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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2008 Aug;22(Suppl 2):S123–S132. doi: 10.1097/01.aids.0000327444.51408.21

Table 1.

United Nations statement of common understanding of the human rights-based approach to development.

  1. All programmes of development cooperation, policies and technical assistance should further the realisation of human rights as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments.

  2. Human rights standards contained in and principles derived from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments guide all development cooperation and programming in all sectors and in all phases of the programming process.

  3. Development cooperation contributes to the development of the capacities of ‘duty-bearers’ to meet their obligations and/or of ‘rights-holders’ to claim their rights.

From United Nations [21].