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

This briefing note has been compiled in the context of the NHRI-EU Project, with a purpose of presenting brief snapshots of some of the initiatives NHRIs in the Asia Pacific region have taken to promote human rights through national SDG processes.

The SDG Component of the NHRI-EU Project is implemented by the Danish Institute for Human Rights in cooperation with GANHRI and its regional networks, and in this case, in direct cooperation with Komnas HAM, who represents the Asia Pacific Region in GANHRI’s Working Group on Sustainable Development.

The objective is to facilitate peer-to-peer exchange of tools, experiences and good practices on integrated approaches to human rights and SDG implementation and monitoring in a regional context, and this briefing note is shared among NHRIs to foster such exchange.

The snapshots compiled here are based on 18 NHRIs’ responses to a survey developed by the Danish Institute for Human Rights and partners under the NHRI-EU project in January 2020. It is our hope that this compilation of experiences will allow NHRIs from the region to gain a quick overview of sister institutions’ practices, and maybe even find some inspiration for new initiatives at home.