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through human rights education that providers of public and private services would become
sensitive to the issue at hand. In relation to heading G, it noted that the most effective way
to prevent violations of the human rights of persons living in extreme poverty was, again,
human rights education throughout all stages of schooling and study.
39.
Zdzislaw Kedzia, member of the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural
Rights, recommended that the rights-based approach to alleviate extreme poverty ought to
be specially highlighted as an alternative to a needs-based approach and as fostering
empowerment. He also proposed to complement the reference to human dignity with the
definition of poverty adopted by the Convention as a “human condition characterized by the
sustained or chronic deprivation of the resources, capabilities, choices, security and power
necessary for the enjoyment of an adequate standard of living and other civil, cultural,
economic, political and social rights as enshrined in the international human rights
instruments”.
40.
Eitan Felner, independent expert, proposed, in relation to heading C, that a
recommendation be added that States review legislation for built-in biases against the poor.
In relation to heading E, he suggested that a call for States to proactively empower persons
living in (extreme) poverty be added. In relation to heading G, he urged that
recommendations be added that civil servants be held responsible for discriminatory
conduct vis-à-vis persons living in extreme poverty, and that party political and clientelistic
systems functioning in a discriminatory manner be overhauled.
41.
The Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography, Najat M’jiid Maalla, listed the human rights principles particularly
important for children: these included equality and non-discrimination on the basis of age,
the prohibition of gender-based discrimination of girls, access to information, and the right
to an effective remedy. She added that special attention should be paid to the four founding
principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, notably non-discrimination (art. 2),
the prevalence of the best interest of the child (art. 3), the right to life, survival and
development (art. 6), and participation (art. 12).
42.
The Government of Mexico called, in relation to heading A, for mention of the
importance of administrative coordination of anti-poverty programmes and of linking social
and economic programming.
43.
The Government of Morocco suggested, under heading A, adding the right to
education, labour rights, property rights and the right to live a life on a sufficient level.
44.
The National Human Rights Commission of Jordan recommended including,
under heading A, a reference to non-State actors, particularly to international aid and
development agencies.
45.
The Institut Interdisciplinaire d’Ethique et des Droits de l’Homme (IIEDH)
stated that human dignity, universality, and the interdependence and invisibility of human
rights should be included, under heading A, at the beginning of the draft guiding principles.
46.
The Government of Albania suggested that, also under heading A, gender
discrimination on grounds of traditional practices be specifically mentioned.
47.
The General Secretary of the World YWCA, Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda,
reiterated that the DGPs represented a strategy for eradicating extreme poverty, especially
in relation to women. She recalled the prominence of poverty on the Beijing Platform and
set out several principles and objectives that might be additionally mentioned under
heading D, notably empowerment.
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