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52.
OHCHR participated in discussions organized by the Commission on Narcotic
Drugs on the human rights commitments made in the outcome document of the special
session of the General Assembly held in 2016 on the world drug problem. It provided
support to Colombia in developing a project for applying a human rights-based approach to
drug policy, including the eradication and substitution of illicit crops.
D.
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Integrating human rights in development and the economic sphere
Human rights in development
53.
The Office played an active role in the context of the Secretary-General’s reform
initiative, including by co-chairing the results group of the United Nations Development
Group on the theme “Giving voice to Common values and norms” and its leadership results
group, contributing to the development of the United Nations leadership model,
subsequently adopted by the Development Group, and the strengthening of the Resident
Coordinator accountability mechanism. It supported the development of a human rights
leadership strategy under the Human Rights Working Group of the Development Group
and the plan of action for the Human Rights Up Front initiative. It co-led a process that
resulted in the 2017 landmark publication Leaving no one behind: Equality and NonDiscrimination at the Heart of Sustainable Development – A Shared UN System
Framework for Action. It also supported the development and adoption of the new United
Nations Development Assistance Framework Guidance and its companion pieces.
54.
The Office continued its efforts to integrate all human rights, including the right to
development, in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It
contributed to raising public awareness on the linkages between human rights and the
Sustainable Development Goals, including at the session of the high-level political forum
on sustainable development held in 2017. In the context of its dialogue series on the
Sustainable Development Goals and human rights, it focused on the Goals and the rights to
an adequate standard of living, social security, and health. Under Goal 16, OHCHR
developed methodologies for compiling data on indicators on killings and other attacks on,
inter alia, human rights defenders, conflict-related deaths, and the independence of national
human rights institutions.
55.
OHCHR continued to promote the integration of human rights in climate action,
including in the guidelines for implementation of the Paris Agreement and the negotiations
of the twenty-third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change.
56.
Jointly with the Economic Commission for Africa and the Friedrich-Ebert
Foundation, OHCHR finalized a human rights impact assessment of the Continental Free
Trade Area agreement in Africa, which made recommendations on negotiation, monitoring
and evaluation of the agreement, more specifically in the areas of agriculture, livelihoods
and informal cross-border trade. It pursued engagement with multilateral development
banks, and provided substantive input to the design of the complaints handling mechanism
and public information policy of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. As part of the
Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development, OHCHR engaged in the followup on the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.
57.
OHCHR also worked to strengthen collaboration between the human rights and
statistical communities in Colombia, Kenya, the Philippines, South Africa, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Palestine. It also assisted national
human rights institutions and national statistical offices worldwide, including the National
Bureau of Statistics and the National Human Rights Commission in Kenya, in finding ways
to formalize the sharing of knowledge and collaborating on data collection, dissemination
and analysis.
58.
In January 2017, OHCHR trained parliamentarians from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte
d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, the Niger, Senegal and Togo on human rights, gender and budget
planning. In Palestine, OHCHR supported the formulation of a national development plan,
grounded in human rights, for 2018-2021. In July 2017, OHCHR and the League of Arab
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