The Special Rapporteur's vision of the mandate 2017, para. 26a

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[In the Declaration on the Right to Development, adopted by the General Assembly on 4 December 1986 in its resolution 41/128, the Assembly called for every member of society to be empowered to participate fully and freely in vital decisions. The Declaration and its principles formed the basis for the conceptualization of a human rights-based approach to development. In the statement of common understanding on human rights-based approaches to development cooperation and programming, adopted by the United Nations in 2003, that approach was outlined as follows:] All programmes of development cooperation, policies and technical assistance should further the realization of human rights as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments;
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Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
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  • N.A.
Year
2017
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Other
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Factors shaping the vision of the mandate
Paragraph number
26a