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The UN Human Rights Policy Network (HuriTALK) is a virtual network which facilitates dialogue among UN practitioners on how to best integrate human rights in their work. Through the exchange of information, good practice and lessons learned, members develop their knowledge on current and emerging human rights issues as well as their capacity to integrate human rights-based approaches (HRBA) in their work.

The network currently has a membership of over 1200 practitioners from more than 12 UN entities, and serves as a valuable practical tool for translating the UN’s commitment to mainstream human rights into all aspects of its work, system-wide.

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Key Tools

Web-based guide on How to Engage with the International Human Rights Machinery.
 The Guide - written primarily for the non-human rights expert- provides guidance on how to strengthen engagement with the international human rights machinery, specifically with UN Treaty Bodies and UN Special Procedures. It is based on the views and experience of development practitioners and includes case studies from their work around the world.

Human Rights and the Millennium Development Goals: Making the Link
The primer provides a conceptual overview of the links between human rights and the MDGs.  It provides the practitioner with basic guidance on how to make those links and explores the key questions and challenges that arise when doing so.

English

 

HuriLink Portal
The Hurilink portal was developed as a supplementary tool to accompany the Primer, and provides access to practical tools and in-depth case studies in linking human rights and the MDGs.

 

Indicators for Human Rights Based Approaches to Development in UNDP Programming – A Users Guide.
This is a practically-oriented guide on indicators for human rights-based approaches to development programmes for UNDP Country Offices (COs).

 English  Spanish  French

 

 

For further information please contact:

• Emilie Filmer-Wilson
  emilie.filmer-wilson@undp.org

• Nav Purewall
  nav.purewall@undp.org