• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
• Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Research and Right to Development Branch
• "The United Nations Charter".
• "Universal Declaration of Human Rights".
• ."Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action".
• "World Conference on Human Rights A/RES/48/121".
• "Rio Declaration on the Environment and Development.
A/CONF.151/26 (Vol. I)".
• "Strengthening human rights-related United Nations action at country level: Plan of Action" .
• "Human rights-based approach to development programming.
(HRBA)".
• "Declaration on the Right to Development. A/RES/41/128".
• "Development is a Human Right for All"..
• "African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights
3.7 Interagency or Multilateral Agreements on, or Referring to, Human Rights and Development
• UN Vienna Human Rights Declaration and Program of Action (1993)
• UN Millennium Declaration (2000)
• DAC-Guidelines on Poverty Reduction (2001)
• UN Interagency Common Understanding of an Human Rights-Based Approach (2003)
• UN World Summit Outcome Document (2005)
• OECD-DAC Action-Oriented Paper on Human Rights and Development (2007)
• Accra Agenda for Action (2008)
• UN MDG 2010 Summit Outcome Document (2010)
• Busan Outcome Document (2011)
• The 25th Anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, Joint Statement of Chairpersons of the UN Treaty Bodies (2011)
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• Joint Statement on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Right to Development (2011)
• UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) Outcome Document (2012)
Source: OECD/World Bank (2013 adapted from D’Hollander, Marx and Wouters, 2013: 14).
SELF-ASSESSMENT EXERCISE Briefly account for the following:
i. Human development, ii. Right to development,
iii. the right to development and the millennium declaration/
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), iv. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs
4.0 CONCLUSION
Human development is a process of enlarging people’s choices; the most critical ones are to lead a long and healthy life, to be educated and to enjoy a decent standard of living. Human development goals and objectives are to be regarded as entitlements, and not simply as human needs or development requirements, entitlements that can be claimed by individuals – groups of individuals. The Right to development is regarded as an inalienable human right which all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy: economic, social, cultural and political development. It places human rights at the centre of development. The Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals are a comprehensive and integrated expression of and commitment to, the concept of sustainable human development and indicate the steps and measures to be taken towards gradual implementation and progressive realisation of the basic human rights underlying the Goals. The Goals and their targets constitute a roadmap towards the progressive realisation of basic human rights. The SDGs (with 17 Goals) cover a wide range of issues. They include traditional MDGs (8 Goals) areas such as poverty, hunger, health, education, and gender inequality but added new topics such as energy, infrastructure, economic growth and employment, inequality, cities, sustainable consumption and production, climate change, forests, oceans, peace and security.
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5.0 SUMMARY
This unit x-rayed Human Development, Right to development, the right to development and the millennium declaration/ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the List of Sustainable Development Goals, Global efforts and international instruments/documents safeguarding right to development was highlighted, while Interagency or Multilateral Agreements on, or referring to, Human Rights and Development was the final thing examined.
6.0 TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT
1. What is Human Development?2. What is the rationale behind the right to development?
3. What are the areas of coverage of Millennium Development Goals?
4. Describe the Sustainable development Goals and Highlight the Goals.
5. Mention the instruments / documents safeguarding the right to development.
7.0 REFERENCES/ FURTHER READING
Arab Human Development Report (2002). Human Development:
Definition, Concept and Larger Context.
Catholic Development Agency for England and Wales. (CAFOD). (2015).
Sustainable Development Goals, Action towards 2030 www.cafod.org.uk
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
(2007). Sustainable Development from a Human Rights Perspective and the Challenges it represents for the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) (A Discussion Paper).
Ghai. Yash. (2001). Human Rights and Social Development toward Democratisation and Social Justice, Democracy, Governance and Human Rights Programme Paper Number 5 United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
Nagan, Winston P. (2013). The Right to Development and the Importance of Human and
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Social Capital as Human Rights Issues Trieste Forum on Science and Technology: Impact on Society and Economy World Academy of Art & Science Trieste, Italy March 4-6, 2013.
Osborn, Derek , Cutter Amy and Ullah, Farooq. (2015). Universal Sustainable Development Goals Understanding the Transformational Challenge for Developed Countries Report of A Study By Stakeholder Forum.
Pisano Umberto, Lange Lisa, Berger Gerald and Hametner Markus. (2015).
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their impact on the European SD governance framework Preparing for the post-2015 agenda Structure, experiences & socio-economic and environmental. ESDN Quarterly Report 35 – January 2015.
UN. (2014). Outcome Document - Open Working Group on Sustainable
Development Goals Available at:
http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/focussdgs.html
UN. (ND). Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
UN Document No A/RES/70/1.
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