64 . MOPAN 2017-18 ASSESSMENTS . UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST Element 3: Accountability systems (including corporate reporting and evaluation) reflect the principles of good governance and effective institutions Element 4: New interventions are assessed for relevant governance/institutional effectiveness issues Element 5: Human and financial resources are available to address the principles of good governance and issues related to effective institutions Element 6: Capacity development of staff on the principles of good governance and effective institutions is underway or has taken place MI 2.1c Analysis N/A N/A N/A N/A Source document Micro-indicator deemed not applicable for assessment purposes given UNRWA mandate MI 2.1c Evidence confidence Choose an item. MI 2.1d: Human Rights Score Overall MI Rating Satisfactory Overall MI score 3 Element 1: Dedicated policy statement on human rights issues available and showing evidence of use 4 Element 2: Human rights indicators and targets fully integrated into the organisation’s strategic plan and corporate objectives Element 3: Accountability systems (including corporate reporting and evaluation) reflect human rights indicators and targets Element 4: Human rights screening checklists or similar tools used for all new interventions Element 5: Human and financial resources (exceeding benchmarks) are available to address human rights issues 2 3 N/A 2 Element 6: Capacity development of staff on human rights is underway or has been conducted 4 MI 2.1d Analysis Source document For UNRWA, human rights and its work on protection are intrinsically linked. Protection, as defined in the MTS, is ‘what the Agency does to safeguard and advance the rights of Palestine refugees, including through the direct provision of services and other activities. ’UNRWA promotes the protection of Palestine refugees, including the enjoyment of their human rights, through its work on reporting and advocacy, as well as delivering its associated programmatic results. Human rights are enshrined in the highest level of UNRWA’s results framework in its goal statement and the MTS and Protection Strategy both incorporate objectives around human rights. A key dimension of the Agency’s international protection work seeks to advance respect for these rights by relevant State and other duty bearers. The Agency does this through private and public advocacy, including with the international systems dedicated to human rights. When the conduct of host authorities and other duty bearers raises serious human rights concerns, in addition to advocacy, the Agency’s Framework for Effective engagement with the IHRS, looks to these mechanisms as a strategic avenue to promote the protection of human rights of Palestine refugees, including calling for accountability for violations of international law. The Agency has been able to maintain this engagement with 17 engagements in 2017 and 16 in 2018, despite financial constraints particularly in the West Bank. 1, 2, 3, 22, 35, 40, 42, 44, 47, 81, 87, 134, 135, 136