A/HRC/7/32
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Missing elements
Several respondents criticized the lack of recommendations addressing the implementation
of the draft guiding principles, particularly concerning how to design multidisciplinary pro-poor
strategies and how to involve people living in poverty in economic value chains.
Recommendations to publish the text in every country and language are also missing in the draft
guiding principles.
Some noted the lack of reference to the larger macroeconomic context, such as the
negative impacts of trade liberalization on poverty levels in developing countries.
Specific principles, terms, definitions and references to existing legal texts were missing
according to some respondents.
Impact of the implementation of the draft guiding principles on respondents’ work
Many respondents believed that understanding the causes and consequences of poverty - if
reflected in legislation - will allow people living in poverty to determine their own priorities.
Most also agreed that the draft guiding principles will strengthen local organizations’ capacities
to facilitate this engagement if they are provided training and rights-based education
programmes.
The majority agreed that the draft guiding principles would benefit the community at large
(not only persons living in poverty) and especially marginalized groups (women, indigenous
peoples, migrants, orphans, children, etc.).
Implementing the draft guiding principles will enable most respondents to work more
closely to people experiencing poverty and undertake new activities such as explaining and
disseminating the principles to decision makers and people living in poverty.
Most respondents see in the implementation of the draft guiding principles the birth of a
new advocacy tool for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and Poverty
Reduction Strategy Papers, based on a new common legal framework. This framework will help
harmonize actions and partnerships on the ground and build foundations for efficient
multi-stakeholder dialogues.
However, some respondents remain sceptical about the modalities of enforcement of the
draft guiding principles. Some suggested that monitoring implementation of the principles may
be one of the key roles of civil society.
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