A/HRC/23/36
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 March 2013
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-third session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme
poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda
Carmona
Summary
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
focuses on the right to participation of people living in poverty. Participation is a basic
human right in itself, a precondition or catalyst for the realization and enjoyment of other
human rights, and of fundamental importance in empowering people living in poverty to
tackle inequalities and asymmetries of power in society. The report presents the human
rights approach to participation and a framework based on human rights for how to include
people living in poverty in the design, implementation and evaluation of policies and
programmes in a meaningful and effective way, taking into account the obstacles they face.
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