UN EXPERT URGES STATES TO TREAT PARTICIPATION AS ‘FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT’

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UN EXPERT URGES STATES TO TREAT PARTICIPATION AS 'FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN
RIGHT'New York, May 28 2013 3:00PMParticipation in the
decision-making processes of government is "a fundamental human
right," a United Nations independent expert declared today, adding
that it could help lift communities out of poverty and provide the
disenfranchised with an important voice in determining their futures.

Presenting her annual report at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva,
the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human
rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda,
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world Governments to enable persons living in poverty to participate
in the crucial decisions that affect their lives.

"The right to participation is strongly linked with empowerment, which
is a key human rights goal and principle," she told the Council.

"It allows those living in poverty to see themselves as full members
of society and autonomous agents rather than subjects of decisions
taken by others who see them as objects of assistance or mere
statistics."

Ms. Sepúlveda called on States to go beyond the view of participation
as "a formulaic bureaucratic exercise" and see it, instead, as a
necessary mechanism to "break the cycle of material deprivation and
disempowerment."

"Participation provides an opportunity for people living in poverty to
be active agents of their own destiny; a chance to speak out against
and challenge injustice, discrimination and stigma," she continued.

"Meaningful participation can build skills, knowledge and confidence
and play an important role in breaking down entrenched inequality and
hierarchies."

In her report, Ms. Sepúlveda outlines the practical actions to be
adopted by States to support and enable meaningful, active
participation for people living in poverty, as dictated by human
rights law, norms and principles such as non-discrimination and
equality, accountability and access to information.

Among its many recommendations, the report urges Governments to
allocate sufficient resources to support the participation of people
living in poverty in any decision-making process that affects their
rights, including earmarked funds to compensate participants for
opportunity costs such as travel and to provide on-site childcare
while also improving communications infrastructures and extending them
to rural and poor communities.

"Ultimately, this will benefit society as a whole, building trust,
solidarity and social cohesion, and bringing new issues and voices
into the public arena," Ms. Sepúlveda concluded.

Independent experts, or special rapporteurs, are appointed by the
Geneva-based Council to examine and report back on a country situation
or a specific human rights theme. The positions are honorary and the
experts are not UN staff, nor are they paid for their work.May 28 2013
3:00PM
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