A/HRC/11/9
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CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Page
I.
INTRODUCTION .............................................................................
1 - 10
4
II.
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMMES ..............................................
11 - 16
5
III.
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMMES AS A COMPONENT
OF SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS ..........................................
17 - 20
7
THE HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK FOR CASH
TRANSFER PROGRAMMES ..........................................................
21 - 65
8
A. Ensuring an adequate legal and institutional framework
for cash transfer programmes .....................................................
29 - 33
10
B. Ensuring that cash transfer programmes reach the most
vulnerable and the most excluded members of society ..............
34 - 43
11
C. Ensuring accountability, transparency and
access to information ..................................................................
44 - 50
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D. Ensuring meaningful and effective participation ........................
51 - 54
14
E. Conditional versus unconditional cash transfer programmes .....
55 - 60
15
F. The current economic crisis, cash transfer programmes
and human rights .........................................................................
61 - 65
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V. GROUPS IN NEED OF PARTICULAR ATTENTION ...................
66 - 88
17
A. Women and gender equality .......................................................
66 - 72
17
B. Children ......................................................................................
73 - 83
18
C. Persons with disabilities .............................................................
84 - 88
21
THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
AND COOPERATION .....................................................................
89 - 94
22
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................
95 - 99
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IV.
VI.
VII.