What is the Human Rights Based Approach to Development?
A rights-based approach to development is a conceptual framework.
It encourages to
think of Development as a process involving economic, social, cultural and
political elements.
Rather
than defining poverty as the absence of food, health or resources, a
rights-based approach to development focuses on the well-being of an entire
society, on the basis of the active and meaningful participation of its
citizens.
There is
not one "rights based approach"; Any process that applies a number of
core principles - aimed at ensuring the full enjoyment of human rights by all -
can be termed rights based.
Adopting
a rights based approach is not simply a question of introducing new projects and
new language; it means changing the way you work.
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