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About the UNDG-HRM
 
There is virtually no aspect of our work that does not have a human rights dimension. Whether we are talking about peace and security, development, humanitarian action, the struggle against terrorism, climate change, none of these challenges can be addressed in isolation from human rights.

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

 

The Right of the Child

 
In November 2009, in the framework of the implementation of the Secretary-General’s Policy Committee decision on human rights and development (hyperlink), the UNDG endorsed the establishment of the UNDG human rights mainstreaming mechanism (UNDG-HRM). The UNDG HRM aims to reinforce the accomplishments of the Action 2 programme and to further strengthen system-wide coherence, collaboration and support for Resident Coordinators and the UN country team on human rights mainstreaming.
 
UN Photo/John Isaac The Right of the Child - Young girls learning to sew at a Koranic school in Fayum. 01 January 1982 Fayum, Egypt
 

Priorities of the HRM
At its establishment, the UNDG agreed that the UNDG-HRM will initially focus on four broad priorities:
  1. Promoting a coordinated and coherent UN system-wide approach towards the integration of human rights principles and international standards into UN operational activities for development;
  2. Providing coherent and coordinated support to Resident Coordinators and UN country teams in mainstreaming human rights;
  3. Developing a coherent UN-system wide approach, through cooperation and collaboration among UN agencies, to providing support towards strengthening national human rights protection systems at the request of governments; and
  4. Contributing to the integration of human rights issues in the overall UNDG advocacy on development agenda and global issues
 
These four priorities provide the framework for the UNDG-HRM’s three year work plan, which is in two parts:
i) a priority work plan for 2010-2011; and ii) a medium term work plan for 2011-2013.

Documents

UNDG-HRM Concept Note
More Information on the UNDG-HRM

 
 
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