This report summarizes the findings of a UN interagency review of the new generation CCAs and CFs developed and finalized between the beginning of 2019 and mid-2021. The assessment includes the review of 44 CCAs and 40 CFs. The purpose of the review was to establish a baseline and develop a common understanding of what is working well, capturing lessons learned, and promising practices, key challenges, and highlighting areas of improvement.

Three years into the UN development system reform, key findings of this review show that while there is a degree of human rights uptake in the new generation of CCAs and CFs, there is an urgent need to step up ambition and strengthen the human rights integration in UN development analysis and programming work at the country level. The review also points to good practices and missed opportunities, with excellent examples that demonstrate the value of human rights analysis, including drawing on the wealth of recommendations from UN human rights mechanisms and ILO Supervisory Bodies.