Report of the Seminar on Human Rights and MDGs, May 2009

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Publication Title	Seminar on Human Rights and the Millennium Development Goals The Hague, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 25-26 May 2009 Report
Publication Type	Seminar report
Author(s)	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Publication Date	December 2009
ISBN-ISSN-EAN
Publication URL
Contact	Ministry of Foreign Affairs P.O. Box 20061 | 2500 eb The Hague www.minbuza.nl

Contents 1 Summary 2 Content 3 References 4 See also 5 External Resources 6 Attachments

Summary

The report highlights how speakers and participants to the seminar made a strong case for establishing a link between human rights and the MDGs. Many concrete examples were presented of how this link can be operationalised in the human rights framework, in the MDG framework and in development cooperation. The report includes a keynote speech by H.E. Navanethem Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The case of Kenya is used to illustrate concrete work on the HRBA to water. The report concludes with a list of conclusions and follow-up actions.

Content

References

See also

HRBA

A Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) to Improve Water Governance in Europe & CIS

Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation Target: A Mid-Term Assessment of Progress

External Resources

Attachments

 HRandMDGSSeminarReportDec2009.pdf