UNDP
This Practical Guidance Note aims to heighten awareness and knowledge of Civic Education within UNDP Country Offices (COs), assist COs by providing practical information and guidance for Civic Education programming, and signpost additional resources and further reading.
The present note provides guidance to the UN system on addressing statelessness by outlining the guiding principles and the policy framework for action. The UN engagement in addressing statelessness should be guided by seven principles that support the development, promotion and implementation of international norms relating to statelessness. In addition to the seven guiding principles, the note presents four concrete interrelated action approaches on how the UN system can improve its coordinated response to statelessness.
This Note provides guidance for the UN system on how to address racial discrimination and protection of minorities in line with the UN Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other key standards, drawing from effective practices. It makes 19 recommendations to ensure a comprehensive and coherent UN approach from headquarters to regional and country presences.
This note provides the guiding principles and framework for UN justice for children activities at the national level that apply in all circumstances, including in conflict prevention, crisis, post-crisis, conflict, post-conflict and development contexts. It is framed within the UN mandate to support the realization of human rights, poverty reduction and the Millennium Development Goals, and is a contribution to the UN coherence agenda in the rule of law area.
This note provides the guiding principles and framework for UN rule of law activities at the national level that apply in all circumstances, including in crisis, post-crisis, conflict-prevention, conflict, post-conflict and development contexts. In order to ensure a comprehensive and coherent UN approach, the note is derived from United Nations norms, standards and guidance, and the framework outlines the fundamental constituent elements of rule of law efforts.