The World Bank and human rights 2015, para. 57
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- As of January 2015, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) officially recognized "the centrality of human rights to [its goals] … and is committed to supporting 'universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.'" It "shall … refrain from providing support for activities that may contribute to violations of a State's human rights obligations and the core international human rights treaties …". The UNDP policy does, however, contain provisions that seek to limit its human rights obligations. The policy says that it will support State efforts meet human rights obligations "as requested," notes that UNDP does not have a human rights "monitoring role" and notes that it will monitor its own compliance with its policies as a matter of "due diligence". That is a formulation that has been carefully crafted both to acknowledge the centrality of human rights, but also to allay any concerns of Governments and officials that the organization is in the business of human rights enforcement.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 57
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