The UN Common Understanding was adopted by UNDG in 2003 to ensure that UN agencies funds and programmes apply consistently a Human Rights Based Approach to common programming processes at global and regional levels, and especially at the country level in relation to the CCA and UNDAF.

This Plan of Action was adopted by UNDG, ECHA and OHCHR in 2003 pursuant to the Secretary-General’s report Strengthening of the United Nations: an agenda for further change. Its main goal is to develop the capacity of UN humanitarian and development operations to strengthen national human rights promotion and protection systems consistent with international norms and principles.

Guidance for UN country teams for programming on indigenous peoples' issues, in particular in the framework of the CCA/UNDAF process. The guidelines were developed by an inter-agency task team in 2007 and approved by the UNDG Programme Group on 1 February 2008. The guidelines provide information on the international human rights framework that guides the UN's work on indigenous issues and also provide practical advice on designing programmes with a special focus on indigenous issues. The publication of these guidelines follows the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the General Assembly on 13 September 2007. The Declaration specifically calls upon the organs and specialized agencies of the United Nations system to contribute to the full realization of its provisions. The UNDG Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues are a clear step in this direction and a major achievement under the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People.

These files provide a facilitation guide with guidance on planning and organization of the HRBA workshops, PowerPoint tools (in Arabic, English, French and Spanish) and a resource guide (forthcoming). The package will be periodically updated with new materials/modules.

2004-2005 UNDAFs - Good Practice: HRBA

OHCHR and UNDP, 2005

The Practitioners Portal brings together a range of resources on integrating human rights-based approaches (HRBA) into development programming, making them accessible to users through a single entry point.

Summary Report of UNDP Oslo Governance Centre workshop on Linking Human Rights and the MDG's

This link takes you to the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the web pages for human rights bodies. It offers links to the 7 core international human rights treaties. Every UN member state has undertaken international legal obligations for human rights. More than 80 percent of member states have ratified 4 or more of the 7 core international human rights treaties.

This link takes you to the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) where country specific information on the output of treaty bodies and Special Procedures can be found. A calendar of events provides an excellent opportunity for UNCTs to prepare in advance inputs for upcoming sessions of Treaty Bodies, as well as visits of Special Procedures. The page also provides linkages to the humanitarian conventions and the ILO conventions ratified by the country. Where applicable, there are links to the corresponding regional regime and to the national ombudsman or National Human Rights Institutions.