Code of Conduct

The Coalition for Human Rights in Development exists to advance community-led and human rights-based development. We work to ensure communities have the information, power, and resources to determine their own development pathways and hold development finance institutions, governments, and other actors accountable.

This Code of Conduct represents our commitment to practicing the values we advocate for in the world. Just as we work to promote equity, dignity, and justice in development practices globally, we must embody these principles in our own operations and interactions. This Code translates our core value of “love” – seeing ourselves and others as whole and legitimate while deeply connected, as outlined in the Coalition secretariat principles for connecting and growing movements for development justice – into practical guidelines that govern behavior and decisions of everyone who is collaborating in our collective work.

By establishing clear expectations for conduct, we create a foundation of trust, safety, and accountability within our coalition. This enables us to more effectively challenge power imbalances and injustices in development practices worldwide. Our credibility and effectiveness as advocates for human rights depend on our ability to uphold these standards in our own work.