Sustainable development and human rights

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In our work we drive human rights change through state development processes.

Utilizing digital tools, we enhance visibility on human rights issues, supporting partners in addressing these concerns. We believe that comprehensive data on human rights issues is a sound basis for dialogue among actors that can bring about change.

Our focus on economic, social, and cultural rights emphasizes equal treatment and non-discrimination, particularly for marginalized groups.

We recognize the crucial link between a healthy environment and human rights, hence our commitment to environmental and climate justice.

We advocate for gender equality and support human rights defenders in building more just and sustainable societies.

Below, you will find publications, tools, and other resources on our work with sustainable development and human rights.

Leaving no One Behind in the 2030 Agenda

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Partnerships for better data availability and use on Indigenous Peoples in Kenya

This workshop report captures discussions from the workshop, and provides an overview of the actionable points and areas of collaboration identified by the participants.

Cover of the report: "Furthering the right to defend rights through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development"

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Furthering the right to defend rights through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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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Data for human rights and sustainable development

This booklet illustrates how the Danish Institute for Human Rights works with data to advance human rights and sustainable development.

The cover of the LESSONS LEARNED REPORT: ADVANCING INCLUSIVE SDG DATA PARTNERSHIPS. The background image shows multible knots

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Lessons learned report: Advancing inclusive SDG data partnerships

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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Guide for NHRIs: Engaging with the Voluntary National Review of the 2030 Agenda

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.

Cover of the report: "El rol de las instituciones nacionales de derechos humanos de América Latina en la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible"

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The national human rights institutions of Latin America and the 2030 Agenda

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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Working with the 2030 Agenda to promote human rights: NHRI initiatives in the Asia Pacific region

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.

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.

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African National Human Rights Institutions and Sustainable Development: An Overview of Good Practice

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.

Covid-19 response and recovery must be guided by human rights and SDGs

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COVID-19 response and recovery must build on human rights and SDGs

The COVID-19 crisis is exposing and exacerbating human rights violations and inequalities with a devastating effect on vulnerable groups and societies

Front page of Human Rights and Accountability in the 2030 and 2065 Agendas

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Human rights and accountability in the 2030 and 2063 agendas

This briefing paper aims to provide a practical overview of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063 (The Africa We Want).

Cover of the report "Human Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals – Pursuing Synergies"

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Human rights and the sustainable development goals – pursuing synergies

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.

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Ocean Governance

Advancing the rights, knowledge, and meaningful participation of small-scale fishers and Indigenous coastal communities to ensure equitable, sustainable, and inclusive ocean governance.

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Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19

Image shows the cover of the report: A Human Rights Based Approach To The Means Of Implementation Of The Sustainable Development Goals

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A human rights based approach to the Means of Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

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.

Cover of the workshop report: Ways Forward on Monitoring SDG 16+

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Ways Forward on Monitoring SDG 16+

This workshop report compiles good practices and resources to help monitor SDG 16+.

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Ocean Governance

Advancing the rights, knowledge, and meaningful participation of small-scale fishers and Indigenous coastal communities to ensure equitable, sustainable, and inclusive ocean governance.

Projects

Partnering for Citizen Data

In cooperation with the Collaborative on Citizen Data, the Danish Institute for Human Rights is working on filling critical data gaps on marginalized groups that are often less visible in data and enhancing citizen participation in government decision-making.

Tools

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The right to defend rights monitoring tool

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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Human rights and land navigator

A tool for governments and the defenders of land, environment and people, connecting responsible land governance with human rights

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The SDG – Human Rights Data Explorer

Explore the connections between the recommendations of international human rights mechanisms to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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The Indigenous Navigator Tools Database

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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The Human Rights Guide to the SDGs

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Training

Staff

Helene Møller Winterskov

Project Officer, Human Rights and Sustainable Development, Americas

hewi@humanrights.dk
Magdalena Ruiz Liard Krysa

Adviser, Human Rights and Sustainable Development, Americas

magk@humanrights.dk

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Sustainable development and human rights

Leaving no One Behind in the 2030 Agenda

Partnerships for better data availability and use on Indigenous Peoples in Kenya

Furthering the right to defend rights through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

SDGs monitoring: Follow-Up, review and reporting

Data for human rights and sustainable development

Lessons learned report: Advancing inclusive SDG data partnerships

National human rights institutions and the SDGs

Guide for NHRIs: Engaging with the Voluntary National Review of the 2030 Agenda

The national human rights institutions of Latin America and the 2030 Agenda

Working with the 2030 Agenda to promote human rights: NHRI initiatives in the Asia Pacific region

African National Human Rights Institutions and Sustainable Development: An Overview of Good Practice

Integrated approach to SDGs and human rights

COVID-19 response and recovery must build on human rights and SDGs

Human rights and accountability in the 2030 and 2063 agendas

Human rights and the sustainable development goals – pursuing synergies

Thematic SDGs

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Ocean Governance

Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19

A human rights based approach to the Means of Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

Ways Forward on Monitoring SDG 16+

Selected projects

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Ocean Governance

Partnering for Citizen Data

Tools

The right to defend rights monitoring tool

Human rights and land navigator

The SDG – Human Rights Data Explorer

The Indigenous Navigator Tools Database

The Human Rights Guide to the SDGs

Training

Sustainable development and human rights

Human rights-based approach

Economic, social and cultural rights

Staff

Helene Møller Winterskov

Magdalena Ruiz Liard Krysa

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