DESIGN
Architecture and design can significantly improve and enhance rights.
They can tackle discrimination and improve people’s physical and mental health, elevating entire communities. But lack of awareness, commitment, and resources remains a major constraint to human rights-centred design.
Click the overarching and stage-specific principles below to review the guiding questions across this stage. These questions will help you to identify the main human rights risks and opportunities and develop a tailored action plan.
The built environment expands inclusion and accessibility, regardless of age, ability, race, gender, socio-economic status and other factors
Guiding questions
Have the demographics of end-users and local communities (see "All human rights standards are upheld") been taken into account in project design?
Have representatives of groups at heightened risk of vulnerability provided input to the design process?
