach? = 15
17. What value does a human rights-based approach add to development? = 16
18. What is the relationship between a human rights-based approach and gender mainstreaming? = 18
19. Can a human rights-based approach help to resolve conflicts between different stakeholders in development? = 19
20. Does a human rights-based approach require United Nations development agencies to engage in partisan politics? = 20
21. Is a human rights-based approach consistent with the requirement for national ownership? = 21
IV. IMPLICATIONS OF A HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING
22. How do human rights standards relate to the development programming process? = 23
23. What does the principle of equality and non-discrimination mean for programming? = 23
24. What does the principle of accountability mean for programming? = 24
25. What does the principle of participation mean for programming? = 26
26. How do human rights help with situation analysis? = 27
27. How do human rights guide programme formulation? = 28
28. Does a human rights-based approach bring anything new to capacity development? = 29
29. What do human rights contribute to the selection of indicators for monitoring development programmes? = 30
30. Is there any contradiction between a human rights-based approach to programming and results-based management? = 31
Annex I The seven “core” United Nations human rights treaties = 33
Annex II The human rights-based approach to development cooperation : towards a common understanding among the United Nations agencies = 35
Annex III Selected web-based references on a human rights-based approach = 39
1. What are human rights? =1
2. Is there any hierarchy among human rights? = 2
3. What kinds of human rights obligations are there? = 2
4. Do individuals, as well as States, have obligations? = 3
5. Is it possible to realize human rights when resources are limited? = 4
6. Are there differences between individual rights and collective rights? = 4
7. Do human rights depend on culture? = 5
II. HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT
8. What is the relationship between human rights and human development? = 7
9. What is the relationship between human rights, the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals? = 8
10. What is the relationship between human rights and poverty reduction? = 9
11. What is the relationship between human rights and good governance? = 10
12. What is the relationship between human rights and economic growth? = 10
13. Does the realization of human rights require big government? = 11
14. How can human rights help to resolve policy trade-offs? = 11
15. How can human rights influence national budgets? = 12
III. A HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH . DEFINITION AND GENERAL ISSUES
16. What is a human rights-based approach? = 15
17. What value does a human rights-based approach add to development? = 16
18. What is the relationship between a human rights-based approach and gender mainstreaming? = 18
19. Can a human rights-based approach help to resolve conflicts between different stakeholders in development? = 19
20. Does a human rights-based approach require United Nations development agencies to engage in partisan politics? = 20
21. Is a human rights-based approach consistent with the requirement for national ownership? = 21
IV. IMPLICATIONS OF A HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING
22. How do human rights standards relate to the development programming process? = 23
23. What does the principle of equality and non-discrimination mean for programming? = 23
24. What does the principle of accountability mean for programming? = 24
25. What does the principle of participation mean for programming? = 26
26. How do human rights help with situation analysis? = 27
27. How do human rights guide programme formulation? = 28
28. Does a human rights-based approach bring anything new to capacity development? = 29
29. What do human rights contribute to the selection of indicators for monitoring development programmes? = 30
30. Is there any contradiction between a human rights-based approach to programming and results-based management? = 31
Annex I The seven “core” United Nations human rights treaties = 33
Annex II The human rights-based approach to development cooperation : towards a common understanding among the United Nations agencies = 35
Annex III Selected web-based references on a human rights-based approach = 39