SDGs and human rights
The 2030 Agenda is grounded in international human rights norms, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seek to realise the human rights of all. Our tools and guidance materials can be used to operationalise this mutually reinforcing connection in implementation, monitoring and review.
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A tool to systematically monitor progress on the enabling environment for human rights defenders in accordance with human rights norms and standards.
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A tool for governments and the defenders of land, environment and people, connecting responsible land governance with human rights
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Explore the connections between the recommendations of international human rights mechanisms to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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The Indigenous Navigator provides a framework and a set of tools to monitor indigenous peoples’ human rights and ensure they are not left behind.
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Training
Get an overview of courses and learning materials on how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seek to realise human rights for all.
Get an overview of courses and learning material on economic, social and cultural rights and the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Leaving no One Behind in the 2030 Agenda
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This resource shows the links between states’ human rights obligations and their political commitments under the 2030 Agenda in relation to securing a safe and enabling environment for the work of human rights defenders.
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LGBTI people face urgent human rights violations and multiple challenges, many of which could be addressed through 2030 Agenda implementation that truly respects the commitment to “leave no one behind”.
SDGs monitoring: Follow-Up, review and reporting
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This report gathers knowledge and recommendations from the Inclusive SDG Data Partnerships initiative. The initiative is co-organised by Partners for Review (P4R/GIZ), the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR), and the International Civil Society Centre (ICSC).
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This paper explores how global and national human rights mechanisms could be leveraged to strengthen SDG monitoring and review.
National human rights institutions and the SDGs
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National human rights institutions (NHRIs) have an important role to play in all steps of the Voluntary National Review (VNR) of 2030 Agenda progress to promote human rights. This guide shows how to engage with the VNR.
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A report with good practices and findings from a series of workshops with national human rights institutions in Latin American countries on SDGs and human rights.
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This briefing note presents snapshots of some of the initiatives NHRIs in the Asia Pacific region have taken to promote human rights through national SDG processes.
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African National Human Rights Institutions and Sustainable Development: An Overview of Good Practice
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This report provides guidance to NHRIs and other actors working with a Human Rights-Based Approach in regards to the SDGs and the African 2063 Agenda.
Integrated approach to SDGs and human rights
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The COVID-19 crisis is exposing and exacerbating human rights violations and inequalities with a devastating effect on vulnerable groups and societies
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This briefing paper aims to provide a practical overview of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063 (The Africa We Want).
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The report provides a summary of an open-ended meeting held in 2017 in Satigny, Switzerland, which considered how to leverage the interdependent and mutually reinforcing nature of human rights and sustainable development.
Thematic SDGs
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The 2030 Agenda and the first 16 Sustainable Development Goals cannot be effectively realised without the Means of Implementation that are detailed in SDG 17.
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This workshop report compiles good practices and resources to help monitor SDG 16+.
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