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[[File:The Museum For Human Rights.jpg|thumb|The Museum For Human Rights]]

Development is a human right that belongs to everyone, individually and collectively. Everyone is “entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized,” states the groundbreaking [[Right to development#History|UN Declaration on the Right to Development]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=OHCHR {{!}} Declaration on the Right to Development|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/RightToDevelopment.aspx|access-date=2021-07-19|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref> proclaimed in 1986.

Human rights add value to the agenda for development by drawing attention to the [[accountability]] to respect, protect, promote and fulfil all human rights of all people. It, in turn, contributes to the human rights-based approach to development. A human rights based approach will further generally lead to better analyzed and more focused strategic interventions by providing the normative foundation for tackling fundamental development issues.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Human Rights-based Approach to Development Programming in UNDP – Adding the Missing Link|url=https://www.undp.org/content/dam/aplaws/publication/en/publications/democratic-governance/dg-publications-for-website/a-human-rights-based-approach-to-development-programming-in-undp/HR_Pub_Missinglink.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-07-19|archive-date=2021-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719150629/https://www1.undp.org/content/dam/aplaws/publication/en/publications/democratic-governance/dg-publications-for-website/a-human-rights-based-approach-to-development-programming-in-undp/HR_Pub_Missinglink.pdf}}</ref>

==History==

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== Human rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ==

{{Main|Sustainable Development Goals}}

It is increasingly recognized that human rights are essential to achieve sustainable development. The [[Millennium Development Goals]] (MDGs) served as a proxy for certain economic and social rights but ignored other important human rights linkages. By contrast, human rights principles and standards are now strongly reflected in an ambitious new global development framework, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development {{!}} Department of Economic and Social Affairs|url=https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda|access-date=2021-07-19|website=sdgs.un.org}}</ref>

In September 2015, 170 world leaders gathered at the UN Sustainable Development Summit<ref>{{Cite web|title=United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform|url=https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/summit|access-date=2021-07-19|website=sustainabledevelopment.un.org}}</ref> in New York to adopt the 2030 Agenda. The new Agenda covers a broad set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals<ref>{{Cite web|title=Topics .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform|url=https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics|access-date=2021-07-19|website=sustainabledevelopment.un.org}}</ref> (SDGs) and 167 targets and will serve as the overall framework to guide global and national development action for the next 15 years.

The SDGs are the result of the most consultative and inclusive process in the history of the United Nations. Grounded in international human rights law, the agenda offers critical opportunities to further advance the realization of human rights for all people everywhere, without discrimination.

=== Sustainable Development Goals ===

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* [[ASEAN Human Rights Declaration]]

* [[Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development]]

* [[Asian Human Rights Development Organization]]

* [[ADHOC|Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC)]]

* [[Human development (humanity)]]