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The document explores how UNDP can enhance the contribution that legislators, parliaments and parliamentary processes make towards the protection, promotion and realization of human rights. It suggests elements for assessing the human rights capacities of parliaments and examines how several ongoing approaches to parliamentary development can be used to enhance parliament’s contribution to human rights.
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UNDP Governance Center
Governance Center, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), http://www.undp.org/governance/
Oslo, Norway
Inter-Government
UNDP Oslo Governance Centre is UNDP's global facility on democratic governance. The Centre has been established to enhance programme activities and the advisory role of UNDP in the area of democratic governance. The centre assists UNDP country offices in their cooperation with governments and their partners, civil society organizations and people in developing countries. Its objective is to support countries in implementing democratic reforms necessary to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The Centre has a special focus and competency in the area of access to justice, human rights, civil society, and governance and conflict prevention.
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