The right to participation of people living in poverty 2013, para. 65
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Accountability is a critical feature of a human rights approach to participation. Participation understood as a right implies rights holders and duty bearers who can and must be held to account for failure to respect, protect and fulfil that right. To this end, people need access to procedures and institutions that provide redress and remedy, and mechanisms to ensure that their Government ful?ls the right of access to information and the right to participation.
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights