ANNEX I: UN HUMAN RIGHTS’ THEORY OF CHANGE AND RESULTS FRAMEWORK Widening the democratic space RIGHTS-HOLDERS CLAIM THEIR RIGHTS [EA5] uu Increased participation of rights-holders, including women and discriminated groups, in public life at the national and local levels uu Civil society, in particular youth and women, increasingly advocate and claim their rights; and protect themselves more effectively from reprisals DUTY-BEARERS COMPLY WITH THEIR OBLIGATIONS [EA1] uu Constitutions, laws, administrative measures and policies respect, protect and guarantee freedom of opinion and expression, including prohibition of incitement to hatred, peaceful assembly, association, conscience, religion and belief uu State agents and political and faith-based actors increasingly comply with human rights standards related to public freedoms and take measures for the development of an independent and pluralistic civil society uu Effective human rights education programmes, particularly for youth, established or strengthened uu National human rights institutions established and effectively functioning in accordance with the Paris Principles and other relevant international standards and recommendations [EA3] uu Effective protection mechanisms and measures for civil society actors, including at-risk human rights defenders and media actors established and strengthened [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 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 Increased use of national protection system by rightsholders, especially through strategic litigation on economic, social and cultural rights [EA7] [EA10] 152 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 uu Increased interventions of the international community to promote and protect civil society actors, including against reprisals uu Increased responsiveness of the international community to potential, emerging or existing human rights crisis situations, with human rights protection as an integral element of this response UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2017