A/HRC/20/4
approved proposals deal with consultation processes and laws, including provisions related
to a range of economic, social and cultural rights within the purview of the United Nations
Declaration and ILO Convention 169.
30.
Between 2011 and 2012, OHCHR has been supporting and will continue to support
28 civil society organizations in 13 countries through the “Assisting Communities
Together” project, implemented in partnership with UNDP. The small grants provided to
these organizations support human rights education and promotional activities in local
communities addressing a variety of human rights concerns, including the right to health,
the rights of older persons, the human rights of women, the human rights of persons with
disabilities, land rights, domestic violence and anti-discrimination.6
31.
Building on Member States’ human rights commitments in the 2010 Millennium
Development Goals Review Summit outcome document, OHCHR continued to promote
strong partnerships with human rights and development actors, including States, United
Nations special procedures, academia and international civil society advocacy
organizations. The Office also began the process of developing a flagship publication on
the Millennium Development Goals with a focus on human rights accountability and
equality and non-discrimination, a joint endeavour with the Centre on Economic and Social
Rights. This advocacy tool seeks to clarify essential elements of human rights
accountability and how they can contribute to the realization of the Millennium
Development Goals. Furthermore, the publication will offer key human rights parameters
and criteria to inform discussions in the post-2015 development framework. In the lead-up
to 2015, OHCHR will be working to ensure that a human rights perspective is reflected in
the work of United Nations interagency mechanisms dealing with the Millennium
Development Goals and will actively participate in the Secretary-General's recently
established United Nations System Task Team on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
32.
OHCHR continues to work with United Nations partners to promote a rights-based
response to HIV/AIDS at national, regional and global level. The Office was involved in
the 2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS in accordance with Human Rights Council
resolution 16/28 and advocated for the centrality of human rights in the HIV/AIDS
response to ensure a true downward transformation of the epidemic. OHCHR also provided
substantive support to the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, established to assess
the relationship between legal responses and human rights issues arising within the context
of HIV/AIDS. The Commission’s report and recommendations are expected in early 2012.
Furthermore, the capacity of seven civil society organisations was strengthened to support
their engagement in the work of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights'
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of People Living with HIV and those at Risk,
Vulnerable to and Affected by HIV.
33.
Through its collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO), OHCHR supported and contributed to the first meeting of the Observatorio
del Derecho a la Alimentación, a network of academic institutions working on the
realisation of the right to food. The meeting, held in Bogotá on 17 and 18 February 2011,
was attended by representatives from approximately 20 Latin American universities and
elected its technical secretariat. The work of the Observatorio will include the regular
publication of documents, financial support to research on the realisation of the right to
food and the creation of a virtual library. The Observatorio also requested OHCHR’s
technical support in its institution-building activities.
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See www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/education/training/act.htm.
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