ANNEX I: UN HUMAN RIGHTS’ THEORY OF CHANGE AND RESULTS FRAMEWORK
Integrating human rights in development
and in the economic sphere
RIGHTS-HOLDERS
CLAIM THEIR RIGHTS
[EA5]
uu Rights-holders meaningfully
participate in the design and
monitoring of public policies,
budgets and development
projects particularly affecting
their human rights, especially
their rights to food, housing,
water and sanitation, and their
access to natural resources
such as land
uu Civil society, in particular youth
and women, increasingly
advocate for and claim their
rights; and protect themselves
more effectively from reprisals
uu Increased use of national
protection system by rightsholders, especially through
strategic litigation on economic,
social and cultural rights
[EA7]
[EA10]
uu Increased number and diversity
of rights-holders, and of NHRIs
and civil society actors acting
on their behalf, making use of
UN and regional human rights
mechanisms and bodies
DUTY-BEARERS
COMPLY WITH THEIR OBLIGATIONS
[EA1]
uu Constitutions, laws and policies increasingly protect human
rights, especially land and housing rights and with particular
attention to non-discrimination and gender equality, in the
context of development and exploitation of natural resources
uu Increased use of anti-discrimination and equality standards
by judges and prosecutors
[EA2]
uu Increased ratification of international human rights
instruments and review of reservations
[EA3]
uu National mechanisms provide for effective implementation
of business and human rights standards by States and the
private sector, including remedies for human rights abuses
uu Mechanisms and initiatives are adopted to increase human
rights protection in contexts of conflict, violence and insecurity
[EA4]
uu Increased representation of marginalized and discriminated
groups in State institutions and decision-making bodies
[EA6]
uu Increased compliance and engagement of Member States
with international human rights mechanisms
[EA8]
uu Advances in the progressive development of international
and regional human rights law in areas relevant to the
thematic priorities
uu Human rights are integrated in the formulation of and follow-up to the post-2015 development agenda
uu Global, regional, and national actors increasingly integrate international human rights principles and
standards, including the right to development, in their development, finance, trade and investment policies
[EA11]
uu Human rights standards and principles are integrated into UN development frameworks and the work of UN
agencies, particularly on housing, water, sanitation and land
uu The protection of human rights is an integral part of the international community’s preparedness, response
and recovery efforts in the context of humanitarian crises and is effectively integrated in the mandates,
policies and actions of United Nations peacekeeping operations and special political missions
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